Archive for May, 2011

You have to love blog post titles that tell you exactly what the post is about: As mentioned earlier this week, I’ll be trekking down to the Valley of the Sun for my first time tabling at Phoenix Comicon. If you’re planning on attending the show, you’re definitely going to want to stop by the Pop! Goes the Icon table (237) in the Small Press area. I’m going to have some awesome goodies, perhaps none more awesome than a hand-painted “Utopian” Munny:

Yep. That bad boy is not for sale. The only way to get it is to stop by our table at the convention and enter the sweepstakes to win it. Crazy, right? Right.

Other items I’m bringing to actually sell? Aside from just about every comic currently in stock that Pop! Goes the Icon‘s ever published (including the Utopian trade paperback), I’ll have brand-new, 11×14 prints of some of my most in-demand illustrations, including “Giant Robot” and X-Men knitting, as well as a very limited quantity of the brand-new “My Other Car is a Landspeeder” stickers.

So come on down this weekend. It’ll be fun times.

Is it really time for another comic convention already? Wasn’t it just a month ago I was up in Portland, Ore. for the indie comics-oriented Stumptown Comics Festival? (Answer: yes.) Well, in about 10 days, I’ll be on my way to a significantly different climate, as I drive my Toyota Matrix loaded with comics, display stands and paraphernalia to Phoenix for my first-ever attendance at Phoenix Comicon.

I’ll be kicking it at small press table 237 all weekend (well, Friday, Saturday and Sunday), representing Pop! Goes the Icon with fellow Vegas cartoonist F. Andrew Taylor. I got new prints made for the show, will have fresh copies of the Utopian trade paperback, and will be doing sketches on request. I already started taking some requests ahead of time, so if you’d like a cheap sketch commissioned to pick up at the show (or otherwise), drop me a message.

I’ve heard good things about Phoenix Comicon and I’m looking forward to a great show. If you’re in the area, I hope you can swing by.

This Saturday, May 7 is Free Comic Book Day, which means exactly what you think it means: Go to any fine comic book shop on Saturday, and you’ll be able to choose from a variety of 100 percent free comic books, including as diverse a selection as Spider-Man, The Tick and … Kung Fu Panda? Anyway, it’s a great opportunity to introduce kids to a love of reading (many of the titles are kid-friendly), as well as to re-discover what wonders await inside your local comic shop. No longer are these stores dingy, musty domains of unwashed, basement-dwelling geeks. Especially here in Las Vegas (for the most part), we are blessed with brightly lit, welcoming, diverse stores owned and staffed by smart, passionate people who even shower occasionally!

I’ll be spending the day at MaximuM Comics‘ Henderson location (at Marks and Sunset, in the Wal-Mart shopping center), doing sketches and possibly signing comics if you, I dunno, buy something I wrote or drew or whatever. The Henderson MaximuM store is something like 3,000 square feet, loaded with tons of comics, graphic novels, toys, apparel, games and more. Be sure to stop by early to get the best selection of free comics, and to catch me before my arm falls off. Doors open at 10 a.m.