Tag: Comics

New Stuff for Sale

I’m figuring in this day and age, if anyone wants to buy a new copy of one of my books from Amazon or whatever, they can just “use the Google.” So, I’ve ditched this blog’s “Buy Stuff” page and substituted a “Buy Signed Books/Original Art” link that goes to my newly-set up Storenvy storefront. If …

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Summer of Minis 2010 – Part I

Well, not “summer” exactly, but close enough since I buy pretty much all of my minis either at SPX or at Heroes Con. Anyway, I thought as a motivator to begin working my way through this year’s stack of stuff, I’d try to do a quick write-up of each one after reading. So here goes… …

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How Does CMYK Printing Work? Find out From a Children’s Book…

It’s curious how a certain concepts will wind up on my mind simultaneously as a result of thinking about seemingly disparate things.  In this case, I’ve been thinking a lot about printed layers, transparencies, and cutouts. The first thing that got me on this track was talking with my agent about potentially putting together a …

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My EC Comics-inspired Birthday/Halloween Card

As much as I love those crazy internets, I’m still a big fan of having actual paper cards that you send through the mail when you’re inviting people to a party. My wife and I both turned 40 this fall and so we decided to have a small afternoon gathering to celebrate–and of course I …

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Con Report: SPX 2010

Well it’s finally happened. We all knew it would some day. There came a time on Saturday at SPX where the crowd was so butt-rubbingly, San Diego Comic-Con-ishly close that it wasn’t fun to walk the isles. Anecdotally, I’ve not heard either way whether this late afternoon crowd surge translated into a late afternoon money …

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