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We sold out at SDCC!

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
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That’s right — we sold out of our preview book at SDCC this year! Response to the book was really good and we had lots of positive feedback. People seemed to really like the art and the landscape design of the book.
More details to come soon.

San Diego Comic Con 2008

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
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Dial R Studios (booth 2306) returns to Comic-Con International with four new books! The following titles are set to debut at the show: The Path to Armageddon trade paperback, Billy Banes # 1, and two special convention exclusive books: HoCal: The Collected Webcomics, and The Guns of Shadow Valley.
Dial R creators in attendance include James [...]

Wizard World Chicago 2008 (part the last)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
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I want to give special thinks to a few people. Pat, for being a great table partner and one hell of a friend. My roomates: The Kramers and Vince B, for putting up with my shenanigans and making hanging out so freakin’ fun. To Andy Jewett for being too freakin’ humble. To Chris Neseman for [...]

Wizard World Chicago 2008 (part the sixth)

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
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On the passing of Michael Turner: I heard the news float around the floor of the Hyatt lobby like a bad rumor. I refused to put any credence in it, as at that time it still felt like one of those unconfirmed rumors. But within minutes I knew it to be true. I didn’t know [...]

Wizard World Chicago 2008 (part the fifth)

Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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Jeremy Adolphson has an amazing sketch collection of 4×6 cards that he has commissioned from a wide variety of artists . He emailed me before the show about getting a card done. It’s an honor to be part of this amazing collection of art. You can see his collection and learn more about it at: [...]

Wizard World Chicago 2008 (part the fourth)

Friday, July 4th, 2008
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Like I mentioned earlier, with every purchase of the Guns of Shadow Valley Convention Preview book(just $2!), I did a head sketch on the back cover. This kept me drawing pretty much during the whole convention. Here’s a sample. I uploaded the rest to a new flickr account. I didn’t get pics of all of [...]

Wizard World Chicago 2008 (part the third)

Friday, July 4th, 2008
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On Friday I went to one panel, the comics podcasting panel. Gotta support my peeps. Sean McKeever moderated. In the pics from left to right was: Stevie D. of Comic Book Queers, Steven Schuler of Alter Ego, Scott Cederlund of Wednesday’s Haul, Chris Marshall of Collected Comics Library, Brian Salazar of Around Comics, Vince Bonavoglia [...]

Wizard World Chicago 2008 (part the second)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
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With one prominent and distinctly sad exception that occurred, which I’ll elaborate a bit on later, everyone at the show seemed to be having such a great time all weekend. The vibe coming from the crowd just felt especially positive this year, I’m not sure why. Every day was a little different and distinct.
Preview [...]

Wizard World Chicago 2008 (part the first)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
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It’s monday afternoon. I finally got a decent night’s sleep, my first in weeks and a welcome turn from the scant few hours I found resting during the controlled chaos weekend experiment of convention goodness that was Wizard World 2008. The memories toss inside my head like the numbered balls in the lottery, randomly bouncing [...]