A little late, but still time to go!

BRIAN AZZARELLO & DAVE JOHNSON @ ISOTOPE
Saturday Feb 28th. 7pm – Midnight.
@ Isotope 326 Fell St.

In celebration of the grand finale of one of the greatest crime noir series ever made, the Isotope will be kicking of our month-long 100 BULLETS original cover art gallery show in high style… with a huge bash featuring Brian Azzarello and Dave Johnson! For 99 issues Mister Azzarello has served up a truly addictive, jaw dropping series filled with more twists and turns than a back-stabbing junkie’s used needle. And Reverend Dave Johnson has covered each and every issue with some of the most stunningly gorgeous comic book covers to ever grace the Earth. With the anticipation for the final issue at it’s fever pitch what better time to hang out with these comic creating juggernauts?

Not only will we be hanging Dave Johnson’s original 100 BULLETS cover art in the Isotope’s gallery, but we are also making a ultra-limited edition Dave Johnson Pint Glass crafted by the Reverend himself and SF’s best glassware provider specifically for this very event. But be warned! If you don’t like crowds this event is not for you, as we expect the massive crowds coming out. Thrown in conjunction with our friends at iFanboy. 21 and over, por favor! I don’t know about you… but I’m willing to call this baby “funnybook party of the year” already.

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Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, and PJ are getting their own deluxe collection treatment, as IDW continues to expand their comic strip empire. At their WonderCon panel today, IDW announced a new series of Family Circus reprint collections. PR below:

IDW Publishing is pleased to announce The Family Circus Library by Bil Keane. The Family Circus, which was originally published in only 19 newspapers, is now seen in over 1500 newspapers worldwide, making it one of the most enduring and popular comic strips ever.

Drawing inspiration from his own family’s antics, Bil Keane brought the charming adventures of Billy, Dolly, Jeffy & PJ to life where they have been beloved by millions of readers ever since.

“Having truly enjoyed drawing my Family Circus cartoons,” Bil Keane said, “it is icing on the cake to see them now preserved in these very special volumes that will go on and on and on! Realizing that future generations may read the Keane family drawings that I penned so long ago is a happy bonus for this old cartoonist. I am eternally grateful.”

The initial book will collect the first two years of daily and Sunday strips, starting from the very beginning, February 29th, 1960. Volume One will be released in November, in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of The Family Circus.

“The Family Circus has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid,” said Scott Dunbier, the project’s editor, “and is even more so now that I have kids that age!” Each hard cover book will be designed by Eisner Award winner Dean Mullaney, and will be part of the critically acclaimed Library of American Comics.

There’s a bit of news and announcements out this morning from WonderCon. At the Image panel, Erik Larsen talked about Obama and John Layman talked about his new series:

Layman was on hand to talk about his new ongoing title, “Chew,” with artist Rob Guillory.

“’Chew’ is about a federal agent who is able to get psychic impressions from the things he eats,” Layman said. “When there’s a corpse that shows up in the sewers or the garbage dump, he is sent and has to chew on the corpse to figure out what killed them.”

The story is set after a bird flu epidemic has wiped out the poultry population, and the agent actually works for the Food and Drug Administration “keeping you from eating chicken,” Layman said. “Meanwhile he’s solving crimes by eating really, really gross stuff.”

J.K. Parkin also reports this nugget:

Duirng the Q&A, a fan asked about new technologies, and Starkings was quick to pull out his iPhone and show off “Elephantman #1.” He said the Web and iPhone aren’t the future of comics – “they’re already here.” Electronic media aren’t replacing comics, he said, but supplementing them, pointing out that if you were ever stuck in an airport without comics to read, you could always download them via Wi-Fi. He also touted Rantz Hosley’s Longbox initiative, which he said was intuitive to use.

At the BOOM! panel, a new co-publishing deal with Fox Atomic was announced, as well as a new series by Mark Waid, with covers by Paul Pope:

Waid will be following up Irredeemable with a new series, The Unknown. The four issue miniseries will deal with a globetrotting female detective who debunks the paranormal but is lost when confronted with the one mystery she can’t solve, what lies beyond death. Waid, who wasn’t able to attend the panel due to a conflict with Mega Con, calls the book “Doc Savage as written by David Lynch.” Dutch artist Minck Oosterveer is doing the interiors, with covers by the likes of Erik Jones and Paul Pope.

