Show runner Lance Fensterman blogs:

At least 64,000 people attended New York Comic Con this weekend. We have more details to pour through from retailers and on site tickets sales, but as of tonight we know that at least 64,000 attendees were in the building over the weekend. That’s an intense jump from 49,000 last year and it seems to say this crazy little party we call New York Comic Con continues to grow as fast as a speeding bullet.

Stay tuned for final numbers in the next few days.

Fensterman is also interviewed at ICv2:

We tried to build in common space near the back of the exhibit hall that gave you a little bit of breathing room. At one point I was watching with Public Safety, because I wanted them to be involved in the process, and we all felt pretty good. We put a 20 foot aisle down the middle, which helped. But then at the busy intersections around some of the major booths, it was very tight, but when you looked at the floor as a whole, and you looked around those edges and in those common space, you could see carpet, and that’s the most important thing.

I didn’t hear too many issues of overcrowding. Exhibitors want it to be very busy but not so busy they lose control, and no-one gave me feedback that they felt that way, so I was very pleased with the traffic.

Fensterman doesn’t really address the panel room mess, but that was a sidelight to the overall success of the con.

We spent Saturday sitting on a sunny river bank watching loons dive and skim over the surface of the Delaware River.

Meanwhile tens of thousands of comic fans were sitting on a sunny glass-enlosed river bank watching loons of another sort duck and dive. (Photo via ComicMix.)

We weren’t there, but apparently yesterday at the show was mad crazy, packed and busy as hell. There were, however, crowd control issues — the hall leading to the panels had to be shut down — and snafus — presentations in the IGN Theater ran an hour late.

But what we got from all the people we talked to last night was that it was an upbeat show, propelled by a love for COMICS. In addition the party scene was hopping last night. Image, Dark Horse, Yen Press and Marvel all had bashes, and most were packed, although the Dark Horse party had a last minute change of venue and wasn’t as crowded as the other two. Nonetheless, by 11:30 just about all the people we wanted to see were there, from Scott and Ivy McCloud to retailer Chris Powell. Everyone was in a good mood, and while no event can really take over a metropolis like New York City, comics had made a good start.

The big question; did exhibitors make money? New York booth prices are very, very expensive, and all the good will in the world won’t keep publishers and artists coming back if they lose money.

We’ll be on the floor today to find out the answer.

§ Venture Brothers Season Three Preview soon to be removed by the PTB, for sure.

§ New SPIRIT trailer!

§ Marvel announced Monkey thing.

§ Brian Heater interviews Douglas Rushkoff and Scott McCloud and has a podcast of their panel

§ Wilson Tortosa will draw the Wolverine manga for Del Rey.

§ Tokyopop’s new line of color manga.

§ Joan Hilty returns to Vertigo, new graphic novel initiative launches.

§ Ender’s Game at Marvel.

§ Steve Gerber’s ashes come to panel

Well, with New York Comic-Con it’s always something. As far as we know, everyone got into the SHOW on Saturday, but gridlock erupted somewhere else.

Friday night we wrote:

Panels were all well attended — there was a HUGE line to get into the Neil Gaiman speech, while an equally huge crowd was filing out from a Marvel panel. In fact the corridor outside the panel rooms was the most consistently jammed part of the show, which people filing in and out past clumps of folks meeting and greeting.

Saturday this area had to be shut down:

Between 4 and 5 p.m., the Venture Bros. were in one panel room, while Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia was in another. At 5 p.m., a Robot Chicken panel featured Seth Green, while other panel rooms previewed various movies that crowds wanted to see. Cup O’ Joe started at 5:30, and other premiers and Hollywood presentations soon followed.

“We had to cut everyone off and let them in a little at a time. We had to. It was just wall-to-wall people. Basically, we had to make sure the people are safe,” Bouchahine said. No Fire Marshall came, as far as Bouchanie knew, but the staff themselves made the decision to stop the crowds.

Occasional Superheroine: New York Comic Con, Part One
Occasional Superheroine Photos
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ComicMix Photos 1.1

(Above photo taken during the trade only part of theshow…it got WAY more crowed very soon.)

