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    Things learned and Dragon*Con 2009

    September 8, 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…

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    Into the Lair of Dragon*Con

    August 31, 2009 /

    Yes, My friends, Dragon*Con is coming up fast. It’s time for mayhem in stormtrooper drag and chance encounters with TV celebrities of yesteryear. I will be in the Pop Artist Alley, and will be signing and sketching all weekend. Also see me in panels such as: Illstration and Artistry in YA on Friday Night at 11:30 PM (that will be a wild one, let me tell you) in Marriot room A707 (are you writing this down? Good!) Also: Scary Faerie Tales, Saturday at 1:00 PM in the Hyatt’s Montreal/Vancouver room (if you can find it in the maze). What are these panels about? It doesn’t matter! They’re fun for the…

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    Polly Vol 2

    August 25, 2009 /

    I’m currently beavering away at Polly volume 2. It hasn’t been decided whether it shall be a six-issue miniseries, a GN, or three “prestige format” issues, as I’ve been doing with Courtney. Interestingly, as a writer artist, I understand why artists get the big bucks and writers get the big recognition. Writing is 80% inspiration; art, 80% perspiration. With Polly, once I get a good head of steam going, I can knock out an issue script in a day. But it takes weeks of outlining, thinking and rethinking, doubting, worrying about the gun on the wall in Act 1 and whether I can work its discharge into Act 3. Still,…

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