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APE 2009
Alternative Press Expo, San Francisco’s hippest Comics convention, is coming up this weekend. I don’t have a table this year, but I’ll be at the Isotope Comics Lounge party on Saturday night. Come by and get a signed copy of Good Neighbors Vol 2. Or even just a cocktail.
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Good Neighbors 2
Good Neighbors Vol 2 comes out today. Get it at your local comics shop or bookstore. What’s that? Didn’t get Good Neighbors Vol 1? That’s okay, it comes out in paperback for just 10 lousy bucks! As ever, I’m reluctant to have a look, because usually the first thing I do is zero in on the things I drew badly and freak out at them. Nonetheless, I might stop in at my local shop, Isotope, and take a look.
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Writer’s Block
Joanne Rowling once explained that she rewrote chapter one of the first Harry Potter book five times. The whole chapter was foreshadowing. She kept giving too much away, and would rewrite it more and more cryptically, until she settled on the present version. I always thought book 1 chapter 1 was the weakest part of the entire Harry Potter series, and feel that Rowling might have done better to cut the entire chapter and do without it. With the script of Princess Ugg almost finished, I’m finding myself going back and rewriting the opening scene over and over, trying to get it right. For a while, I had it to…
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Sequential Tart Review of Courtney
Courtney Crumrin and the Prince of Nowhere may be old news to some, but as with the other Courtney books, it’s still being discovered a year after its release. Here’s a brand new review by Wolfen Moondaughter of Sequential Tart. This is one of those reviews that makes me think I may not be all that bad a writer after all.
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Things learned and Dragon*Con 2009
1) Dressing up and acting like a dork is more fun than I could possibly have imagined. 2) My con sketches are getting better. 3) Jim Mafood is the Dude! 4) I need a new banner. Badly. 5) I need to bring more books. I sold out of almost everything again. 6) I need to sleep more. Lost my money clip and an original page intended for my webmistress from inattention. 6) Dragon-Con is still the most fun convention in the world. Thanks again to Angela and Nick, Brian and Gwen, Lan Pitts, Jim Mafood, and Jean-Paul Gagnon for being such good company. Also, thanks Kelly, Greg, and Nina for…