Mar 05 2008
Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons died today. I should be (but refuse to be) ashamed of the amount of time I spent as a youngster playing Dungeons & Dragons. Like a lot of folks my age, I became interested in the game well before I was old enough to really play it. Fortunately, …
Feb 29 2008
I’m thinking that my contribution to the dinosaur/caveman-themed Wide Awake Press Free Comic Book Day comic (Piltdown is the name of the book) is going to require a paleontologist “guide” who will introduce three separate one-page stories. This is where he’s heading–original sketches up top, cleaned up on the bottom:
Feb 28 2008
Museum curator Eric O’Dell just sent me a couple more pics from the Ma-Con comics convention last weekend. Here’s the whole gang: On the pic, standing from left to right: William McCrainie William’s son Josh Latta Craig Hamilton Ray Snyder Tony Harris Eric O’Dell Kneeling, left to right: Ben Towle Nathan Massengill Steve Scott Daniel …
Feb 24 2008
If the inaugural year of Ma-Con—a new comics con/expo in Macon, Georgia—is any indication, this is an event to keep an eye on. It was truly a comics event unlike any other I’ve attended. First off: the venue. Occasionally you hear folk say they’re skipping the big San Diego Comic-Con because it’s “become a real …
Feb 21 2008
Here’s another review of Midnight Sun that’s appeared on those crazy internets. This one’s from Greg Burgas of “Comics Should be Good” who had reviewed the first installment of the now-canceled serialized run of the book and, though generally liking the setup, felt that a self-contained book would have been a better package from the …
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