PR on the BOOM!/Fox deal below:

BOOM! Studios announced today that Fox Atomic, a division of 20th Century Fox, has entered into a broad multi-title comic book and graphic novel co-publishing deal that will see the formation of a Fox Atomic Comics imprint at BOOM!.

Titles will cover a vast array of different titles and characters, some very familiar to fans, others being new turns on old favorites, as well as entirely new, original series.

Fox Atomic first made a splash with a series of SpikeTV Award-winning original graphic novels in 2007 including 28 DAYS LATER: THE AFTERMATH, featuring work from 30 DAYS OF NIGHT creator Steve Niles, followed by THE HILLS HAVE EYES: THE BEGINNING written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray. A third graphic novel, the International Horror Guild Award-winning THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY was also released, adapting stories from Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Award-winner Thomas Ligotti. THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY: VOLUME TWO, the second graphic novel in the series, followed in 2008.

The new Fox Atomic Comics and BOOM! Studios collaboration will see titles serialized as individual single issue comic books before being collected into trade paperback graphic novels available in the direct and mass bookstore markets.

The new venture will see a broad expansion of Fox Atomic’s titles after its previous success. Partners are keeping the specific details of the series under wraps with expectations for further announcements later in the convention season featuring marquee series and high-profile creators.

Wired looks at the secrets of your friendly neighborhood comic shop clerks.

§ The Beat has obtained more information on recent layoffs at Viz. The two editors laid off were long-time vet Ian Robertson and Carol Fox, who also worked at Tokyopop in the past. Several other people from production were hit, including designer Carolina Ugalde.

Despite the unrelated departure of editor Marc Weidenbaum a few weeks ago, we’re told that Viz is still moving forward with its plans for original manga.

§ News sites and Twitter were abuzz all yesterday afternoon with news that seven more staffers were laid off at Wizard magazine, including SVP Joe Yanarella, operations manager Jodie Westhoff, art director Eric Goodman, associate editor David Paggi, and staff writers Kevin Mahadeo, Rachel Molino, and Steve Sunu. Yanarella was a long time veteran at the magazine and had taken over convention operations in recent years; Benji Dejohn will now run the Chicago and Philadelphia shows. Editors Mike Cotton and Andy Serwin remain on board.

ICv2 scored an interview with CEO Gareb Shamus, who said that the cuts were part of a move to working more with freelancers:

“What we decided to do was open up our freelance budget dramatically,” he said. “We have some really amazing writers out there that we wanted to be able to bring into the magazine.”

We also asked about the changes in conventions, where Benji Dejohn is now running Wizard’s shows in Chicago and Philadelphia. “Benji has event experience in his background and he’s done a good job in sales for us,” Shamus said of the move.

Shamus also spoke to the site about increased competition from Reed Exhibitions starting a Chicago show, but pledged to stay the course.

§ Finally, as widely reported, the great newspaper crisis has claimed its first (but probably not last) victim: The Rocky Mountain News will cease publishing today after nearly 150 years. Among the 200+ staffers cut loose are editorial cartoonist Ed Stein and sports cartoonist Drew Litton.

Both coasts of the US get their con on this weekend as WonderCon and MegaCon both strut their stuff.

§ We’ve been spotlighting WonderCon, held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, all morning. Guests include Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee, Trina Robbins, Dave Johnson, Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragones and Matt Fraction. There’s a special screening of WATCHMEN tonight at midnight, incredible programming and more cartoonists than you can shake a stick at. In short: YOU CAN’T GO WRONG AT THIS SHOW! We haven’t been out to WonderCon in eight or nine years but one of these days…

§ MegaCon is taking place today through Sunday in Hall D of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. We’ve never been there, but the show has the rep as one of the funnest, best run, just plain entertaining cons in the US. Guests include George Perez, Amanda Conner, Mark Waid, Jimmy Palmiotti, and author Peter S. Beagle.

Good times for all. Us? We’ll be home sorting through boxes of little pieces of paper. Send us your reports!

Marvel has ended its policy of accepting unsolicited art submissions, according to a press release, below. However, Talent Liaison C.B. Cebulski talked about it early in the week at Comic Book Club; audio here.

Due to an unprecedented number of unsolicited art and writing submissions, Marvel has altered its open submissions policy effective immediately. Marvel has remained the only major publisher to continue accepting open submissions, however that practice has been halted as we review our strategies for accepting future submissions.

Marvel has a proven track record of attracting new and emerging talent and does not plan on ending those efforts in any way.

