Craig Yoe writes:
I’m joining the San Diego Zoo next week, i.e. the San Diego ComicCon. I’ll be signing my new books “Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings” and “Comic Arf,” and I’ll be on some panels. The rest of the time I’m just hanging out. So I wuz wondering if you’re coming and if you wanna hang? If so call me on my cell at 914-325-0917 or come by the following booths and panels when I’m there as listed below.
Signings include Mike W. Barr, Keith Dallas, Joe Meno, Benjamin Holcomb and Danny Fingeroth.
TwoMorrows Publishing, publisher of an Eisner Award-winning line of books and magazines about comics
history and appreciation, returns to Comic-Con International for its 14th consecutive year with a slate of panels and signings. The company will be located in Booth #1215, directly across from the Golden & Silver Age Pavilion.
We don’t know exactly who Super Real Graphics is, but they sent art!
Super Real Graphics (SuperRealGraphics.com) is broadening it’s publishing scope in 2008, and will have many show exclusive items to showcase all of it’s current and upcoming projects, from fan favorite creators, at San Diego Comic Con International. Fans should come by table S16 to get a sneak peek at all of it’s upcoming projects, as well as a chance to meet their creators.
Everyone from Robert Kirkman to Tori Amos will be at the Image booth, and the company is teasing the biggest announcement since the company was formed. Now what could that be?
Comic Con Intentional 2008 kicks off next week in San Diego, and Image Comics has announced its plans for the big event!
Image Comics will kick off the convention Thursday night as the primary sponsor for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s San Diego Comic Con Welcome Party at the Westgate Hotel, including an amazing gift bag including the FOUR EYES PREVIEW BOOK, an exclusive meeting of the Drink & Draw Social Club, featuring Dave Johnson, Dan Panosian, and many more special guests. In addition, Image creator Brian Posehn will be headlining the COMEDIANS OF COMEDY show at Spreckles on Saturday at 8:30 PM, with tickets available at the Image Comics booth.
This year’s IMAGE COMICS SHOW (Friday, 4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7AB) will be the panel to be at, as a discussion led by THE WALKING DEAD’s Robert Kirkman, YOUNGBLOOD’s Rob Liefeld, TOP COW’s Marc Silvestri, SAVAGE DRAGON’s Erik Larsen, SHADOWLINE’s Jim Valentino and SPAWN’s Whilce Portacio reveals the biggest announcement Image Comics has made since its inception. The panel will be followed up by a special event held at the Image Comics booth featuring an extremely limited, San Diego Comic Con exclusive print signed by all present! The panel will also include the first word on the future of THE WALKING DEAD and just what Portacio’s non-SPAWN project is!
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We received the following in our inbox and present without comment:
ATTENTION ALL RECRUITS
DHARMA HEAD OF RECRUITING TO ATTEND LAUNCH
Octagon Global Recruiting, on behalf of the Dharma Initiative, is pleased to announce that Dharma’s Head of Recruiting, Mr. Hans Van Eeghen, has confirmed his availability for the launch of our latest recruiting drive at Comic-Con 2008.
“My colleagues at Octagon Global Recruiting assure me that Comic-con hosts some of the brightest minds in the country,” said Mr. Van Eeghen. “As Head of Recruiting it is my intention to personally assess the very best of this talent in the hope that they may join us.”
The Dharma Initiative will be conducting eligibility assessments at Booth 3529 at Comic-Con, San Diego between July 24th - 27th.
If you are attending Comic-Con and would like to submit your name for a randomly selected drawing to secure one of ten (10) pre-release appointments with one of our recruiting officers, please click here.
The volunteer eligibility assessment will be available online from July 28th for a limited time at www.dharmawantsyou.com
The Dharma Initiative hopes you will spread the word. Invite your friends to join the team at www.octagonglobalrecruiting.com
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Amano! Mignola! Sakai! Way! Nightow! BRUCE CAMPBELL! Dark Horse has an incredible list of signings, raffles to win exclusive Domo figures, a full day of WETA signings, a full day of Star Wars signings and panels galore. Details are all in the jump.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 (Preview Night)
Domo raffle! Come to our booth to win one of our San Diego Exclusive Domo Figures!
