Comic-Con is just a few days away, and it's shaping up to be even bigger than ever before. I'm trying to pack, make last minute plans and figure out some semblance of a schedule for the coming week. I'm flying in to San Diego a day earlier than I did last year, so hopefully that helps me get accustomed to the west coast in time for the show...but let's face it, no one is ever really prepared for Comic-Con. I'm hoping for the best.
Plans don't get much more last minute than this, but I'm still finalizing a few details on some exciting news. There will be a small FUBAR signing at Comic-Con, complete with a few exclusives to boot. The picture at top is of our con exclusive poster, measuring 11x14 and featuring the "Ace of Spades" Free Comic Book Day cover. It sells for five bucks!
The signing will take place on Friday the 25th in the small press section, booth M-06. I'll be there along with Chuck Dixon and Jennie Wood to sign some books and say hello. Eric Esquivel and Lesley Vamos are scheduled to make some appearances as well! The time for the signing is tentatively set for 3:30-5:00, but we're still working out individual schedules. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
I'll hand out a bunch of these post card sized flyers before the singing to hopefully drum up some interest. The front has the pertinent details...
...and the back has a place for autographs!
There'll also be a special item for backers of the "Mother Russia" Kickstarter. Cryptic!
The Awesome Toy Blog is a great site with lots of great information on, well, toys in general, but I use it most to find a list of convention exclusive merchandise. The site compiles it and I scan it to see what I need to get for SDCC and other conventions (but mostly SDCC). The site recently put up a post about the Tick exclusives from New England Comics! I'm glad someone (uh...) tipped the site off about them!
In the category of "dream come true that might quickly turn into a nightmare" comes news that "Weird Al" Yankovic will have a panel all to himself at Comic-Con on Saturday. This is fantastic news until you find out that the panel is a limited ticketed event and you'll probably have to wait in line for seven hours just to get a chance at a ticket. There are better ways to do this, Comic-Con...just look at Nerd HQ if you want to know how to do it right!
Regardless, I'm going to try to get into the panel and see Al once again, so I hope that it's relatively painless. Al just released his new album, "Mandatory Fun", which is, of course, a gift to humanity. I'm doing my best to learn all the lyrics to the new songs before Saturday. Above is the video for what might just be my favorite song on the album, "Foil"! Watch and enjoy. And then go buy the album.
Best of luck to all heading out to San Diego for what is sure to be a great, manic time. I'm sure to come back with lots of pictures.
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