Selected short subjects:
- The latest of the installment of the Steel City Con was held at the beginning of April. I'm continually surprised at how popular this show has become. There are three shows a year and you'd think it'd suffer from fatigue by this point, but it seems to still be gaining steam. It'll be interesting to see how it holds up after the Wizard World Pittsburgh show later in the year.
I was able to snag a few cool items from the show, including some Thing items and some comics.
All of these books were around 50 cents each, so I grabbed about 40 of them and spent way too much time looking through boxes...but there were some cool finds to be had, including Superboy #101 (in rough shape, but still), the last issue of Strange Tales vol. 2 (the only issue of the series that featured the Thing, a mainstay in the first volume) and the second issue of Simpsons Comics.
There was also a big Dukes of Hazzard presence at the show. Larry wrote more about it on his blog, and you should check it out!
- I'm pretty sure this Thing magnet is homemade, but when I saw it at Pittsburgh Comics I had to grab it. I can't quite place the artist, and it's driving me nuts. Needless to say, I love it.
- The Pittsburgh Indy Comix Expo came and went at the end of March, and it was better than I expected. I managed to sell some books and buy a few that came home with me. There was a lot of talent at this small show, which was encouraging. I also met Don Simpson there, and we struck up a dialogue, at which point I learned that he...works at the same school that I do. That is really bizarre.
Don is offering up a class for the fall semester in cartooning and character design. This would be an awesome class to take.
- The second volume of Jennie Wood and Jeff McComsey's is currently up on Kickstarter and it's nearing its goal. This is a great book and a the kind of comic the industry needs more of. Check out the campaign and pledge if you can!
And speaking of Kickstarters...the UHF movie campaign is nearing its end with some work to be done. It's finished on the evening of Sunday, April 26th, so if you haven't pledged yet...there are only a few more days to do so!
Some of the rewards for the campaign are making their way to me, including these 8-bit pins featuring characters from the movie.
- I'm currently catching up on some lettering work. Whenever I letter, I use a page from IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic as a template. I type in "that's turtle power!" every time I start a new project to make sure that my letters are the size they should be. This continues to amuse me, so I'm sharing it.
Just what am I lettering? Among other things, some FUBAR for the By the Sword collection, including this short story titled "The Leper King", written by Mark Bertolini with art by Chris McFann.
- And lastly, there's a newly released, really short episode of Franks and Beans to watch! This episode was originally released as a Vine, hence the brief time limit. There's also a loop of the video (100 times, over and over) in case you want to feel the cold grip of insanity.
Wow, these random notes are fun. Look for them again whenever the hell I feel like writing them. See you then!
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