“If you look at our track record over the last 18 months, I think you’ll find the names of more new writers and artists in Marvel books than ever before. Maybe more than at any other major comic book publisher, as a matter of fact,” says Marvel Talent Liaison C.B. Cebulski. “We pride ourselves on finding new voices and artistic styles to help us shape the Marvel Universe in original and exciting ways. And while the hunt for new artistic resources to help us ever expand the Marvel mythos will continue, we’ll just be going about it in different ways. We’ve examined all our past practices concerning talent recruitment and it quickly became clear that more ‘reactive’ methods such as open submissions were the least effective ways to open the Marvel door for up-and-comers. So instead we’ll be continuing with the more ‘proactive’ methods of artist and writer discovery that we’ve found so successful of late, including some soon-to-be-announced new outlets.”

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TV’s Splash Page asked Seth Rogen about Michael Gondry taking on the GREEN HORNET movie, and it sounds very weird but promising:

“To convince the studio to let him do it, he filmed a fight scene on his own,” Rogen told us. “He just hired stunt men and did it by himself! Just to show some of the stuff he could do, some of the weird filming techniques he has and some of the stuff he can pull off. I mean, this is something he did in two days and it was instantly unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.”

Naturally, I had to press him for more details, but the “Pineapple Express” star struggled for words. “I can’t describe it man,” he laughed.

Still no confirmation of Stephen Chow’s participation.

Hm. Gondry/Chow/Rogen/Goldberg? This could be a new benchmark for postmodern nerditry.

Or it could really, really suck.

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Maybe it’s just because we’re not going, so no one thought to invite us, but our notes on WonderCon parties are more scattered than ever. Please feel free to chime in in the comments with additional events:
FRIDAY:

CBLDF’s Drink & Draw Welcome Party!

Ring in WonderCon this Friday at the world famous 111 Minna Art Gallery with the CBLDF’s Second Annual Drink & Draw Welcome Party! Witness live art, mingle with your favorite pros and raise a toast to Free Speech!

The Rev. Dave Johnson, co-founder of the Drink & Draw Social Club will be presiding over a host of incredible artists including Spain Rodriguez, Paul Mavrides, Erik Larsen, David Mack, Jill Thompson, Charlie Wylie, Brian Azzarello, Larry Marder, Richard Starkings, Moritat, Ivan Brandon & more!

This party will also feature a special raffle to benefit the recovery of Underground Comix legend S. Clay Wilson.

The party is this Friday, February 27, 7:00 PM to 10 PM at 111 Minna Street Gallery. $5 suggested donation for CBLDF members; $10 suggested donation for non-members. The party is sponsored by Image Comics (www.imagecomics.com) and Last Gasp of San Francisco (www.lastgasp.com).

Cartoon Art Museums Annual WonderCon Party;

The Cartoon Art Museum’s Annual WonderCon Weekend Party will be held on Friday, February 27, 2008, from 8pm to 11pm. Admission to this ticketed event will be on a sliding scale from $10 to $35, with guests encouraged to contribute whatever they can to support the Cartoon Art Museum. Many of the featured artists and special WonderCon guests will be in attendance, including featured guests WATCHMEN co-creator Dave Gibbons and USAGI YOJIMBO creator Stan Sakai. Rare and signed books, prints and artwork will be raffled and auctioned throughout the evening, and additional special events and guests will be announced as the event approaches.

Special exhibitions featuring the comic art and props from the upcoming Warner Bros. film WATCHMEN; a look back at 25 years of Stan Sakai’s critically acclaimed comic book USAGI YOJIMBO; a spotlight on legendary Silver Age comics creator GENE COLAN; The Small Press Spotlight on RYAN CLAYTOR; and highlights from the Cartoon Art Museum’s archives will be on display. Please visit http://www.cartoonart.org or call (415) CAR-TOON for an updated list of special guests and events, as well as additional information about the museum.

iFanboy and Isotope Tiki Tour

This year our featured special guest host is Darick Robertson, artist of The Boys and Transmetropolitan!

We’ll be starting out early meeting up at 111 Minna for the CBLDF party w/ our pal Dave Johnson and then kicking off the tour in high style with a first tiki stop at the amazing Tonga Room at 9pm. Judging by the folks who we’ve spoken to about this event already I have a feeling this will be the best Tiki Tour ever!

