Oni has a bunch of cool new stuff including…MY NAME IS EARL? Wha–? Also new books by Ray Fawkes and Camerson Stewart, and Ande Parks and Shawn Crystal and announcements from Jim Massy & Robbie Rodriguez, Vasilis Lolos, Marc Guggunheim, B. Clay Moore, James Stokoe.

PLUS…we hear a certain gent named Bryan Lee O’Malley will be making a special last minute guest appearance.

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When you get to the con, we suggest you make a beeline for two places. We’ll mention one of them presently, but the first is Buenaventura Press’s booth where they will be debuting a book that is sure to be the talk of the show, KRAMER’S ERGOT #6, as well as Private Stash, a collection of girlie art by indie stars. Hubba gubba! Also debuting, Todd Hignite’s Comic Art #8. We have some pretty art here. These books are sure to go fast so make sure you get yours while you can. Artists signing include:
-Todd Hignite
-Anders Nilsen
-Johnny Ryan
-Souther Salazar
-Vanessa Davis
-Chris Cilla
-Jason Miles
-Martin Cendreda
-Dan Zettwoch
-Tim Hensley
-Sammy Harkham
-Adrian Tomine
-Dan Clowes
-Ivan Brunetti
-Tony Millionaire
-Xaime Hernandez

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You’ll want to linger in Aisle 1500, not only does it feature Buenaventura Press, but Global Hobo, Sparkplug and The Honeybunch Squad. That means folks like Dylan Williams, Alixopulos, Jesse Reklaw, Andrice Arp, Johnny Ryan, Steve Weissman and Jordan Crane, among MANY OTHERS. It’s a mini MoCCA. Attendees and debut books, courtesy Alvin Buenaventura at the Comics Journal board, below the fold.

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Ted Rall, David Axe, Richard Moore, Cad Michael Ward and Jerry Carr are featured. Details below.
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George Perez, John Romita, Bill Willingham, Gene Ha and…SOFTBALL! It’s all at A.C.T.O.R> the charity devoted to helping creators in need.
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Becky Cloonan, Tom Beland, Joe Casey, Gabriel Ba, Charlie adlard, Mike Brennan AND MANY MORE sign at the AIT booth. Deets in the jump.

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Just a quick FYI re Comicon San Diego. Stuart Moore will be signing and showing advance copies of FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MAN and JSA CLASSIFIED (DC Comics), STARGATE ATLANTIS (Avatar), PARA (Penny-Farthing Press), and other books throughout the show. Here are the confirmed booths/times:

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We’re not exactly sure what this is but it looks awfully cool and it comes with a Viewmaster:

Come pick up a copy of the new release complete with Viewmaster reel, buy a viewer, and say hello to Hi F founders Annie Owens and Atta with special guests signing below:

Thurs.
12-1: Jeff Soto

Fri:
11 Am Kaiju Big Battel’s Dr. Cube
2 Pm Craola Signing
3 Pm alex Pardee

Sat.:
1Pm Brian McCArty
2 Pm Ira Gobler from Gobler toys

Sun:
11 Attaboy

Dark Horse has a MAMMOTH and memorable signing schedule, with such folks as Eric Powell, Yoshitaka Amano, Tony Millionaire, Frank Miller, Kazuo Koike, the Conan crew, the Escapist team, and of course, more more more. Read all about it in the jump.
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Marvel will be set up at the Marvel/Activision booth this year, (#4315) and will be looking at portfolios. This could be your chance! They will also have a full-line-up of signings and panels.

Expect to see the biggest names in the industry all Con long at the Marvel Booth, #4315, as an all-star cast that includes J. Michael Straczynski, Jeph Loeb, Damon Lindelof, Daniel & Charles Knauf, Reginald Hudlin, Paul Jenkins, Ed Brubaker, Moebius, Charlie Huston, John Romita Sr., John Romita Jr., and Marvel’s own EiC Joe Quesada meet, greet and sign autographs! And on Saturday don’t miss out on the opportunity to get your own exclusive Iron Man movie poster signed by upcoming Iron Man director Jon Favreau and screenplay character designer & Iron Man comic book cover artist Adi Granov!

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Manhwa specializt ICE Kunion is having a contest to give away some rare artwork by the artist group Kara at the show.

The ICE Kunion imprint has been creating a stir by introducing the hottest Korean comics (aka ‘manhwa’) to English audiences, and now they’re heating things up in San Diego as well with some great giveaways and a chance to win a piece of extremely rare original artwork! During the 2006 SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON, being held July 19-23, the Korean Culture & Content Agency booth (#2543) is where you need to be to get in on all of ICE Kunion’s manhwa giveaway action!

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Do you have a way with sculpey? You may be just the person DC is looking for:

Following the incredible success at last year’s COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL - SAN DIEGO, DC Direct will be holding its second annual Sculptor Search - “A Cut Above”.

