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!

The last of the Detective 854 signings is this Saturday at Olympic Cards and Comics, in Lacey, WA, from noon to five. My favorite store in the WHOLE wide world, even if it happens to be the terrain marked by my partner in many crimes, Eric Trautmann.

Take a look at this:





Yes, that's right! A Stumptown t-shirt! Matthew Southworth and I will be giving away 50 of them as a promotion at the Oni Press panel on Thursday at the con. Perfect for the cynic, romantic, or dogged PI in your life!

Heading off to Seattle tomorrow, in advance of the Emerald City Comic Con, where I will be signing and, presumably, rambling on in my traditional semi-congenial style. Jen and I will be sitting together, so those of you looking to talk about Black Lightning, now's your chance! And, of course, I'll be in the company of various other partners in crime, like Matthew Southworth, Eric Trautmann, and, of course, Mr. Brandon Jerwa.

Quite looking forward to this show, actually -- it's one of my favorites, if for no other reason than it feels like my "regional" show.

Hope to see you there!

Trautmann, who has much more get-up-and-go than I, it seems, has posted a couple of pages, sans lettering but with colors, from Final Crisis: Resist, which comes out tomorrow.

You can check it out here.

I'm getting to work, now. Tonight, I get drunk.

Whatever happens, I'm getting drunk.

Vaneta Rogers did a short and sweet interview with mercuryeric and I about Final Crisis: Resist. Make with the clicky and be (moderately) entertained!

Solicits came out today for DC's May books. If'n you're the kind what's interested in this kind of thing, you can find them posted at Newsarama. If you scroll WAAAAY down, you'll find the listing for Checkmate #26. And you will note that it is written by Bruce Jones, and that it is illustrated by Manuel Garcia (who, incidentally, did a fantastic job with the art on Five Books of Blood #5, which is out tomorrow).

All of this is a bass-ackwards way of confirming for all and sundry -- those of you that care, that is -- that, yes, Checkmate #25 is the last issue for Joe Bennet, mercuryeric, and myself.

So as there's no confusion about this, I was not removed from the book. I decided that #25 would be my final issue on the title at least a year ago, and informed DC Editorial of my decision shortly thereafter. Since then, I've tried to arrange things such that my departure would leave the book in as strong a position as possible, and headed in the direction I thought best. Ultimately, however, the choice on who takes over the book is DC's, and not mine.

Mine and Eric's final arc will be "Castling," beginning with issue #23 and ending with issue #25. We think it's some of the best work we've done on the title, and, hey, it finally -- finally! -- reveals the identity of the Rooks! I firmly believe we're going out strong, and I hope you'll all continue to read it, and that you'll share our opinion if you do.