Comic Book Jones of Staten Island, NY, is celebrating their third anniversary of pushing the funnybooks with a two-day event.

On Friday the following creators are appearing: Steve Becker (Fubar), Ryan Dunlavey (Action Philosophers), John Layman (Chew), Jeff McComsey (Fubar, American terror), Fred Van Lente (Action Philosphers, Marvel Zombies) .

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This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, blah blah blah.

I'll be signing comics (if anyone asks me to) and doing free sketches (ditto) from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Comic Book Jones shop here on Staten Island. It should be pretty laid back. If nobody wants anything I'm just going to sit on a couch and read comics for a while. Sarah will be dropping by late ( Read more... )

Here's one that freaks me out for various reasons:

On Wednesday, June 4th, Dan Nadel will moderate a discussion on comics featuring Kim Deitch, Lauren R. Weinstein and myself. The event is being put together by the NY chapter of AIGA,  which is apparently a professional graphic artists association whose membership is made up of professional graphic ( Read more... )

On Friday, April 18th, Sarah and I will be waltzing around the New York Comic Con. We won't have a booth to sit at, but if we're sitting around at, say the Dark Horse booth, and you catch us, I'd be happy to sign a few things. On Saturday I'll be signing copies of I Love You Beth Cooper. Afterward I'll be traipsing about looking for someone to talk ( Read more... )