Join us this year and meet Georg Brewer, DC’s VP - Design & DC Direct Creative, Jim Fletcher, Senior Art Director, and Shawn Knapp, Associate Art Director. The creative team behind DC Direct will be discussing the unique challenges of turning some of world’s greatest characters from comic art into amazing 3-D product.

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Who will be who at the Silent Devil booth?

Silent Devil, publishers of Dracula vs. King Arthur, The Devil’s Panties collections and a line of critically acclaimed comics, has announced their creator line-up for the San Diego Comicon. The Silent Devil booth, Table D1, will host creators Adam and Christian Beranek (Dracula vs. King Arthur, Tyrannosaurus West, Unhappy White Girls), Tony Fleecs (In My Lifetime), Josh Medors (Runes of Ragnan), M. Sean McManus (The Last Sin of Mark Grimm), Chris Moreno (Monkey vs. Lemur, artist for Sidekick, DvK, DvC, Super Frat, etc.) and Tony DiGerolamo (Super Frat, writer of Bart Simpson and the Simpson comics). Also on hand will be SD’s support staff: Philip Clark, Hannah Sutin and Lauren Perry.

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Udon Studios has a ton of convention exclusives, you can read about in the jump, and booth appearances by: Alvin Lee, Omar Dogan, M3TH, Joe Ng, Scott Hepburn, Christine Choi, SVEN, Susan Lou, Tom Liu, Jen Chen, Jo Chen & Rey, Ken Siu-Chong, Jim Zubkavich, Erik Ko, Marshall Dillon, Clarence Lim and George Louro. More in Jump!
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While many drivers have embraced loan lender refinance of using their cellphone while driving, some jurisdictions have made the practice against the law, such as the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.

The BLVD art collective (John Paul Leon, Sean Chen, Trevor Goring, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Bernard Chang) will be releasing the SECOND BLVD sketchbook at this year’s show, along with, we hope, their beautiful wooden booth.

Published by Boom! Entertainment, the new sketchbook contains original comic stories, layouts, thumbnails, life drawings and more. Inside you’ll find never-before-seen artwork from Fantastic Four, The Question, Batman, Superman Returns, X-Men, Wintermen, Waterloo Sunset, Star Wars, and tons of others.

Once again, the BLVD studio is making an appearance at San Diego Comic-Con- And the guys will be there all four days taking requests for commission sketches, selling original art, and selling their first and second sketchbooks.

Appearances by the legendary Steranko, Basil Gogos John Romita Sr. and more highlight the Vanguard schedule, along with the premiere of 3 new calendars. More in the cut.

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INfo on the HACK/SLASH movie project, moving forwrad with director Todd Lincoln,and signings with R.A. Salvatore, Tim Seeley, Josh Blaylock and appearances by characters from GI JOE and FAMILY GUY more highlight Devil’s Due’s San Diego plans:

Fans, prepare to be rocked…Skeptics, converted…Devil’s Due Publishing, Inc. (DDP) is packing its bags for Comic-Con International: San Diego (July 19 – 23). Everyone – and we mean everyone – should stop by DDP’s booth (#1732) and check out the new Family Guy, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance Chronicles, G.I. Joe: America’s Elite, and the cult hit Hack/Slash comics and creators. Artist and creator signings, convention exclusives, comic character appearances and freebies will be featured at the booth.

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Here as a PDF. Also up: The Gaming schedule, and a PDF Program Schedule in table form.

Also while we were remarking on the shocking lack of Oscar® winners at the con, now TWO TIME Oscar® winner Hilary Swank will promote her new film THE REAPING Friday at 11 am, along with an appearance by Bryan Singer:

In person, stars Hilary Swank and Anna Sophia Robb, director Stephen Hopkins, and producer Joel Silver of The Reaping, a supernatural thriller in which Hilary plays a world-renowned expert in disproving religious phenomena. But when she investigates a small Louisiana town that is suffering from what appear to be the Biblical plagues, she realizes that science cannot explain what is happening. Plus: Bryan Singer Returns! Please welcome long-time friend of Comic-Con, director Bryan Singer, to answer your questions about Superman Returns and give you an idea of what’s next. Plus: more news and special promo items will be given to all who attend. Hall H

Avatar Press will have a booth presence at SD for the first time in a few years, and Brian Pulida, George RR Martin, Antony Johnson, Stuart Moore and Sharon Scott will be signing. in addition to STARGATE SG-1 cast members Gary Jones and Cliff Simon. In addition, EIC William Christensen is looking for talent.

Avatar Press is encouraging all artists looking for work to stop by and drop off portfolios at our booth #2851. “We’re always hunting for new talent for a wide range of new projects,” says Editor-in-Chief William Christensen who will be attending the show. “We’ve got new licensed series and Avatar Horror projects coming up, as well as new projects from major creators like Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, George Romero, John Russo, Brian Pulido, and Alan Moore slated for 2007 for which we need artists. As one of the fastest growing publishers in the industry we are always looking for talent.” Avatar will not be reviewing portfolios at the show itself, but will take all of them back to the office for review. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!