We’ve been hosting semi-annual secret-route tours of San Francisco’s tiki bars since 2001 but don’t want you to feel left out, so for those among you who have yet to experience one of the Isotope’s famous tiki tours hosted by some of the coolest cats in the comic industry, feel free to check out these great photos from the legendary 2006 tiki bar madness tour or video from our 2007 tour with comic author Adam Beechen and our friends at iFanboy!

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Viz Is a last minute surprise at WonderCon:

VIZ Media has received a last minute opportunity to support the WonderCon show (sister-show to San Deigo Comic-Con) in San Francisco this weekend as an exhibitor this year.

VIZ Media will be in booth # 835 highlighting our two expanding imprints – the VIZ Signature imprint and the VIZ KIDS imprint.

VIZ Signature is the company’s dynamic outlet for classic and literary manga titles aimed at more mature and sophisticated readers – some of the titles included are 20th CENTURY BOYS, PLUTO, BLACK LAGOON and VAGABOND among others.

Also featured at the show will be VIZ Media’s VIZKIDS imprint, which is designed for younger readers.
Some of those titles to be featured at the show include; POKÉMON, LEGEND OF ZELDA, DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION Chapter Books, NARUTO Chapter Books and more

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In addition to their Drink ‘n Draw Welcome party on Friday, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has plenty of stuff going on at WonderCon:

Saturday: CBLDF Live Art Jam!

Witness live art created before your eyes at the CBLDF Live Art Jam! Jim Lee (Batman), Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Jill Thompson (Magic Trixie), Wendy Pini (Elfquest), and Matt Wagner (Grendel) will create original art projected on the big screen! The Live Art Jam gives you a glimpse behind the scenes of these masters’ artistic processes and is not to be missed by fans and students alike. All art will be auctioned at the end of the event to benefit the First Amendment legal work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. 3:30 to 5:00 PM, Room 220/224 at WonderCon.

CBLDF Studio – Booth #725

Stop by the CBLDF booth throughout the convention to witness your favorite artists sketching to benefit the CBLDF! Dave Johnson headlines a cast of artists who will be popping by throughout the show to make original art to benefit the Fund. All art will be put on display when finished, and available for your donations. Also be sure to browse our selection of premiums, which includes red-hot items like signed copies of Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book; Terry Moore’s Echo; 100 Bullets; Walking Dead, and much much more! Plus exclusive Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and Neverwear items!

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Image has a big show planned with a WonderCon Exclusive edition of SAVAGE DRAGON #145 which features the most popular president currently in charge of the US taking on a dirty rotten terrorist. Won’t someone save us a copy?

This weekend thousands of comic fans will flood San Francisco’s Moscone Hall for WonderCon 2009 to meet their favorite creators and the publisher who brings it better than any other, the Bay Area’s very own Image Comics!

“It’s always fun to travel to conventions, but nothing beats the hometown show,” Image Comics Founder and Illustrator of the WonderCon Exclusive SAVAGE DRAGON #145 Erik Larsen said. “It may not be the biggest, but it’s certainly one of the best! Plus, it’s a particularly important con for me as this week marks the big relaunch of SAVAGE DRAGON! I’m excited to hear what the fans have to say about the big issue!”

Throughout the weekend Larsen along with VIKING’s Ivan Brandon, ELEPHANTMEN’s Richard Starkings & Moritat, DARKNESS’ Michael Broussard and Top Cow Productions Publisher Filip Sablik and will be available at the Image Comics booth signing autographs and selling exclusive items! However, the convention doesn’t truly begin until Friday’s Image Comics Show at 3-4 PM in room 103 featuring Larsen, Starkings, THE GREAT UNKNOWN’s Duncan Rouleau and Champions Online writer John Layman with the first word on an all-new project! In addition, the already much coveted SAVAGE DRAGON #145 variant featuring President Barack Obama taking on Osama Bin Laden will be available starting Friday for a very limited amount of time with a select few fans randomly winning a copy during the Friday panel. If that’s not enough GODLAND’s Joe Casey, PHERONE’s Viktor Kalvachev, NEW BRIGHTON ARCHELOGICAL SOCIETY’s Mark Andrew Smith and many more will stop by the booth!

Image Comics can be found at booth #407 during Wondercon, February 27 – March 1st 2009, taking place in the San Francisco Moscone Center.

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The Hero Initiative announced today its plans for WonderCon, the West Coast’s second largest comics convention, taking place at the Moscone Center South from Feb. 27 to March 1 in San Francisco.

