Just a reminder that I'll be signing at Olympic Cards and Comics in Lacey, WA, tomorrow, from noon until roughly five pm. Ostensibly, this is a Detective Comics signing, but a visit to OCC is always more than that -- and I understand Gabi's come up with some goodies for the event!

Hope to see (some) of you there!

For San Diego Comic Con International, 2009

Thursday, July 23rd

• 11:45 to 12:45 - Superman Panel (Room 6DE)


• 1:00 to 2:00 - Signing, DC Comics Booth


• 3:00 to 4:00 - Oni Press Panel (Room 10)


• 4:00 to 5:00 - Prism Comics Panel (Room 32 AB)

Friday, July 24th

• 12:30 to 1:30 - Bat(wo)man Panel (Room 6DE)


• 2:00 to 3:00 - Signing, DC Comics Booth


• 3:00 t0 4:00 - DC Nation Panel (Room 6DE)


• 4:00 to 5:20 - Signing, Oni Press Booth

Saturday, July 25th

• 11:00 to 12:00 - Signing, DC Comics Booth


• 12:45 to 1:45 - DC Editorial Presentation (Room 6B)


• 2:30 to 3:50 - Signing, Oni Press Booth


• 6:00 to 7:30 - Gays in Comics Panel (Room 6DE)

Sunday, July 26th

• 10:30 to 11:30 - Signing, DC Comics Booth

All times and locations are subject to the vagaries of con-ness. If I am not where I am supposed to be when I'm supposed to be, I beg patience; negotiating the floor and the hall can be a bitch-and-a-half, and getting from Point A to Point B through an ocean of humanity often takes more time than I'd like.

I will attempt to keep this blog, and my website, updated as to any changes.

Now, then...I promised some Cully goodness a couple days back.

( I aim to deliver. )

Enjoy!

Las Vegas signings this Saturday.

JH3. Me. Detective Comics #854. Comic Oasis and Alternate Reality comics.

And just for added emphasis, JH3.

Really, the only thing that could make this better would be if Cully could make it, too. Which he can't. And that makes me sad.

So I will share Cully art with you. Not now, because, y'know, I don't have any with me, but soon. I promise.

It'll be worth it.

Starting at roughly 10 am and running until 5 or so, I'll be at Zeus Comics.

Been looking forward to this for a while, I have to admit. Visited the store yesterday, and it's a terrific space, one of the nicest I've been to, honestly -- up there with OCC, in my opinion. Never mind the fact that it's also the first "official" signing event surrounding the publication of Detective Comics #854.

Reviews of the book have been good, or so I'm told, and the feedback JH, Cully, and I have received is frankly overwhelming. I've said so before, but I'll say it again for good measure -- thank you to everyone who went out and snagged a copy and told their friends to snag a copy and so on and so forth.

That kind of push can make all the difference, and it is truly, and sincerely, appreciate by all of us.

Long dry spell between updates, here. Been scrambling to get things in order for The Last Run, as well as the start of my Detective Comics run next week. Talked to JH3 on Tuesday during the long drive back down from the Third Place Books signing, and we're both, I think, in similar places with regard to the impending launch; we've been working on this thing for so damn long, its' hard for me to have any perspective, frankly. It will be interesting to hear what people have to say, to say the least.

Especially about the last page.

Whole new battery of signings coming up.

• June 26th, 7:30 at Legacy Books in Plano, TX.


• Big damn event at Zeus Comics in Dallas on the 27th, from 10 to 6, which is, yes, the whole day.


• Two events in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 11th, both with JH3 -- the first at Alternate Reality Comics, from 11 to 2, the second at Comic Oasis, from 4 to 7.


• Signing the following weekend, July 18th, at Olympic Cards and Comics in Lacey, on Saturday the 18th, from noon until around 5-ish. It is almost guaranteed that Eric Trautmann will be there, as well, so we can provide photographic evidence that we are not, in fact, the same person


• San Diego Comic-Con (schedule to be posted as it becomes available, and it's already filling up fast).

