dispatches from the road / rail / capsule #23

I know it’s late to bring this up but it’s the Bristol Comic Expo here in the UK this weekend. No big fuss, I’ll be in the bar, say hi.

from your san diego correspondent…

The wheres and the whens of the San Diego con:

Bond, Tischman and Hahn will be signing your bootlegged prerelease copies of Red Herring at the DC / Wildstorm booth at the following times -
Thursday 4:00 – 5:00
Friday 11:00 – 12:00
Saturday 2:00 – 3:00

We’ll also be showing previews and telling the long and convoluted story of how Red Herring came about and where it’s going on the Wildstorm panel at 3:30 on Saturday.

Don’t forget at most other times I’m at table CC-04 in Artists Alley.

Congratulations, Mr. Bond. It’s A Book..

Ah, the pitter patter of tiny page turns. It’s been a long, long labour but the new series Red Herring will debut August 12th from Wildstorm. An off-beam conspiracy is ripped apart by a convoluted caper over six issues by David Tischman and myself, with the aid of workhorse David Hahn and the lush Guy Major. Tischman deftly dances the line between explaining more and giving away everything in this CBR interview.

Also… California here I come. I’ll be back at the San Diego Comic Con next week manning an Artists Alley table again. If you’re going to be there stop and say hello to table CC-04 where there’ll be a whole bunch of original art for sale as well as some of those posters from last year. I’ll be taking on a very limited number of commissions over the week too so if that’s what you’re after come early and don’t ask me to draw a horse.

More news from the floor soon. As and when, you know how it goes.

also, this...

While manning the table at the San Diego Con, the fanboys and fangirls over at iFanboy recorded this interview (I'm stuck in there between Eisner-winner Chuck BB and some hack called Grant Morrison) during which I was surprisingly eloquent and at least mildly interesting. What is that accent though? Somewhere between Lancashire, Sussex and New Jersey I guess.

What I Did On My Vacation.

Blistered feet finally back on solid NJ ground after getting back from the San Diego Convention where the ever-expanding "celebration of popular culture" still indulges an ever-contracting comics contingent. "Artists Alley", as it turns out, was an absolute gas. A steady stream of the nicest folks ever, even a few Deadline readers who must have come on a charabanc day-out from the old-folks home (I jest - reading comics keeps you youthful). And freaks. Zombies, cosplayers, Stormtroopers of all shapes and sizes. Cheers then to all who came by, and to my lovely neighbours Peter Gross and Zander Cannon to my left, Randy & Denise and the "Lady Death" bloke to the right.

All this and the secret meetings with mystery writer, mystery inker and mystery editor for special secret upcoming project. I shall say no more for fear of disappearing into a mystery black limo never to be seen again.

Oh, and I finally figured out what "Being Boiled" is about. Must have been on a slow filter through my brain for the last 27 years.