Signing tomorrow at The Source Comics and Games

Just a reminder for anyone in the Twin Cities area that I'll be at The Source Comics and Games tomorrow, signing copies of Dark Horse Presents #12, which kicks off the new Kill All Monsters story.

See you there!

Free Comic Book Day was amazing

Free Comic Book Day was awesome. It was a family affair for us with David and I selling Kill All Monsters comics and Diane doing all kinds of nerdy facepainting from superhero logos and Pokemon characters to full-blown Spider-Man masks and zombie makeup. That's her setting up behind me in the photo above.

We were at The Source Comics and Games, which has completely figured out how to win at Free Comic Book Day. They turn their store into a mini comics convention, not only giving away free comics, but also having a huge sale and inviting local cosplayers and creators to come and be part of the festivities. It's grown bigger every year and this time the line at opening was unbelievable.



What you don't see in that picture is that the line continues to wrap around two more corners to the opposite side of the store. There were tons of people and Kill All Monsters sold really well. In fact, from a sales per hour standpoint, it did even better at FCBD than at C2E2.

So thanks again to The Source for hosting a great event, and thanks to all the customers who came by and chatted and/or bought a copy of KAM. It was great meeting you all and I couldn't be more excited for SpringCon in two weeks.

Kill All Monsters at The Source this weekend!

This weekend is Free Comic Book Day! As usual, I'll be spending it at The Source Comics and Games, but this year I won't just be picking up a stack of free comics and taking advantage of the store's huge sale. I'll also have a table with copies of Kill All Monsters.

KAM will be for sale, but I do have some awesome prints to give away with every purchase of the book. So... Free Comic Book-Inspired Art Day, I guess? And of course I'll be happy to sign any copies that you already have for absolutely zero dollars. Whatever the situation, if you're in the area, I hope you'll come by and say hello whether you buy anything or not. My wife Diane will also be there face painting; also not for free, but super fun. She's great at superhero faces, logos, Pokemon, and pretty much anything geeky and cool. If she can find a reference for it, she can put it on your cheek and make it look amazing.

As long as I'm writing about appearances, I should quickly mention that C2E2 was a great success. I got to spend the whole weekend hanging out with Jason and a bunch of other friends, both old and new, whom I don't want to list because I'll forget someone important. But we sold a bunch a books and talked to a lot of kaiju fans, all of whom never fail to humble me with their vastly superior knowledge of giant monsters and robots. If I talked to you last weekend, please know that I loved it and look forward doing it again as soon as possible.

Jason sets up before the show

Elsewhere... Clunky Robots!

Five Comics Shops



Last week's Five for Friday assignment was to Name The Five Comic Shops You Know About That Are Closest To Where You're Sitting Right Now. I'm blessed to live in a place with a lot of great comics shops, so this was easy:

1. The Source Comics and Games (Falcon Heights)
2. Uncle Sven's Comic Shoppe (Saint Paul)
3. Double Danger Comics and Collectibles (Minneapolis)
4. Big Brain Comics (Minneapolis)
5. Dreamhaven Books (Minneapolis)

I chatted with Zeroids writer Aaron Shaps



This week's Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs was an interview with the creator of Moonstone's new clunky-robots-vs-space-invaders series, Zeroids. He also pays homage to lots of other stuff like zombies, space vampires, sorority girls, and buddy movies. And he promises even more in upcoming issues: giant monsters, space pulp, and the like. This is going to be a crazy fun series, so click through and learn more about it.

Meet Michael May: Indy Comic Book Week at the Source

I think I've met most of the local readers of this blog, but in case I haven't (or even if I have, since I'd love to meet you again), there's another opportunity coming up on Wednesday, December 30th at Source Comics and Games.

Since Diamond Distribution is taking the week off and not shipping any new comics, the Source (along with a bunch of other comics folks nationwide) is declaring it Indy Comic Book Week. They'll have a bunch of local indy writers and artists there to sign their stuff and Jessica Hickman and I will be amongst them. Jess and I won't be able to get there until around 4:00 pm, but if you're in the area we'd love to meet you. I hear rumors about food being served as well. Should be a lot of fun.