THURSDAY, JULY 24:
11:00 – 12:00 Rick Geary: The Adventures of Blanche
12:00 - 1:00 Joshua Dysart: B.P.R.D., Conan and the Midnight God
12:00 – 1:00 Bernie Wrightson: Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein
1:00 - 2:00 Gabriel Ba & Fabio Moon: Umbrella Academy, Myspace Dark Horse Presents
2:00 – 3:00 Nathan Fox: Pigeons From Hell
2:00 - 3:00 Dean Motter: Mister X
3:00 – 4:00 Greg “Stainboy” Reinel: Vicious Intent
3:00 – 4:00 Gilbert Hernandez: Speak of the Devil
4:00 - 5:00 Jim Hardison: The Helm
5:00 – 6:00 Eric Powell: The Goon
As always, Exhibit A wil be at the con, with signings and the friendly faces of Batton Lash and Jackie Estrada. Here’s the schedule:
Thursday, 2:30 pm: Batton Lash (writer), Bill Galvan (artist), and Bill Morrison (editor, cover artist) signing Bongo Comics’ Simpsons Super Spectacular #7, featuring the Radioactive Man story “House of Westinger.”
Friday, noon: Melissa Uran (Supernatural Law assistant, White Wolf artist); 2:15 pm: Victor Gorelick (editor), Batton Lash (writer), and Bill Galvan (artist) signing the first issue of the “Archie: Freshman Year” miniseries.
Saturday, 2:00 pm: Melissa Uran; 4:00 pm: Batton Lash (writer/artist) and Lloyd Kaufman (Troma Entertainment head honcho) signing Supernatural Law #45: “People vs. The Toxic Avenger.”
Sunday, 1:00 pm: Victor Gorelick, Batton Lash, and Bill Galvan signing “Archie: Freshman Year.”
The creator of ICE ROAD TRUCKERS is now making comics. Frankly we’d be more impressed with an ICE ROAD TRUCKERS comic along the lines of CMP’s epic PROJECT X series…bu you take what you can get, in this case CHOPPER ZOMBIE from Devil’s Due.
Thom Beers, best known for his television success with prime time mega hits “Ice Road Truckers,” “The Deadliest Catch” and “Monster Garage” has sped into the fast lane by announcing active development of his first feature based on his graphic novel “Chopper Zombie.” Created by Beers, the “Chopper Zombie” movie is anticipated to go into production early spring 2009, and will be produced by Beers and Original Productions’ President Philip Segal.
The graphic novel “Chopper Zombie” (www.chopperzombie.com) will be released at Comic-Con International next week (July 24-27, San Diego Convention Center, SDCC) by Devil’s Due Publishing and was penned by Beers and Todd Livingston (”The Black Forest”) with cover artist Scott Keating. According to the publisher, advance sales from major booksellers such as Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com have been brisk. Limited edition copies will be available at Comic-Con with “Chopper Zombie” landing in stores on July 30, 2008.
Beau Smith tells us:
I’m writing on behalf of Yosuke Oba and JUN Planning, to let you know that this year at the San Diego ComicCon we will have the Exclusive NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS OTHELLO JACK figure. The outfit design for the figure is from the video game THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS : OOGIE’S REVENGE.
OTHELLO JACK will be an exclusive only for the San Diego ComicCon. There will only be 700 pieces. It measure 15 3/4 inches. It will sell for $30.00
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. If you are attending the convention, make sure you stop by the booth and see all the exciting product. JUN Planning is at BOOTH #402
And beginning a glorious tradition of creator team-ups, Cameron Stewart, Dave Bullock and Darwyn Cooke are sharing a booth, with exclusives and guest signings by the likes of Grant Morrison, Jimmy Palmiotti, Bruce Timm and Ed Brubaker. More info here.
BOOTH SCHEDULE AND EVENT LISTING
Wednesday July 23rd
6:00 – 9:00 CAMERON STEWART/WORK
DARWYN COOKE RETROACTIVE 1998-2008
DAVID BULLOCK BULLOCK ART WORKS
Preview night sees the launch of these 48-page, full-colour hardback collections of unpublished and never-before-seen pin-up illustrations by all three artists.
