It was a Monday, like any other Monday. Nobody likes Mondays. Not even freelance writers. Everybody knows that Mondays just suck.
And then I logged onto Facebook and saw this post from Dan Parent, writer/artist/creator of Archie Comics’ groundbreaking Kevin Keller title:
“I got a Harvey Award nomination !… Read the rest
Continue reading about How I Learned to Like Mondays (well, this one anyway…)
Kevin certainly isn’t the first book I’ve had published…but it’s the first one I that’s ever received this level of marketing support from its publisher (Grossett & Dunlap/Penguin), which has made for an exciting couple of weeks for me. I’ve done numerous interviews with the mainstream and fan press in support of the book but, for me, the highlight of the whole experience was the talk and signing I did with Kevin Keller creator Dan Parent, Archie Comics writer/artist extraordinaire, on the book’s publication day, April 18, at New York City’s Strand Book Store, one of the few remaining independent booksellers in town!… Read the rest
I was there, along with anywhere from 80,000 to 120,000 of my closest friends! I’m inclined to believe the lower number, but New York’s Jacob Javitts Convention Center was jammed packed with fans of everything from Superman to…well, I don’t know the names of any of the manga/anime characters who were parading around the hall, but there were lots of ’em!… Read the rest
Having recently started writing for the good folks over at Archie Comics, I was invited to the opening of “The Art of Archie Comics” exhibit at New York’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art this Thursday evening past (curated by, among others, old friends Alex Simmons and Arie Kaplan).… Read the rest
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