It’s been a pretty good con – very well attended and sales have been good. Lot’s of people have been pleasantly surprised at the turnout and feel this con has the potential to turn into a real Indy-friendly event.
And I have to say – kudos to the Wizard World staff. Friendly, helpful and a [...]

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At the Flat Iron art show, murals on the wall just for tonight then painted over tomorrow.
This is Kathy’s friend Pam, her part of the mural and the girls and friend.

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Well, not exactly. But I am now a Vice President. Sure, it’s only for the Midwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, but that’s still pretty cool (I was the only candidate, and they had blackmail information to make me run BUT STILL…)
In addition to the web duties, I’ll be working on scheduling meetings [...]

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Oh ACEN, you made me buy a badge in order to be able to vie for a table in Artist’s Alley, so I did.
But then you wouldn’t let me sign up for that table, and then you didn’t let me know when I could.
Now I find out registration opened up last week and after I [...]

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We hit Challenger Comics on Western Ave. to meet Jill Thompson. She was signing books and doing scetches to benefit PETA.

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I’m a guest courtesy of Centuries and Sleuths at this juried show of fine art and crafts, helping kids and adults to draw their own comic strip.
Friday Sept. 25th, 2009 – 6 to 8:00pm at Centuries and Sleuths bookstore, 7419 W. Madison St. Forest Park, IL. For more information, call (708)771-7243.
Sunday Sep. 27th, 2009 – [...]

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Finally updated my events page. Bunch of things going on all about the same time. Check them out here.

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A bit of buzz around the net and in print. Here’s who’s talking:

Crimespree Magazine has an interview with me in Issue 31 – the one with Brian Azzerelo on the cover. The big news: I don’t know if Diangelo will survive his current adventure. UPDATE: That interview is now online here.

Robot6 over at Comicbookresources picked [...]

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Chicago Comicon was definitely a success. I believe there were fewer attendees than last year, and those that did attend were on tighter budgets. But I sold almost 80 books and about 20 prints – that’s fewer books than last year, but last year the book was new and there wasn’t a recession.
(I’m writing this [...]

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Comicbook Resources has a report on the crime fiction panel from Friday. Pretty cool, and I didn’t come off sounding like a dope (too much).
But there was one small error – I reccommended Gary Phillips “High Hand” at the end.

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