Well, we’re just about all paneled out after today. Our day started at 11 am with the “mid sized publishers” panel. Brave Eric Lieb (our boss at Fox Atomic) and heroic James Lucas Jones from ONi made it to the panel, and since both are loquacious gents, they just took the ball and ran with it. The conversation perhaps veered too far into the comics-to-Hollywood connection, there was much interesting talk on screenwriters moving into comics, the continued viability of the pamphlet, and Scott Pitgrim. Asked what trends he saw, Jones mentioned that “post apocalyptic stories are the new zombies” in terms of the submissions he sees.

(Photo by Jody Culkin.)

After an hour spent taping a video for future broadcast on the Publishers Weekly channel, along with plucky Laura Hudson, and a brief episode of losing our cel phone, we were back downstairs for the McCloud/Rushkoff summit. Honestly, this could have gone on much longer; it was lively, thought provoking stuff. (We hear someone recorded it for later podcast.) The two talked about not only comics as a medium but the strengths and failings of the internet. Rushkoff mentioned that “comics are the pill Hollywood should not swallow,” claiming that their guerilla energy is too much for the media machine to digest. He also pointed out that back in 1984-1994 when he first got on the internet he felt energized and part of a community after going online; now after a few hours he just feels exhausted.

Which is exactly how we felt at the subsequent “online comics journalism panel” which included all-stars Matt Brady, Johan Weiland, Brian Heater, Rick Marshall and Richard George of IGN. We don’t know if this was as interesting for the audience as it was for the panelists but it was another lively, frank discussion of reporting the news and the constraints therein. Brady mentioned that it is very difficult to get loose from the constraints of major media companies who want their news packaged exactly the same from everyone; protests are met with the reaction “You’re the only one who is complaining” — a statement which may not even be true. The importance of blogs was also mentioned, and a strange viral marketing letter from DC which everyone has received was also dissected. Reportedly the payoff is at the show, in which case irt should have been sent out this week.

We had a two hour panel break and wandered the floor, greeting people and seeing the sights. At one point someone asked “Do you want to meet Milo Ventimiglia?” to which we could only say…no. We’re sure Mr. Ventimiglia is a wonderful fellow, but it just wasn’t the proper moment. We did however spot Larry Hama at the Devil’s Due booth and blabbed with him for a while. He mentioned that while he was on staff at Marvel he could never get a job writing comics there; it took Louise Simonson at another company to give him a writing job. He was then given GI JOE to write, but only as an afterthought. “It’s okay though,” he said. “I got to have a great life,” he added, referring to his exploits in music, acting, comics and raising a family. Once again, Larry Hama shows today’s comics crossover people how it’s done!

After the schmooze hour it was off to the “Women in Comics” panel with Abby Denson, Gail Simone, Becky Cloonan, Karen Green, Shelly Bond and Jen Grunwald. While we didn’t like the “Comics c. 1987″ title, this was an awesome panel with awesome people on it, and we were proud to be speaking with them.

BTW, an aside about Jen Grunwald. It was brought to our attention that one of the reasons she is widely suspected of being rogue blogger Marvel Boy is that the supposed Marvel traitor mentioned that “Jen Grunwald is the cutest girl in comics,” to which we can just say…Jen would not say that but someone else would! Come on now, people.

By then it was time to hit the cocktail hour. We ended up at a nearby watering hole where all the Brits and freelancers who didn’t go to the DC Party at the Empire State Building were hanging out. It was loud and boistrous…like the show.

News? You want news? Nothing earth shattering hit our ears, but THIS from Chris Butcher may be the big big news leak:

The con was really interesting today. I had a good conversation with Marc Weidenbaum, editor of Shonen Jump and Shoujo Beat. Viz has just started a new original content line, graphic novels etc. More to come on this. Don’t send pitches, just approach him with printed work.

Viz’s formidable marketing and publishing chops behind original materials could be VERY interesting.

Overall…the place is jammed. Panels were all well attended — there was a HUGE line to get into the Neil Gaiman speech, while an equally huge crowd was filing out from a Marvel panel. In fact the corridor outside the panel rooms was the most consistently jammed part of the show, which people filing in and out past clumps of folks meeting and greeting.

Oh here’s our weird photo of the day: while Bryan Hitch signed, Orson Scott Card read Jane Austen. Go figure.

Newsarama has a full write up of the stunning announcement from Neil Gaiman:

At Friday evening’s “CBLDF Presents An Evening with Neil Gaiman,” the guest of honor began the evening with a surprise announcement. Just after taking the stage following an introduction by Bill Hader of Saturday Night Live and the just-opened Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Gaiman announced that the Gordon Lee case has been dismissed.

