We're off on the road to Comic Con

I am leaving early tomorrow morning for what has accurately been described as Nerd Prom, San Diego Comic Con. This is my tenth Comic Con in a row, and my first to attend on my own rather than under the auspices of a publisher. I'll be manning the table with my good friend and collaborator, Todd Demong.

If you are not attending the convention and would like a taste of it, keep checking back here. I hope to make an entry every night of the con to wax poetic on the day's events. I'll also be uploading photos to my flickr account every night. And, throughout the day from the convention floor, I'll be logging brief accounts, more than likely nonsensical, via twitter. That's probably more than any one person would want to know about the show, but one never knows.

If you will be at the show, here is my schedule, please come by and say hello:

Homebase: Table M9 in the Small Press Pavilion.

Other signings:
Thursday, July 24
1:50-3:30 (Arcana Comics, booth 2514)

Friday, July 25
12:50-2:00 (Autograph area, AA1)
4:20-5:30 (Arcana Comics, booth 2514)

Saturday, July 26
4:20-5:30 (Arcana Comics, booth 2514)

Sunday, July 27
12:50-2:00 (Arcana Comics, booth 2514)

It's a banner day!

Just wanted to share with you the banner I created for Comic Con. If you're there, look for it. If not, um... I don't know -- don't. Just try and imagine this sucker eight feet across. It looks pretty good, I just have my fingers crossed hoping it's still going to look good after it's been at the mercy of UPS for four days.

{Once again, I apologize for using a pun in the entry title.}

What could have been

This is an interesting little story from the world of comics in the 1990s. Marvel and Disney were once teamed up to buy poorly performing Marvel Comics. I remember being at Dark Horse at the time. The sense of everyone there was pretty much, "This will never happen, but if it did, it'd be sooo cool...!"

This story, like the photo, comes from the new, and looking to be indispensable, LA Times pop culture blog.

Photo parade

New photos, mostly of our trip to Washington state to see Dave and Naceem get married, are now up on our flickr page. Let me just say, we clean up real good.

Me @ Comic Con

It occurred to me that I should mention where you can find me at next week's Comic Con. This is the first year that Todd and I have rented a table and for most of the show we'll be hanging there, looking out at the crowd, desperate to make eye contact and hawk our wares. But, we do have a few signings set up, so if you don't find us at the table, make sure and look for us elsewhere. Here's the rundown:

Homebase: Table M9 in the Small Press Pavilion.

Other signings:
Thursday, July 24
1:50-3:30 (Arcana Comics, booth 2514)

Friday, July 25
12:50-2:00 (Autograph area, AA1)
4:20-5:30 (Arcana Comics, booth 2514)

Saturday, July 26
4:20-5:30 (Arcana Comics, booth 2514)

Sunday, July 27
12:50-2:00 (Arcana Comics, booth 2514)

Also, keep checking this space while I'm in San Diego. I'll be blogging and posting photos from the convention floor. Should be a magical time.

No, really, I'm blushing

I just read the most flattering review of 100 Girls. Ever. If I didn't know better, I'd think I had written it. Though I don't think I could be that unrelentingly positive...

Read for yourself and see if I'm wrong.

Photo parade

More photos of the wee one up on our flickr page. Make with the clickee.