Here’s another group of art superstars you will want to check out, with Bernard Chang, Tommy Lee Edwards, Sean Chen, Trevor Goring and John Paul Leon — like other groups, their press release mentions other art booths and suggests a new rallying cry: “BRINGING COMICS BACK TO COMIC-CON”.
As San Diego Comic-Con International (July 23rd-27th, 2008) grows each year, your favorite comic book creators can be harder and harder to find. In an effort to reach out to their fans, several groups of top comic artists and writers have dug into their own pockets for premium booth space in prime locations this year, right in the heart of the main exhibit hall.
For the fourth year in a row, theBLVD studio (booth #2707, across from Dark Horse Comics) will set up their own shop to meet fans on the main show floor. Tommy Lee Edwards (1985, BULLET POINTS), along with Sean Chen (SALVATION RUN, IRON MAN), Trevor Goring (WATERLOO SUNSET, WHAT IF? FALLEN SON), John Paul Leon (WINTERMEN, EARTH X), and Bernard Chang (WONDER WOMAN, THE GAME), will be signing autographs and providing portfolio critiques for aspiring artists, as well as selling original comic book art pages, new art prints, commissioned sketches, and limited copies of their acclaimed sketchbooks (including volume 3.0, featuring artwork by legendary artist Walter Simonson).
Everyone is teaming up, it seems, and this is a superstar lineup.
Award-winning and acclaimed comic book creators Jill Thompson (SANDMAN, SCARY GODMOTHER), Brian Wood (DMZ, NORTHLANDERS), and Cliff Chiang (GREEN ARROW & BLACK CANARY, DOCTOR 13) will exhibit for the first time at San Diego Comic-Con International 2008 (July 23rd to 27th). With the explosive growth and popularity of the comic convention, the creators join a rising number of comics pros who have chosen to reach out to their fans by exhibiting with prime locations in the heart of the main show floor.
Located at BOOTH #1322 (next to First Second Books) and nestled between the busy publishing and retail pavilions, Thompson, Wood and Chiang’s booth provides exceptional convenience and the unique opportunity for attendees to shop at nearby retailers and booksellers and have those items signed by the creators. “We’ve had great experiences at the show in the past, but having our own booth allows us to stretch our legs and give our fans better access to us,” said Chiang, who is currently working with rock legend Neil Young on the upcoming GREENDALE graphic novel.
Molly Crabapple brings the Dr. Sketchy’s show to San DIego for a get together on Saturday night.
Dr. Sketchy’s Takes San Diego
July 26- 7-10 pm
dames! drinks! drawing! debauchery! It’s our One Year San Diego Sketchy’s Anniversary. Hang on to your pencils. On July 26th, artists will get the chance to sketch glamorous, burlesque inspired models, down drinks, and try their pencils at drawing contests.
w/ LA’s legendary model muses, The Gallery Girls as the heroines of history.
Hosted by Molly Crabapple and Miss Lily.
With free ice cream from The Ice Cream Man, and tunes from DJ Savvy
Saturday, July 26th
7-10 pm
@
The Local
1065 Fourth Ave, between C Street and Broadway
(just a walk or 5-minute cab ride from the convention center)
$10/$5 for Comic-Con Badge Holders
bring your own art supplies
Insight Studios and Comicmix are teaming up for signings, fun and frolic:
THURSDAY, July 24
10 AM - Noon
Jerry Carr (Cryptozoo Crew)
Noon — 2 PM
Rick Marshall (ComicMix News)
2 PM - 4 PM
Mike Gold (ComicMIx Editor-in-Chief)
4 PM - 6 PM
Alan Gross (Cryptozoo Crew)
FRIDAY, July 25
10 AM - Noon
Mark Wheatley (EZ Street, Hammer of the Gods)
Noon - 2 PM
Michael Davis (Straight, No Chaser)
2 PM - 4 PM
Mike Grell/Mark Ryan (The Pilgrim)
4 PM - 6 PM
Martha Thomases (Dakota North, Crimson Tide)
SATURDAY, July 26
10 AM - Noon
Alan Gross (Cryptozoo Crew)
Noon - 2 PM
Mike Grell/Mark Ryan (The Pilgrim)
2 PM - 4 PM
Mark Wheatley (EZ Street, Hammer of the Gods)
4 PM - 6 PM
Jerry Carr (Cryptozoo Crew)
SUNDAY, July 27
10 AM - Noon
Mark Wheatley (EZ Street, Hammer of the Gods)
PR:
Please join featured artists Wendy Pini (Elfquest), Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Jim Woodring (Frank), Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man), Keith Knight (Knight Life), and director Chris Brandt for a special screening of the comic book documentary Independents, Thursday, July 24, 2008 from 6:25pm to 8pm in room 26AB of the San Diego Convention Center during Comic Con.