Gaiman told the story of the case, and how the copy of the Alternate Comics #2, a Free Comic Book Day comic that was accidentally given to a child during a Halloween celebration in 2004 in Rome, Georgia. Gaiman’s brief summary of the case included what he characterized as mistakes by the prosecution, adding that, to date, the case had cost the CBLDF over $100,000. Gaiman said that, in his view, the Rome, GA prosecutor was specifically determined to send Lee to prison.

But now, Gaiman continued, the judge has signed off and all charges against Gordon Lee have been dismissed.

Can we just say: justice has finally been served in a case that never should have dragged on as long as it did. The full link has more comments from CBLDF director Charles Brownstein.

via AICN

In a week in which he announced a new superhero, announced a new manga deal and was awarded the first ever New York Comics Legend Award, Stan Lee just had to ramp it up a notch with news of a new line of superhero comics from Virgin:

“It will be a team of 10 heroes and they will be dealing with personality conflicts, personal problems and chemistry within the team,” Lee said in an interview this week. “I’m going to get started working on it right away and I’m very excited about doing something that will be fresh and breaking new ground. I can’t give away the details or the names yet, but I have some exciting things in mind.”

Virgin has had a number of big-name creators writing comics under its banner, among them filmmakers Guy Ritchie, Terry Gilliam and John Woo, actor Nicolas Cage and musician Dave Stewart.

The company has largely steered clear of traditional superheroes. While Lee has an esteemed background in that sector, his most vital work was in the 1960s and 1970s, and his most recent work, with its bombastic dialogue, is not in sync with the tone of today’s elite comics writers.

While our own aching bones prevented us from attending the Comics Legend award party, can anyone doubt that Lee is truly a law unto himself where getting his name out there is concerned?

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Just for NYCC.

Live blogging from the PW booth #1164. Event coordinater Ada Price just wandered back into the booth and murmured “It has started.” The general public was let in about 30 minutes ago and the floors are crowded — not TOO crowded, mind, but crowded. “Bigger space, more costumes,” PWCW writer Trevor Soponis muttered. Indiana Jones, Dragonball Z, stormtroopers, sand people, Storm, Jack Sparrow Lara Croft and a Nazi have all been spotted.

This show is big. Much bigger than last year with book publishers, toy manufacturers, video games, movie companies and all the various comics publishers thrown together in either a tasty gumbo or mind-frying miasma, depending on your viewpoint.

Our panels this morning went off well. The McCloud/Rushkoff panel was packed — thanks! Everyone showed up for the journalism panel, and a lively discussion ensued on viral marketing, objective journalism and whether you whouldread your comments section or not.

Big ups to Roger Bilheim of Reed and his staff for all their help.

We’ll be back with more from the floor when the coast is clear.

Just as a reminder although its listed on the website as being tomorrow, this is actually being held today:

Friday 1:00 PM Room 1E16
Scott McCloud and Doug Rushkoff
Join Scott McCloud and Douglas Rushkoff for an hour of debate, theory and commentary on the state of the inudstry. The panel will be moderated by NYU’s Marianne R. Petit.

It was a busy day at the traditional ICv2 conference held before the NYCC. Milton Griepp kicked things off with his annual white paper. See today’s Publishers Weekly Daily for details. Then came a panel on “the battle for talent” where editors and agents talked about issues in acquiring and maintaining talent. Graphic Novels for “Tweens” were the focus of the next panel, with the buyer’s panel wrapping things up. The overall message? All systems go! However a few cautionary notes were sounded: there are a LOT of graphic novels and manga out there, and shelf space is full, both in stores and the homes of consumers. The question of “Where will manga readers go as they grow up?” was considered by a number of panelists but no one had a solid answer. A few pics from the show:

Calvin Reid leads a discussion with editors Mark Siegel, Betsy Mitchell, Ginee Seo, and agents Bob Mecoy, Judy Hansen and Merilee Heifetz.

Two views of the crowd.

Laura Hudson dressed to match the tasty Transcontinental blue martinis! Later in the day she was banned from all Virgin Comics events.

After this conference it was off to Coolture Spain for a special CBLDF reception for the publishing industry. Neil Gaiman and Paul Levitz were on hand to explain to the book publishing industry the importance of supporting the defense fund as more and more traditional publishers get into the graphic novel business. Representative from Harper Collins, Random House and other book houses attended along with cartooners Jess Smith, Paul Pope, Colleen Doran and Peter David.