(And, as far as that "I'm not Eric/Eric is not I" thing goes, for the record, I'm not Keith Giffen, either. Not sure how that one started, but apparently there are people out there who suspect we're one and the same. It's easy to tell us apart. I'm the sane one.)

Was very pleased to see more information about Mass Effect 2 come out of this year's E3. For some reason I can't find a link to the video interview that Adam Sessler and Olivia Munn did with the BioWare heads, but G4 has posted more coverage here (though spoiler warnings should apply), and there's a video of gameplay available, as well. I'm optimistic about this game, especially after the brutal disappointment I suffered with Fallout 3, and yes, I know that for many, that's sacrilege. Sue me. Bethesda made a beautiful box and filled it with beautiful things. What they neglected to include was a story, and that's what I paid my money for. I am heartened that Oblivion is handlingFallout: New Vegas, as my faith in them in storytellers is pretty much neck-and-neck with BioWare--and given the pedigree between them, that's hardly surprising. My friend Morgan Wolfe sent me a link to a long interview GamaSutra conducted with Feargus Urquhart, who's work I've admired now for years. Interesting reading, for those of us who find this kind of reading, uh...well, interesting.

Tangent - Radiolab ran a fantastic story this past weekend about the (in)famous Welles adaptation of The War of the Worlds...and how people still fall for it to this day. The show is available as a download from the site, and definitely worth a listen, especially if you're a writer, I think. Mighty potent stuff, these words we use.

It's these words we use that've been giving me a headache recently, frankly, but that's another post....

That's tomorrow for you calendar-impaired hep-cats out there. I'll be at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, outside of Seattle, lurking the stacks as of around 6pm, and doing my one-man show from 7pm to 8pm. If you're in the Seattle area, I'd urge you to stop by -- Third Place is a fabulous bookstore, and it's becomes something of a traditional stop for me during my PNW walkabouts.

Will be posting more in the next few days -- lots of things to share, and a smattering of new appearances/signings leading up to the Madness That Is San Diego. If you're impatient, check out the Appearances page on my website.

Cheers!

Last leg tomorrow, May 12th, signing at the always-fabulous The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, 7pm!

I have to say that, so far, this has been the most gratifying - and well-attended - series of events I've had for a novel yet, and I'm very much hoping we'll close out the walkabout with a bang tomorrow.

To all of you who've made a point of attending, thanks again for coming out, buying the books, asking the questions, and giving support. There's nothing more energizing and rewarding than actually meeting you all, and I really do appreciate it.

Yes, that's right, the Walking Dead walkabout heads to California tomorrow, for a 7pm signing at M is for Mystery, in San Mateo! I'm looking forward to this one, as it's relatively close to my old hometown stomping grounds, and I know I'll be seeing some friendly faces (amongst them my parents *ahem*).

If you're in the Bay Area, please stop by! And - as always - I'm happy to sign comics as well as books, so if you're still cranked at me for missing WonderCon, here's the chance for me to make up for it!

Today, Saturday, 9 May, I'll be at the lovely little Seattle Mystery Bookshop at noon, for a Walking Dead signing. It's a great little store, and the events here - at least my events here - tend to be very casual affairs. If you're in the area on this blessedly not-raining day, please stop by!

For the New York Comic Con, as follows:

FRIDAY
2:15 to 3:15 - Panel - Superman: Building a Better World
5:00 to 6:00 - Signing - DC Comics
6:00 to 7:00 - Panel - The Hero in Prose
7:15 to 8:15 - Panel - DC Nation

SATURDAY
10:15 to 11:30 - Signing - Oni Press
12:15 to 1:15 - Panel - Batman: Battle for the Cowl
1:30 to 2:30 - Signing - DC Comics
5:00 to 6:00 - Signing - DC Comics

SUNDAY
12:00 to 1:00 - Signing - DC Comics

I will update as any new information is presented to me.