The question most regularly asked of any creative professional is “Where do you get your ideas?” People are eager to participate in the process of artistic invention and imaginative expression, yet many seem to believe there is some magic involved. The documentary “Independents” reveals that all one needs is patience, persistence, a pencil, and a piece of paper. The documentary examines the creative drive, through interviews with dozens of artists who have paved their own roads to success as self-published graphic novelists. “Independents” focuses upon the motivation and passion of traditionally marginalized creators, and examines how artists’ lives are inescapably bound to their labors of love.
NBM is handing out a booklet with samplers of some pretty good comics to try:
• A complete story from NOCTURNAL CONSPIRACIES by David B. (the acclaimed Epileptic).
• A complete story from MORESUKINE, Dirk Schwieger’s comics blog revealing the oddities of life in Japan. Schwieger will be signing at the NBM booth in the convention’s exhibit hall.
• Sunday comics from HAPPY HOOLIGAN, the new volume of NBM’s series FOREVER NUTS: CLASSIC SCREWBALL STRIPS.
• An excerpt from WHY I KILLED PETER, a tale of an abusive priest by one of his victims.
• An excerpt from MISS DON’T TOUCH ME, a spicy suspense story.
NBM’s booth is #1528
Even with all the movie stars, TV stars and Slave Leias, the heaving epicenter of Comic-con is still the DC booth. At any random moment you’ll see more lines, more toys, more aspiring cartoonists, more practicing cartoonists, and more celebrities stopping by to see their favorite cartoonists than any other place on the floor. Here’s DC’s lengthy guest list and who will be there from DC for the show.
Beginning Wednesday, July 23, DC Comics staff and freelance community will be leave their desks and drawing boards behind to attend Comic-Con International: San Diego. Along with an impressive list of attendees, DC Comics will have panels and giveaways at the convention.
DC’s guests at the convention are:
• Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, JOKER)
• Mark Buckingham (FABLES)
• Cecil Castellucci (JANES IN LOVE)
• Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER)
• Neil Googe (WILDCATS)
• Geoff Johns (ACTION COMICS, GREEN LANTERN)
• David Lapham (YOUNG LIARS)
• Aaron Lopresti (WONDER WOMAN)
• Brad Meltzer (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, DC UNIVERSE: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT)
• Grant Morrison (BATMAN, FINAL CRISIS)
• Jerry Robinson (BATMAN)
• Jim Shoop (DC Direct sculptor)
• Gail Simone (WONDER WOMAN, SECRET SIX)
• Matthew Sturges (HOUSE OF MYSTERY, JACK OF FABLES)
• Phillip Tan (FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS)
• Peter Tomasi (GREEN LANTERN CORPS, NIGHTWING)
• Bill Willingham (FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, HOUSE OF MYSTERY)
• G. Willow Wilson (AIR, CAIRO)
• Judd Winick (TITANS, GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY)
• Brian Wood (DMZ, NORTHLANDERS, THE NEW YORK FOUR, DEMO)
First second spotlights Eddie Campbell, Prince of Persia’s Jordan Mechner, Nick Abadsis and Danica Novgorodof with signings and panels this year:
Thursday:
12:30 Eddie Campbell spotlight panel, room 3
1:30 Eddie Campbell and Dan Best sign their latest graphic novel, _The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard_, at the First Second booth.