(We don’t have IDs on all these photos because our memory is shot, alas.)

Chris Staros, Jeff Newelt and Mike Geszel.

Neil Gaiman, Paul Levitz and Charles Brownstein.

Unidentified, Troma’s Lloyd Kauffman and Gaiman. Yes, Neil has a black eye.

Staros, Paul Pope, Judy Hansen and unidentified.

No real time for links today but today’s comics loving New York Times has a big story about what we’ve been telling you for years: COMICS ARE WHERE IT’S AT!

Twenty-five years ago, a lot of creative downtown types looking for alternative credentials and low overhead costs became performance artists, setting up shop in cheap lofts in all-but-deserted neighborhoods (making a performance of one’s own sleep deprivation — also low-cost).

The 2008 version of that same crowd seems to be leaning toward an art that runs even less costly than any kind of theater, relying on only paper and a pen. When she’s not pulling espresso shots behind the counter of some Carroll Gardens cafe, that 24-year-old barista with the tasteful nose pierce is probably holed up at home working on her latest graphic novel, an art form that’s currently exploding, any enthusiast will tell you, and nowhere more than in New York.

The next paragraph quotes some foolish blogger, but at least we can tell our mother we finally got our name in the New York Times! Our job is done!

The Beat is going to be tied up most of the day but we’ll update when we can with the latest news. In the meantime both Newsarama and CBR have spiffy new mini-sites to update the show. Live blogging cons? Hey where did THAT idea come from? Anyway, keep checking back!

A reader by the name of Laura Hale writes to tell us of Fan History, a new website given to a wiki of the histories of various fandoms. There’s a Comics history page and Laura would love it if readers could contribute. Now this could be interesting, especially since highly anal fandoms often have highly detailed feuds over what happened and when. Keep watching that site!

Over at her blog, Friend of Lulu president Valerie D’Orazio debuts the new FoL logo courtesy of Danielle Corsetto!

Apparently, toys from the upcoming Watchmen movie will make their public debut at NYCC this weekend.

But, Entertainment Weekly has some shots of the toys up now.

Take a gander here

I’ve heard this song before. I’ll believe them when I see them on the shelves at TRU.

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We had to poop out on last night’s RASL party because..well..we’re only human. Missing out on the chance to hobnob with Jeff Smith, Frank Miller, Colleen Doran, Kazu Kabuishi, Larry Marder, Becky Cloonan, Nikki Cook, Dan Goldman, Josh Dysart, and 100 fans was painful but necessary. At any rate the party was a big success as these photos by Ryan Roman show:

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Hey here’s what we’re up to at the REALLY BIG SHOW:

FRIDAY
Friday 11:00 AM Room 1E09
From the Back of the Catalogue to the Top of the Charts
As the audience for graphic novels expands, there are more options for creators and readers than ever. James Lucas Jones from Oni, Ross Richie from Boom! Studios, Eric Lieb from Fox Atomic and Nick Barrucci from Dynamite talk about the issues of opportunities facing mid-level publishers. I am moderating this panel.

Friday 1:00 PM Room 1E16
Scott McCloud and Doug Rushkoff
PLEASE NOTE THIS PANEL IS ERRONEOUSLY LISTED AS BEING ON SATURDAY BUT IT WILL BE HELD FRIDAY
Join Scott McCloud and Douglas Rushkoff for an hour of debate, theory and commentary on the state of the inudstry. The panel will be moderated by NYU’s Marianne R. Petit. I’m listing it here because I put it together just to hear these fascinating people talk and you should go!

Friday 2:00 PM Room 1E09
Choosing the News: The Changing Face of Online Journalism
It’s a fact - journalism has changed. With more outlets than ever, more demands from news sources, and comics increasingly covered by the mainstream, how do comics news sites navigate the uncharted waters? Join Matt Brady (Newsarama), Richard George (IGN), Rick Marshall (ComicMix), Brian Heater (Daily Cross Hatch) and others for this engaging discussion, moderated by The Beat’s Heidi MacDonald. NOTE: CBR’s Jonah Weiland has joined the panel so this will truly be the epic journo roundtable to end epic journo roundtables!

Friday 5:00 PM 1E07
Women in Comics
Gail Simone, Heidi MacDonald, Karen Green, Jennifer Grünwald, Shelly Bond and Becky Cloonan will discuss the State of the industry from their perspective, plus insight into their exciting current projects, moderated by Abby Denson. We will kick ass!

