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CHARACTER ones, even! For the first time ever!*
Vicious is available RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT at the SLG store...
...And Serenity should be there by the end of the month:
I'll post another link as soon as they're available!
And thank you very much to Squeek on our own Bubblegum Noir forum for suggesting I turn that old Vicious print into a t-shirt design. (She did a mock-up and everything!) Looks snazzy, even in grey.
BURN YOUR HEART-SHAPED-SKULL SHIRTS AND BURY THE ASHES FOREVER! There's a new sheriff in town, and his shirts have CHARACTERS!
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THANK YOU to everyone who showed up for Big Fun Signy-Time Goodness yesterday. It went even better than I hoped, and the time sort of just zipped on by. (Was it really two hours? It couldn't have been two hours....)
Photographic evidence of my existence (and that of Ms. Gofflin and her big pillowy home-made troll doll, Toofus) can be found on Alakazam's Facebook thingee RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
And thanks again to Holly, Will and Marco at Alakazam for organizing the event! God, that store is just BLEEDING cool... Nicely designed, well-stocked, not a single CHUD hiding in the corners... Honestly, if everyone in the comic industry had the same enthusiasm, creativity and commitment to detail these Alakazamians have, our business would be bigger than Moving Pictures. We need loads more people like that, so please, if you live in the SoCally-type area, show your support! (I hear they might have some extra signed copies of my books, if you're into that sort of thing...)
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And now a small story...
The first time I ever approached someone with the specific intention of obtaining their autograph was when I spotted Siouxsie Sioux at O'Hare Airport in Chicago eight years ago. We were both waiting for the same flight to San Francisco, and we had a LONG time to wait, so I had PLENTY of time to sit and squirm and just generally work my stomach into thick, twitchy emotional knots over whether or not approaching her would be "the thing to do."
As we were about to board the plane, I sprang into action:
"Excuse me, I'm, uh... I'm a big fan of, uh, yours... Would you, uh... would you mind, uh, signing... uh, something... for me?" (12 additional "uh's" removed for clarity.)
"Well I don't know. What do you have for me?"
NOW. One way of interpreting this question -the normal, not-insane-person kind of way- is that she's asking me for some specific object upon which to write her name. A sheet of paper, say. Or a Compact Disc. Perhaps even a boob.
I, however, chose to interpret the question as a request for a trade: "I will give you my autograph, strange twitchy kid who's been gawking at me for the past hour while I discussed Coen Brothers movies with my fellow Banshees, provided you have something of equivalent value for ME."
I glanced down at my clipboard (the VERY ONE YOU SAW YESTERDAY, assuming you were at the Alakazam signing, which you were because you're awesome-sauce).
"I um... I could give you this, um, lovely... drawing here."
She took the clipboard from me and did her swirly little name thing right under the top-most drawing.
"THANK YOU!" I said (probably). She smiled and turned to get back in line.
"THE TRADE, YOU FOOL!" my brain shrieked at me, in the style of Ralphie from A Christmas Story. "YOU'VE FORGOTTEN THE TRADE!"
Thinking fast, I unclipped the drawing -the very one she had JUST SIGNED- and tried to hand it to her. "I was serious, you know! You, uh, you can seriously have this drawing!"
She didn't even look confused. She just smiled again, said "Not with my name on it," and strolled onto the plane. I got on a few minutes later and tried not to make eye contact as I looked for my seat.
NO, THIS STORY DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.
But it does explain why I have, on my wall right at this moment, a framed printout of Mary Ann Mirolette signed by Siouxsie Sioux:
Why did I tell that story? Well, if you are a fan of Serenity Rose or my stuff in general, there is a greater than 50% chance that you are sort of introverted. You're a shy person, like me. Not the type to go up and talk to one of your favorite artists at a book signing or a comic convention or, y'know, just out on the street. Maybe you'd really LIKE to do that kind of thing from time to time, but you just feel too... I don't know, intimidated or whatever.
But you shouldn't feel that way.
I'm the guy who tried to pay Siouxsie Sioux for her autograph... WITH HER OWN AUTOGRAPH.
And I'm not the only artist with a story like that, either.
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I'll be signing fresh new copies of Serenity Rose Vol. 2 at Alakazam Comics here in sunshiney Southern California TOMORROW, January 30th, from 4-6 PM. (Tell all your Facebooks!)
Will Sera get pulled out of a hat, BUNNYSTYLE?
IT COULD HAPPEN!
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The Slow Boat from China has arrived, and Serenity Rose Vol. 2: Goodbye, Crestfallen! will finally (finally!) be set loose upon the comic shops THIS WEEK.
To celebrate, what do you say we get down and do a good old-fashioned BOOK SIGNING, comic-style.
The kindly prestidigitators at ALAKAZAM COMICS in Irvine, CA have invited me to come sully the reputation of their fine establishment this SATURDAY, JANUARY 30th, from 4-6 PM. I'll be chatting with fans, doing sketches, selling original pages, and pulling rabbit after rabbit out of my wee little tophat until we all suffocate under 60,000 lbs. of luxurious angora fur. (Or until 6 PM, whichever comes first.)
Irvine is about an hour down the coast from Los Angeles, so hopefully a lot of you Southern California types will be able to make it. Check out the Alakazam site for more specific directions and so forth.
I think the last time I did a book signing outside of the San Diego Comic-Con was... never? Was it never? Might've been never. Wait... No, I did a couple of Alternative Press Expos a long, loooong, lllllooooooooonnnnngg time ago. ENORMOUS THANKS to Holly at Alakazam for her concerted efforts to get me out of my house and down to Irvine over the past few years. (And if anyone else out there happens to own/manage a comic book store in a (especially in the NON Southern California-ish parts of the country) and wants to set up a similar event, it could very well be possible.)
See you in Irvine!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL!
Would you believe me if I told you that Snowman right there is the very first Invader Zim-related art commission I've ever done? IT IS TRUE.
 
For additional curiosities, including a sketch of something called a "Jacob's Ladderlope," kindly consult the COMMISSIONS GALLERY.
And, as always, if you'd like to request your OWN crime against nature, please send all of your plaintive howls for acceptance to SERENITY@HEARTSHAPEDSKULL.COM. The base price for art commissions is $50, and $30 for each additional character on the same page. Shipping is all kinds of free within the U.S., and a mere $3 to parts beyond.
IN OTHER, BOOK-RELATED NEWS...
I've returned from nearly three weeks of self-imposed internet exile and have begun the slow, laborious climb-back to the land of productivity. Which means, among other things, promoting the new full-color book-shaped doo-hickey I have coming out later this month. To everyone who did the whole Christmas pre-order thing, BIG THANKS... I should have those for you in a couple of weeks (keep your eyes peeled for e-mailings).
For everyone else, it looks like my publisher, SLG, has the book available through their webstore RIGHT NOW, and AMAZON should have them, at their standard massive Amazon discount rate, very soon (Oh man, how cool would it be if you WROTE A REVIEW?). Your local comic shoppy-type places ought to have the books in stock by the end of the month... I'll keep you updated.
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