Celebrated artist Darick Robertson (The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Wolverine) will make the Hero booth (#913) his home away from home at WonderCon, appearing for five signing sessions throughout the weekend. He can also be found spending time at The Comic Outpost booth (#1108).

“As always, I’m looking forward to helping The Hero Initiative for aging and needful creators,” said Robertson. “They do great work, and I’m always happy to be a part of it.”

Fans will also be able to get their first opportunity all weekend to meet writer Matt Fraction (Invincible Iron Man, The Uncanny X-Men, Punisher War Journal, The Immortal Iron Fist), as the Marvel superstar will appear at the Hero booth first thing on Friday.

The Hero Initiative can be found at Booth #913. Fans can stop by to make donations, purchase exclusive signed items, sign up for memberships and get their items signed by Robertson, Fraction and some of their other favorite creators. Here is the schedule of appearances at The Hero Initiative Booth during the weekend (all times Pacific):

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Here is the current schedule of events:

WONDERCON BOOM! STUDIOS SIGNINGS:
Please check the BOOM! Studios booth #619 for signing times for the following guests:

* Keith R.A. DeCandido will be signing FARSCAPE #1 WonderCon Aeryn Sun Holofoil Exclusive – Limited to 500 copies!
* Michael Alan Nelson will be signing HEXED and FALL OF CTHULHU
* Chip Mosher will be signing LEFT ON MISSION

WONDERCON BOOM! STUDIOS PANEL:

WHEN: FEBRUARY 27, Friday, 2008 from 5:00-6:00
WHERE: ROOM: 232/234
DESCRIPTION: BIG! BOLD! BOOM! – E-i-C Mark Waid (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, IRREDEEMABLE), Publisher Ross Richie, Marketing and Sales Director Chip Mosher (LEFT ON MISSION), and a very special guest reveal what will be the biggest news coming out of WonderCon. Dare we say anymore?

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The debut of NORTH WORLD Vol 2 is the highlight of Oni’s many plans.

Oni Press is in San Francisco for this year’s WonderCon! February 17th – March 1st we’ll be strutting our stuff at booth #519. Come by and check out our eclectic library of titles including the premiere of:

NORTH WORLD VOLUME 2: THE EPIC OF CONRAD

by Lars Brown

Conrad’s given up his life of action and adventure and become an accountant — and in the middle of a quest, no less! But can our intrepid hero truly leave his days of swords and battle behind him or will he finish the job the guild sent him to his hometown to complete? It’s a clash of family loyalty and heroic destiny in the conclusion of the Epic of Conrad!

To celebrate the release of the eagerly anticipated next chapter of the North World Series Oni Press is pleased to announce the following events and specials:

EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED PREVIEW AT iFANBOY.COM!

Going live Friday the 27th to correspond with the WonderCon premier of the book, check out this gigantic preview of NORTH WORLD VOL. 2 exclusively at ifanboy.com!

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Via PR:

Prism Comics, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization supporting LGBT comics creators and fans, unveils an exciting slate of events for WonderCon, the Bay Area’s pre-eminent comics and pop-culture consumer convention. Prism will be hosting booth appearances and talent signings, announcing the winner of the 2009 Queer Press Grant, and holding three panel discussions featuring the most prominent and talented LGBT creators in comics today and in San Francisco’s rich history of underground, gay comix. WonderCon takes place at the Moscone Center South, Friday, February 27th through Sunday, March 1st.

“San Francisco is the perfect place for Prism to promote LGBT talent, characters, themes, and titles in the comics field,” said Prism Co-President and Publicist, David Stanley. “Several Board members, along with Co-President Patricia Jeres, will be there to answer any questions from both the press and the large and enthusiastic audience we always find at WonderCon.”

Prism’s booth, #715, will host an extensive schedule of signings by LGBT and LGBT-friendly comics talent, including Eric Shanower (Marvel’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Age of Bronze), Paige Braddock (Jane’s World), Robert Triptow (Gay Comix), Jeff Krell (Jayson), Trina Robbins (It Ain’t Me Babe, Wimmen’s Comix), Brian Andersen (So Super Duper), Justin Hall (Glamazonia the Uncanny Super Tranny), Tommy Roddy (Pride High), Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf), Mark Padilla & Johnny Nolan (Gravity Faggot), and Charles Zan Christensen (Mark of Aeacus), among many others, plus an appearance by the superhero group, Lucky Legendary! For the most up-to-date signing schedule, please check www.prismcomics.org.