SATURDAY — I will not be at the con. Instead I will be celebrating the 90th birthday of my grandmother, Ilene Lasker. She is my last surviving grandparent and there is no way I could miss toasting this incredible woman. So, enjoy the con without me — I’m sure I’ll be reading about it everywhere and you can all tell me what REALLY happened. I will be back in time for the night’s festivities.

SUNDAY — no panels, schmoozing. Ask me about Veitnamese coffee.

The long awaited Act-i-vate websitehas finally gone live. And Eisner-nominee Mike Cavallero’s new comic LOVIATHAN has also gone live. Check it out.

We’re been behind on the regular news with all the con stuff going on, but the latest blog entry from Paul Levitz is . always worth noting. In this one Paul has many interesting points of DC history, particularly in regards to artists contracts. He also responds to some of the criticism of his analysis of book sales:

A few people here and elsewhere seemed to take issue with my comment that manga was more “increasingly dominated by a handful of properties” than American graphic novels. I went back and checked a bit, and for the fourth quarter last year, something north of 20% of bookstore manga sales came from four properties, and over 40 of the top 50 titles were from those four. That seems pretty concentrated to me, and more so than our core business, so I’ll stand by the comment.

Jakala responds to this

Again, looking at the Bookscan numbers, it’s hard to see how American genre graphic novels could drive readers to more titles. If you cut the list off above 100, very little of DC’s “core business” is represented; and if you expand the list further down the long tail, more and more manga series pop up, overwhelming any showing by American genre graphic novels. Just because a handful of manga series dominate the top 50 doesn’t mean your company is doing anything more diverse within that same space.

but ends with Levitz himself writing to explain:

that his observations were based on a comparison between two different sources: Q4 2007 sales figures in both bookstores and the Direct Market for American GNs; and Q4 2007 Bookscan numbers alone for manga. Based on these sources, Levitz concluded that American genre graphic novels represent a broader range of distinct properties than manga does. (When I asked about the issue of comparing apples and oranges with the different markets, Levitz pointed out that “Bookscan is a fair model in miniature for total manga sales” so he felt it was fair to extrapolate based on these data alone.)

There’s a lot to be said about all of this that we don’t have time to get into right now, but today’s white paper from Milton Griepp should be very interesting, especially since Griepp had this to say in an interview at PWCW:

MG: The market is maturing and it’s become even more important for publishers to understand just what the market’s underlying trends are in order to be competitive. Growth in the graphic novel market has slowed down and the internal dynamics of the mix of products is changing. While the dollars are not growing, growth in the number of titles has not changed. Retail looks good, titles continue to grow so there’s more stuff for the retailers to sell.

In sum, while arguing over product mix and chart depth may seem nitpicky, it’s actually what publishers are really going to have to concentrate on in the future as shelf space — and recession-tightened consumer dollars–remain static.

Gwyneth Paltrow is on the cover of this month’s Vogue…and so is Iron Man’s helmet! Wacky! (Paltrow co-stars in the Iron Man movie, in case you forgot.) We’re told the insides contain more comics coverage but we haven’t been able to drop by one of New York’s rapidly-vanishing newsstands to check it out yet.

The New York Times jumps on the comics/fashion connection with a preview of the Metropolitan Museum’s upcoming superhero fashion retrospective:

On Tuesday, Mr. Bolton was testing out some of the outfits that are planned for the show, opening May 7, on high-gloss mannequins that were designed to lend a “2001: A Space Odyssey” effect. A black vinyl mesh dress by the London designer Gareth Pugh, from his spring 2007 collection, with robotic-looking pyramids sprouting from the shoulders and arms, was likened to Batman’s armor. There were lots of Spider-Woman dresses from Giorgio Armani, Jean Paul Gaultier and Julien Macdonald, as well as high-tech athletic uniforms, including the controversial Speedo LZR suit, which has raised questions as to whether its design is performance enhancing, for swimming.

“Sometimes designers are attracted to superhero costumes quite literally,” Mr. Bolton said. “And sometimes they are attracted to what they represent — they represent the ultimate metaphor for fashion. They represent transformation.”

A smattering of newsie items we just coudn’t fit anywhere else.