Friday:
12:00 Jordan Mechner talks Prince of Persia, room 4
1:00 Jordan Mechner signs copies of his not-yet-published graphic novel, _Prince of Persia_, at the First Second booth.
2:00 The World of Graphic Novels panels features two First Second creators, Eddie Campbell, and Eisner nominee Nick Abadzis, room 3
3:00 Nick Abadzis signs copies of his Eisner nominated graphic novel _Laika_, at the First Second booth
Saturday:
2:00 Danica Novgorodoff, creator of _Slow Storm_, will be in the First Second booth to sign her graphic novel
Sunday:
10:30 This year’s Kids Draw! panel features Nick Abadzis, room 30CDE
3:00 Nick Abadzis signs copies of his Eisner nominated graphic novel _Laika_, at the First Second booth
Plus! Special as-yet-unscheduled appearance of Gene Luen Yang, creator of _American Born Chinese_.
After a groundbreaking 2008, Abrams will be at the con with a booth, signings and a panel which seems to be announcing…something. Details and schedules in the jump.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., is pleased to be hosting a booth at San Diego Comic-Con for the third year in a row. The Abrams booth (#1021) will feature books from its children’s and adult imprints. There will be several celebrated authors signing in the Abrams booth, including revered comic artist Kyle Baker (Nat Turner), Mark Evanier (author of the landmark biography Kirby: King of Comics), Jon J Muth (artist and writer of the critically acclaimed graphic novel M), Lela Lee (creator of Angry Little Girls), and comics legend Al Jaffee (MAD Magazine and Tall Tales). (See schedule of events below).
The CBLDF is pulling out all the stops with an exclusive new Neil Gaiman book from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (above) and Neil’s signed tee shirts on sale at the booth. The auction includes Jack Kirby, Dave Gibbons, Jeff Smith, Matt Wagner and many more great originals . Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Joe Linsner, & Terry Moore will be at the Sunday Live Art Jam. And of course, the Welcome party, Thursday night 7:30-11 at the Westgate with Drink & Draw Social Club with Jim Lee. All details in the jump.
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UDON will have all sorts of exclusives and signings, including the Street FIghter Tribute book. You can read all about it in the jump!
Daniel Connor from Antarctic wrote us the following very nice email about what they have planned for San Diego this year:
In our twenty-four years of business, which began in 1984, Antarctic Press has published over 850 titles with a total circulation of over 5,000,000! This includes some of the most respected and longest-running independent series in comics. We were also the first comics company to exclusively produce manga styled comics in the Western Hemisphere, long before many others!
The creators who will be with us at booth 2307 include Fred Perry (Gold Digger, Legacy), Ben Dunn (Ninja High School, Marvel Mangaverse, Warrior Nun Areala), David Hutchison (Oz: The Manga, Dragon Arms, Pirates Vs. Ninjas), Joe Wight (Twilight X, Pirates Vs. Ninjas), Rod Espinosa (Prince of Heroes, Courageous Princess, Neotopia), Kelsey Shannon (Bastard Samurai, Yeti vs. Vampire), Richard Moore (Bone Yard, Far West, Fire and Brimstone), Robby Bevard (Ninja High School, Pirates Vs. Ninjas), Wes Hartman (Sky Sharks, I Hunt Monsters), J.L. Anderson (Gold Digger: Tifanny and Charlotte), Chris Allen (Warrior Nun Areala), Lee Duhig (Guru FX), and Jochen Weltjens (Guru FX).
We will be showcasing a batch of new and soon to be released comics this year. This includes Land of Oz: The Manga, Fire and Brimstone, Yeti Vs. Vampire, Gold Digger: Tifanny and Charlotte, and Pirates vs. Ninjas: Debate in ‘08. Also, celebrate with us as Fred Perry completes his 100th issue of his Gold Digger color series (on top of the fifty issues of the previous black and white series) and prepares for a grand relaunching of Gold Digger with issue 101 this fall!
