This weekend, May 15-17, I’ll be attending the 20th Anniversary of the Motor City Con. Over the years I’ve been to most of the Con’s including when they were held at the old Dearborn Civic Center and the Novi Expo Center. It’s always a good and well attended show and has always showcased excellent local talent. This year’s Guest of Honor is Princess Leia, herself, Carrie Fisher. Avatar Press will also be there along with comic book talent such as Guy Davis, Art Baltazar, Dave Aikins, Tim Bradstreet, Frank Brunner, Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Russ Heath, Dwayne McDuffie, David Petersen, Billy Tucci and my very good friend Shawn Amberger. Please drop me an e-mail if you are attending and I’ll be happy to buy you a drink after the show. Now on to a few links:
- Archaia Comics (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press or ASP) Plans Hardcovers: The Awakening and Some New Kind of Slaughter in June and The Engineer (at a $9.99 price point) and the second volume of Mouse Guard in July.
- The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons 1913-1940
By Nell Brinkley; edited by Trina Robbins from Fantagraphics (136-page full-color 9.75″ x 13.25″ hardcover – $29.99) is now in stock. - Also in stock from Fantagraphics is the Prince Valiant Vol. 1: 1937-1938 – the imported black & white version. It’s limited to 300 copies. The full-color Fantagraphics edition of Prince Valiant 1937-1938 is due out in June 2009.
- ICv2.com has a neat ongoing list of Mobile Comics Directory, an attempt at a comprehensive list of comics available to mobile devices. Help out if you can.
- Greg Burgas, CBR, has a new column on Comics You Should Own – The Incredible Hulk #347-367. Good news, it’s all been collected in Hulk: Peter David Volumes 2-5.
- Alan Gardner from Daily Cartoonist has the rundown of the 2009 Doug Wright Awards winners. I have to admit, I don’t know any of them.
- Review: Collected Editions Blog on Wonder Woman: The Ends of the Earth HC (DC Comics). And check out the new site design!
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