• Don’t miss Kyle Baker at booth #2441. He’ll be selling copies of THE BAKERS: BABIES & KITTENS (Image) – nominated for an Eisner (Best Writer/Artist-Humor)! - selling sketches and displaying his award-winning animation on a giant flat-screen TV!

• Alex Ross will be appearing and signing Alex will be at Table # 1 on Friday afternoon from 4:00 - 7:00. On Saturday, Alex will again be at Table # 1 from 1:00 - 4:00. Alex will not be doing commissions or reviewing portfolios.

AlexRossArt.com will also be exhibiting at the New York Comic Con and selling new original artwork by Alex Ross. Please stop by Booth #1720 to check it out.

• Harris Comics‘ debuts and incredible show specials headline its offerings at this year’s New York Comic-Con. Harris will be at booth 1707 nearby one of the show’s main entrances!

Harvey Award nominated writer Joshua Hale Fialkov will be on hand to sign the brand new Vengeance of Vampirella trade paperback, collecting his blockbuster storyline from the Vampirella Quarterly. The newly released Best of Vampirella, Volume 1: Lost Tales trade featuring stories by Alan Moore, Warren Ellis and James Robinson will also be available at a special show price. We’ll be offering steep discounts on signed books, convention exclusives and hard to find collectibles, like the reissuing of the classic Jose Gonzalez Wall Poster! These are some of the very last posters we have available so get one while you still can!

• MK Reed writes to say the new issue of PAPERCUTTER will be out at the show at the Indie Spinner Rack table once the show opens to the public with copies of the new issue of Papercutter. There has been hardly any small press/indie news for this show so it’s nice to see a little of the indie spirit representing.

• Kunoichi, Inc., is holding a 2008 Artdrop New York Comic Con Talent Search. Kunoichi, who has provided comics illustration, concept design, and packaging design for companies including Hasbro, Cartoon Network, and Rockstar Games, will be reviewing artwork samples at Booth #1551 during New York Comic Con April 18-20.

Art samples submitted can include comics pages, or character designs. Kunoichi is seeking talented artists in all styles, beyond comic books and into other entertainment mediums. All materials submitted should be labeled with your contact information.

• Scott Wegener artist/co-creator of Atomic Robo will be at the Double Midnight Comics Booth (#2702) on Friday and Saturday.

• Finally, there will be a Carousel! In 3D:

NICK MAG PRESENTS 3-D COMIC CAROUSEL
Sunday, April 20
3 PM - 4 PM

A series of cartoon slide shows of comics from Nickelodeon Magazine, presented by an array of artists and other characters. Plenty of gags, goofiness, audience participation and 3-D action! Definitely for kids and alternative-comics-loving adults. Free 3-D glasses and magazines!

Speaker(s):
Chris Duffy - Magazine Editor - Nickelodeon
Dave Roman - Magazine Editor - Nickelodeon
R. Sikoryak (Drawn and Quarterly)
Sam Henderson (Magic Whistle)
Kim Deitch (Alias the Cat)
Michael Kupperman (Tales Designed To Thrizzle)

Assisted by Karen Sneider (Pony Up!)
Adapted for 3-D projection by Gerald Marks

If you’re looking for indie cartoonists at NYCC, the Indie Spinner Rack booth is as good as any to find ‘em!

We are premiering the first official ISR t-shirt and will have copies of the Awesome anthology available! We will be recording interviews throughout the weekend and will be raffling off a huge original sketch jam piece!

Creators signing and sketching at the ISR booth:
Friday:
3:30-5:30 - Dan Piraro (Bizarro)
3-7 - Mike Dawson (Freddie & Me)
3-7 - MK Reed (Papercutter, The Girls’ Guide to Guys’ Stuff)
Saturday:
10-1 - George Lavigne (Awesome anthology)
10-2 - Monica Gallagher (Gods & Undergrads, Boobage)
1-4 Liz Baillie (My Brain Hurts)
1-4 - Jamie Tanner (The Aviary)
4-7 - Julia Wertz (The Fart Party)
4-7 - Sarah Glidden (How to Understand Israel in Sixty Days or Less)
Sunday:
10-1- Fred Chao (Johnny Hiro)
10-1 - Nick Bertozzi (The Salon)
1-4 - Alec Longstreth (Phase 7, Papercutter)
1-4 - Salgood Sam (Therefore Repent)
4-7 - Jamie Tanner (The Aviary)
Be sure to stop by our booth for additional creator appearances
and for the scoop on the huge annoucement we’re making at the con!