Our good pals at Active Images reveal their doings and sent an attractive product shot as well.
Those awfully nice, Eisner-Award-nominated, chaps at Comicraft, John JG Roshell and Richard No Middle Initials Starkings have a whole bushel of goodies for visitors to their booth in the Independent Publishers’ Pavilion (just look for the red carpet, folks!)… Aside from hot-off-the-presses copies of the ELEPHANTMEN: WAR TOYS and ELEPHANTMEN: WOUNDED ANIMALS trade paperbacks, the latest issue of ELEPHANTMEN (#13) and the Beautiful Deluxe Edition of the Kelly/Bachalo masterpiece CAPTAIN STONEHEART & THE TRUTH FAIRY (with audio CD!), look for two show exclusives — the new TIM SALE sketchbook, HEROES/VILLAINS/BABES and the glorious hardcover edition of David Hine’s gothic shocker, STRANGE EMBRACE, which features an exclusive print signed and numbered by Dave. PLUS: Badges, Posters, Postcards and T-Shirts! Booth 2106. Signings by ELEPHANTMEN creators, Starkings & Moritat, SPAWN and DISTRICT X writer David Hine and TIM SALE BLACK AND WHITE REVISED & EXPANDED artist, um, Tim Sale! Bring British chocolate and don’t forget that Comicraft fonts are half price @ comicbookfonts.com for the duration of the show!
Adult Swim has warned us of an ATHF promotion to find a Carl look-alike–things could get ugly.
One “lucky” real person to star as Carl in first-ever live action episode Adult Swim today announced the nationwide search for a Carl look-alike to appear in the first-ever live action episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
The search will begin Saturday, July 26, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., at the Omni Hotel in San Diego during this year’s Comic-Con convention, what some consider to be the epicenter of Carl-like men. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, one of Adult Swim’s most popular animated action-adventure, comedy-dramas, follows the strange everyday lives of three human-sized food products who live in New Jersey. Their next-door neighbor is Carl, a simple man who’s endearingly sweaty, hairy, lewd, fashion-challenged, horny, nasty and
oftentimes annoying. All men remotely fitting that description are encouraged to show up. It would also help to be bald, have a mustache and wear a dirty white tank top, sweat pants and flip-flops. For background, video of Carl’s awesomeness can be seen at AdultSwim.com.Aqua Teen Hunger Force co-creator, Dave Wills, who is also the voice of Carl, will be on site at the San Diego search. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is created by Matt Maiellaro (12 oz. Mouse) and Dave Willis (Squidbillies).
We’re interrupting our ongoing attempt to sort through our San Diego-related email to note something rather curious.
You see, The Beat and Future Mr. Beat are staying on Monday night in San Diego to chill out, detox and simply sit staring silently into space. Our accommodations are still in a state of flux, but this morning The Beat was checking on hotel prices and was pleased to see you can get all kinds of rooms for reasonable rates and not $400 a night.
This got us thinking. Since the Comic-Con is far down the list of San Diego’s most profitable events, we wondered whether hotel rates would again skyrocket the next weekend for those far more profitable events. The answer: No.
Back in January we noted that the annual ESRI convention is considered to have a larger economic impact on San Diego than Comic-Con:
This PR from the mayor’s office admits that Comic-Con is an important piece of return business for the city, but says the Environmental Systems Research Institute show is an even BIGGER part of the city’s economics, attracting approximately 15,000 specialists in geographic information system software. These 15,000 map-muddlers generated some $46.5 million in economic impact for San Diego in 2006. Comic-Con? A mere $32.1 million. Doing the math, a geographer computer nerd spends $3100 in San Diego. A stormtrooper, a scant $267 (based on an estimate of 120,000 attendees in 2006).
This idea was echoed in this story from the New York Times:
And it is decidedly low-rent. No. 33 on the official tip sheet lists the grocery chain Ralph’s Market as an alternative to dining out. The Bio International Convention in San Diego, a gathering of the biotechnology industry, with one-sixth as many attendees, produces about double Comic-Con’s $41.5 million in economic impact on the city.
So we decided to do a little comparison shopping.
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