I’m heading down to San Diego in about a week’s time because there’s a restaurant in the Gaslamp district that serves one-pound burritos. While there, I may check out the comic-con.

Conveniently, Flight 5 will be coming out, and I may have a story in it. I’m going to hang out with the Flight dudes around the Flight table (it’s booth number 1228). Come by and say hi! Signings are free, kisses are one dollar each. Unless it’s Phil, who charges two.

I’ll also have a couple copies of Treasure of Constantinople there. It’s been nominated for an Eisner award! I think the ceremony’s on Friday night, so come by before then if you’d like to meet Excited Tony, and afterwards if you’d like to meet either Blissfully Happy Tony or Slightly Morose Tony (feel free to wager with your friends).

To liven things up, I think it would be fun to have a Live Reading. I don’t think authors do this very often with comic books, and I can understand why. For those same reasons, I think it would be fun. I haven’t discussed this with the rest of the Flight Crew, but I’ll update here if this becomes a more concrete idea.

I hope to see you there!

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I did a “pinup” for Michel Gagne and issue 9 of his wonderful comic series, Zed. I’m uncomfortable calling it a pinup, since traditionally pinups include gams and/or boobies, and this image includes neither. Nevertheless, it was fun!

Unfortunately, it sounds like Zed’s having some trouble with distribution, and it may be tricky to get ahold of a copy - more info here. It’s worth the trouble, though, especially if you like your action meaty and your effects powerfully rendered. The sense of movement is so strong that you’ll feel like the images are moving on the paper. Enhance this effect by shaking the book up and down, side-to-side, as vigorously as possible.

More Zed:

• Gagne International
  
• The Zed Series

Much to my great surprise and delight, Delilah Dirk and the Treasure of Constantinople has been nominated for a Will Eisner award, in the “Best Single Issue” category! The full list and other interesting details are located over on the Comic-con website. I owe many thanks to the Eisner Awards judges for including Delilah among some very hot company.

If you haven’t read Constantinople yet, check out the preview here, and the full book is available through Lulu.com.

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