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Via PR:

Radical Publishing will have at our booth #621: Steve Niles (creator/writer for both 30 Days of Night and Radical’s City of Dust), Sam Sarkar (writer for both the John Woo film version and comic of Caliber: First Canon of Justice) and M. Zachary Sherman (writer for one of Radical’s new 2009 titles, Shrapnel: Aristeia Rising and worked the visual effects for such blockbusters such as the Star Wars prequels, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Chronicles of Narnia http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0792517/). Shrapnel is being developed as a video game and was created by Zombie Studios president Mark Long and author Nick Sagan, writer for shows like Star Trek: TNG, novelist and son of late, famed astronomer Carl Sagan.

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Links to stuff people are doing:

• ComicsPro

• SLG/Slave Labor

• Dark Horse

• Serina Valentina

And more notes people sent to us:
§ Michael Aushenker writes:

Writer Michael Aushenker and artist Rafael Navarro will be at the WildCard Ink (Gumby Comics) booth # 724 promoting the new GUMBY’S GANG series, with issue # 1 starring POKEY. It’s a 24-page, full-color all-ages book. Michael will also be signing copies of his own CARTOON FLOPHOUSE humor comics, and Rafael will be signing copies of his latest SONAMBULO luchador detective comics.

§ Miriam Libnicki (Jobnik!) writes:

* I’m at wondercon in san francisco tomorrow through sunday, artists alley table 38. please come by if you’re in the area! i’ve stocked up on t-shirts, magnets, books & essays for the year, & wondercon will be the premier of…

* The brand new drawn essay, jewish memoir goes pow! zap! oy! which was created for the anthology the jewish graphic novel: critical approaches (of which i will also have a very limited amount to sell). it’s my longest, most wordy, & most nudiful essay yet!

§ Woah Comics will be returning to WonderCon (Booth SP-15) and are bringing their four mini-comics with them. In pages of these books readers will find monsters, heroes, and simple people with big dreams or take a dangerous psychedelic journey through the old west. At the booth will be several San Francisco locals: writer Adam Farrar, artists David Rodriguez and James Wilson and the editor Eric Weiner.

§ Batton Lash and Jackie Estrada will be at the Exhibit A Press booth (#726).

Look for them next to Gumby and across from the CBLDF. Fans in search of back issues of “Supernatural Law” will be in luck–Exhibit A is having a “Back Issue Blowout,” with all issues on hand priced at $2 each. Exhibit A is also running specials on trade paperback collections and T-shirts. And while they last, Batton will have some of his original “monster mini-portraits” for sale–one-of-a-kind hand painted on small canvases. Batton and Jackie will also be part of WonderCon programming, appearing on the Sunday “Comic Book Couples” panel:

12:30-1:30 Comic Book Couples— Lois and Clark. Barry and Iris. Peter and Mary Jane (well…not anymore). The real story about comic book couples is in the real life team-up of comics lovers and creators. Couples Brian Azzarello and Jill Thompson, Wendy Pini and Richard Pini, Trina Robbins and Steve Leialoha, and Batton Lash and Jackie Estrada talk with moderator couple Andrew Farago and Shaenon Garrity about comics, love, and their love of comics. Room 236/238

§ Asylum Press sets up ship at Wondercon to spread the insanity.

Frank Forte will be present to sign books and do sketches. Elizabeth J. Musgrave will be on hand to signed issue #1 of her new graphic Novel Farmhouse, illustrated by Szymon (Zombie Cop) Kudranski. To see more of the Asylum Press line up visit www.asylumpress.com or both # 414 at the show.

Look no further if you have been having trouble filling up your collection with back issues from Asylum. They will have the entire catalog featuring Warlash:Dark Noir, The Asylum of Horrors, The Bomb, The Vampire Verses, Hex of the Wicked Witch, Billy Boy, Satan’s Circus of Hell, DTOX and others available for purchase at their booth. In addition get the latest in hot babes and cold flesh as Asylum Press will also be carrying the latest Girls and Corpses magazines. Unfamiliar with the Girls and Corpses magazine? Check out www.girlsandcorpses.com.

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Via Jonathan Ross’s Twitter

Even Bono thinks Clive Owen is hot, evidently.

Medicomm’s TRON Mickey.
Is there any actual…reason for this? Or is it just someone’s idea of fun? Let’s see REPO MAN Donald and Tod Browning’s FREAKS Goofy while we’re at it.