My photos from the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con.

Back From San Diego.

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14 hours door-to-door travel getting home, so I’m not in the best of moods. You probably know this if you follow me on Twitter.

2.
Finally got to meet the internet’s own Dorian Wright along with Employees Tim and Aaron of Ralph’s Comic Corner. The amount of gossip concerning Mr. Michael Sterling and his (my lawyer says I have to call them “alleged”) abuses of their goodwill and supple young flesh was, frankly, a bit disconcerting.

3.
I was on a panel about marketing your indie comic. It was all very sudden – I was brought in as a last-minute replacement for Shannon Wheeler – but I think everyone had a good time. BOOM!’s Chip Mosher quite rightly dominated the event and Heidi MacDonald’s feedback on how to get noticed by sites like The Beat was really great. Outside of reminding people that they’ve always got to hustle and they can’t act like they’re too hip to market themselves, I just kind of sat there and made farting noises with my hands, which seemed to work pretty well.

4.
I said I wasn’t going to spend anything. $600 later, well…

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It should be noted that a big chunk of that was me buying the original art from my two Cthulhu Tales stories from Joe Abraham, though, so I think that’s fair enough. Joe and I may be doing a thing. It’s all very vague at the moment but he wants to start drawing more and I’m always looking for artists to bend to my will. No, I will not give you his contact information, Chris Sims of the Action Age.

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I’m very sure I’m going to miss some of you, but it was great to see Jenn, Paul, Darlene, Jodi, Ren, Sherri, Nate, J. Ho, Matt, Gillen, McKelvie, Marc, Layman, Starros, Jeff, Vendetti, Les, Ryan, Ryan’s Hot Wife (I hope she knows that we call her that,) Declan, Alex, Will, Dale, Tony, Andrew, Dafna, Ming, Katie, the Periscope gang, PJ, Sarah, Gardner, Chris, and especially Carla and Lance Hoffman, who looked really really terrific, even after everything they’ve been through.

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Photos will be up sometime. I took maybe 50 or so.

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I’ll be back next year. With The Rack and a table of its own.

Yes, I am attending SDCC this year.

Here’s some answers to questions you didn’t even know you were going to ask:

• No, I’m not going in any sort of official capacity, and I’m traveling light. I’m bringing the camera and I’m just going to enjoy myself this time instead of trying to run around constantly. I say that every year, but this year I’ve got exactly two items scheduled and the rest is wide open. I might blog a bit, but really, what can I add that’s new to that discussion?


• No, I will not have copies of The Rack: Year One (Mostly) with me. I will now have very few copies of The Rack: Year One (Mostly) with me. I will also have some buttons and odds and ends. If you want to make sure you get a copy of the book, you’ll need to order it online.


• Yes, I am considering getting a table for next year, especially as I have been harangued by several people who have reminded me that the small press area at SDCC for four and a half days costs less than two days at MoCCA.


• No, I can’t really help you get a gig with BOOM! Studios or anyone else.


• Yes, you can buy me a drink. Or iced coffee, black. Starbucks is fine. There’s a couple of kiosks. Why are you standing there gaping at me when I could be enjoying an invigorating drink right now?