Click here to read Part 1, click here to read Part 2, and click here to read Part 3. Here’s the final installment of my look back at a book I created—and shelved—25 years ago, way back in 1998. If you’ve been following along for the past three parts here, you already know it was... Continue Reading →
Continuing the story of the book that almost was from 25 years ago, Tails of Two Kitties … Click here to read Part One and click here to read Part Two. I honestly don’t remember the story of the agent (whom we’re calling Elizabeth) and how I met her and how her interest in me... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to my November-long examination of my long-lost (25 years ago!) attempt at getting a “real” book published, albeit one that was a cartoon book. It was the tale of my two cats, Stan and Ollie, and as I explained in Part One (click here to read it), it was first called Fuzzheads and... Continue Reading →
(Thought we were done with “My Life in Comics,” did you? Well, think again!) We all have forgotten chapters in our lives and this is one of mine. Sometimes they’re merely lost to the mists of time and memory, other times they’re right there, just in front of you, every single day. This chapter falls... Continue Reading →
When I was writing my 20+ part opus, “My Life in Comics,” on this here blog thingie, I often mentioned the name Fae Desmond, who was my boss at Comic-Con for all 21 years I was an employee. A news release was sent out yesterday, and—I’m happy to say, actually covered on the comics websites,... Continue Reading →
Here’s the video of my live (well, mostly alive) appearance on the SDCC Unofficial Blog’s SDConCast podcast on You Tube on Tuesday, May 17th. I’ve embedded the link below for your viewing pleasure, and seriously, just who isn’t happy to see me pontificating on my favorite subject: Me. This installment talks about my time as... Continue Reading →
The nice folks at SDCC Unofficial Blog have invited me back for a second live appearance on their SDCC ConCast, this Tuesday evening at 6:30 PM on YouTube Live! Despite the fact that I insulted their limo driver, trashed their green room, and stole all their M&Ms with Peanuts last year, they still found it... Continue Reading →
Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! It’s been a good two months since I last graced this website with my reminiscences about “My Life in Comics” … or more specifically "My Life at Comic-Con." It’s been difficult for me to sit down and arrange my thoughts around... Continue Reading →
Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! In the first chapter of “Everything Else,” (click here to read it), I mentioned 2015 was my favorite year. It was certainly my busiest. In addition to all the publication and website work I was doing, I also did a special... Continue Reading →
Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! My father taught me two things in life: 1.) When it’s cold outside, make sure your head, hands and feet are kept as warm as possible, because you lose most of your body heat through your extremities. And 2.) Nobody is... Continue Reading →
“And lo, there shall come a time, when the old order shall changeth …” as Stan Lee might have put it in an issue of Thor or The Avengers … Under Comic-Con’s management, WonderCon lasted from 2003 through 2011 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. During that time, attendance rose steadily, with 2005—to me at... Continue Reading →
I have a lot of fond memories of WonderCon, San Diego Comic-Con’s sister show, which I was involved with from 2002 through 2020. I think anyone that goes to this event realizes what a great alternative it is to Comic-Con, with a more laid-back and less crowded vibe to it. Having said that, it has... Continue Reading →
(Above: a badge from APE 2008 designed by me (far left); the APE Exhibit Hall at the Concourse Exhibition Center; and Paige Braddock's simian cartoonist for the APE 2008 Program Book cover, colored by me.) When I look back over my 20+ year career with San Diego Comic-Con, I can definitely see what meant the... Continue Reading →
Of all the things I did in my 21-year career at San Diego Comic-Con, the thing I am proudest of—and most enjoyed doing—were the event’s yearly Souvenir Books. While I enjoyed doing the Update magazines (which evolved into Comic-Con Magazine and finally, Comic-Con Annual ... more on that here), the three-times a year schedule was... Continue Reading →
Soon after I edited and designed my first major book for Comic-Con, the 2007 Souvenir Book (click here for details), I was contacted by Andrea Fernandes, the business development sales manager of Chronicle Books’ Custom Division. a San Francisco-based publisher that specialized in pop culture and well, just plain ol’ culture-in-general books. “We want to... Continue Reading →
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