Friday, February 29, 2008

Wondercon Recap

Wondercon was WONDERful. Melaina and I had the prettiest table in the world. Stormtroopers were everywhere, and I bought three Doctor Who action figures. What a great weekend.

Highlights:
--Meeting new people. Molly Hahn, Miriam Libicki and Mike, Josh Ellingson, Kraig Rasmussen, and a bunch of others, but those are the ones that stand out.
--Meeting Terry Moore for like, the fifth time. I KNOWW it's cheesy but I can hardly even talk about how much I love that guy's work. Strangers in Paradise made me realize that I had a place in comics.
I've been giving him my comics since I started making them. I still just glow inside when I remember showing him my first one---he looked through it, then looked delighted and said "this has a very readable quality!" Sighh. I will never forget that. This time, I gave him my newest book, in which I veered pretty directly into my personal life and some dark stuff. He asked me to sign it and draw him a picture of World War II. I drew a little POW symbol and wrote "WWI! Yeow!" He seemed to like that.
--Trina Robbins loved my outfit so much that she pointed it out to the whole room when I walked into her Lil' Abner panel. "Now look at that cute dress, and the shoes! I just love it." Everyone turned to look. I was completely thrown. It took me a couple of beats to get my words moving and stammer a thank you. She kept going. "That's one of the things I love about these conventions, getting to see what the young women are wearing." Her co-speaker asked "Do you color-coordinate your outfits with your tattoos?" Everyone is still staring, mind you. I said something like "uh, no, they're too many different colors.." Then sat down and had my mind blown by Robbins' talk on Wolf Gal, Hawk Girl, Pig Girl, and the other feral women of Lil Abner. I want to eat people like Wolf Gal.
--No more we. No more us. That's a sad highlight.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Also! WONDERCON!

Is it a sign of how new I am to the comics industry that I **love** conventions? I have so much fun at them. For me, conventions are a time to meet new people, meet new people in freaky costumes, get your picture taken with those people, secretly laugh at those people for the rest of the day, buy new books, and "meet" Terry Moore---I have met him about 15 times now, but every time I get all nervous and just hope I can keep from weeping. Same with Dame Darcy. But I don't think she'll be at this one.

This weekend, I'll be in Artists' Alley at Wondercon in San Francisco. Stop by and get a copy of the new books. It'll be at Moscone Center, 4th and Howard, Friday-Saturday-Sunday.

Thien, if you're reading this, I will stop loving Strangers in Paradise when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Bad Girls Go Everywhere, or NEW BOOKS

--It's official: I have a new book! I know because I just stapled two of them together, and they are sitting right beside me here on the couch*. Remember Florrid? Meet Florridian.

In this issue, you get some more thrilling glimpses into my private life and deep-seated traumas, AND you meet the two happeninest gals in Jelly City: Parrot Cake and her friend, Peach Janet. Lots of fun and boob jokes to follow. Finally.. we wrap it all up with a visit to the ranch.

--Also, my comics workshop group is putting out an anthology. I'll get more info up about that once it's back from the printer. But I can tell you that it features comics by the following awesome people:
-S. Mitchell
-Melaina
-Catie Nienaber
-Christine Choi
-Ben Costa
-Matthew Jent
-Cayler Bollis
-Alison Wong
-and me!

*futon