RIP Minx [25 Sep 2008|07:12am] I'm awake hours too early due to sleep paralysis and monsters attacking me from under the bed. And I see the East Coast is wide awake and reporting the demise of DC's Minx imprint. I got the news yesterday and am quite bummed. I'd be bummed even if I wasn't involved, since I think Minx could have been a great thing for comics. EMIKO SUPERSTAR, the graphic novel I did with writer Mariko Tamaki, will still be released from Minx on October 8th. What I hadn't announced yet was that we had already begun work on a spin-off graphic novel. DC has invited us to re-pitch it as a Vertigo book. In the meantime, I'll most likely be diving into work on GHOST PROJEKT, the supernatural thriller Joe Harris and I have planned at Oni Press. So at least I won't be twiddling my thumbs and wandering the streets. Shouldn't be, at least. 7 comments|post comment

public appearances [25 Sep 2008|06:32pm] A quick note about some local Vancouver events this weekend... Friday night is the launch party & gallery show for YOU AIN'T NO DANCER vol 3 from New Reliable Press. I'll be displaying a page of art (not for sale) from the story Sabina and I contributed and a related one-off print (that will be for sale). The party goes from 8 - 11pm at Lucky's Comics, 3972 Main Street. This Sunday is the WORD ON THE STREET book fair downtown at Library Square. The event runs from 11am - 6pm. I will be set up in the comics section (inside + down the stairs), selling my usual comics and prints. I may even have a few copies of Emiko Superstar for sale. And here's an advance warning of two out-of-town events I'm scheduled to attend: October 18-19 -- PURE SPECULATION sci-fi & fantasy festival in Edmonton, Alberta November 9 -- VICTORIA BOOK & PAPER SHOW in Sidney, BC ( click for some less-than-stellar phonecam shots of the limited edition print (there's only 1 of 'em!) I'll have at the gallery show ) post comment

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