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The annual Friends of Lulu Awards ceremony and party will be held, as always Thursday night, July 20th, at the Starlight Ballroom at the Bristol Hotel, starting at 8:30. In addition, FoL will have a booth, and is still looking for some volunteers. In addition colorist Marlena Hall will be participating in a blogathon to raise funds for FoL. Details in jump.

The enormous, amazing San Diego Comic Con is hitting the West Coast from Thursday, July 20 to Sunday, July 23, and Friends of Lulu will proudly be there, opening minds about which women are creating comic books, and opening doors to those who want to make it into, or find more success in, the biz.

If you’d like to help us out at our always-fun San Diego table, even for an hour or two, please contact our president, Katie Merritt, at katie@friends-lulu.org (by Monday, July 17, if possible). We’d really appreciate your pitching in and letting people know about Lulu.

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The debut of ELEPHANTMENT and the return of KAFKA are highlights of the Active Images booth at SD,
with Richard Starkings, Tim Sale ad JG Roshell around. Ask them about lettering!
Active Images — publishers of

The World’s Greatest Comic Book Fonts and a number of fine graphic novels and books, including STRANGE EMBRACE by David Hine, SOLSTICE by Steven T. Seagle and Justin Norman, THE NIGHTMARIST by Duncan Rouleau and the indy smash hit HIP FLASK series by Richard Starkings and Ladrönn — will be at booth #2106 at Comic-con, located in the Independent Publishers Pavilion. Starkings will also be signing copies of his new monthly Image series, ELEPHANTMEN, along with the regular artist on the book, Moritat, at the Image Comics booth #2729.

Active Images will be premiering Steven T. Seagle and Stefano Gaudiano’s Eisner nominated graphic novel, KAFKA, at the show, as well as a new sketchbook, PIN UPS, by Tim Sale. We’ll also have a special ELEPHANTMEN print by Ladrönn, another by Tim Sale and all sorts of ELEPHANTMEN promotional items, including free posters and postcards, and news about our annual font sale over at comicbookfonts.com.

Active Images is located alongside MAN OF ACTION, and BEN 10 creators Joe Kelly, Steve Seagle, Joe Casey and Duncan Rouleau will be on hand to sign copies of KAFKA, SOLSTICE, THE NIGHTMARIST, BALLAST and HIP FLASK, which will all be available at the Active Images booth. Comicraft’s Secret Weapon, John JG Roshell, will also be happy to sign of our best selling How To book, COMIC BOOK LETTERING THE COMICRAFT WAY, and Tim Sale will be signing copies of his new sketchbook and TIM SALE BLACK AND WHITE at our booth at scheduled times all week.

While the Man of Action collective has been storming the castle with BEN 10, their hit CN toon, Messrs. Seagle, Casey, Kelly and Rouleau realize that to truly be real men of action, they must be able to show their mettle in the toughest activity known to man: BLOGGING.

Not only has the MAN OF ACTION website been redesigned, but they will be “live blogging” from San Diego. Ha ha. This is where we separate the men from the boys, alright.

The Comic-Con website hs handy hints on how to park at Comic-con, ans a guide to taking the trolley:

Parking can be one of the most challenging aspects of coming to Comic‑Con. While Comic-Con itself has no control over the parking situation in downtown San Diego, it’s a good idea to arrive early, as parking tends to fill up fast.

As previously noted, this year there will be no Padres homestand, which should make downtown traffic conditions a tiny bit more bearable. Apparently, San Diego city planners saw the traffic jams and figured out that pretending the Comic-Con didn’t exist wouldn’t make it go away.

Nickelodeon Magazine will be presenting their own variation of R. Sikoryak’s cartoon carousel which has been delighting audiences here in NYC for a few years. Now you can see just how thrilling it is!

Nickelodeon Comic Carousel: Interactive cartoon slideshows
At the San Diego Comic Con
Friday 3:30-4:30 in Room 1B
Featuring plenty of gags, goofiness, and audience participation. Definitely for kids and alt-comics-loving adults

Chris Duffy and Dave Roman give a quick overview on Nick Mag¹s history of publishing the best in alternative comics for kids.

R. Sikoryak.(RAW) reads his comic strip bending, ³Real FUNNY Estate² then asks the audience if they can identify the comic strips and characters involved.

Sam Henderson (Magic Whistle) creates a soundtrack for pantomime classic “Scene But Not Heard” then asks volunteers from the audience to improve their own.

James Kochalka (Monkey Vs. Robot) reads a collection of his popular Impy and Wormer comic strips and his SpongeBob comics as well!

Johnny Ryan (Angry Youth Comix) and Steve Weissman (Yikes!) face off against Deep Orange, Nickelodeon¹s advanced cartooning computer! Audience reaction will determine whether technology can outwit humanity when it comes to creating gag cartoons.