Chicago Comicon — no longer Wizard World — is this weekend, and I am there but not signing — (Dark Horse is not exhibiting this year). Still, there’s a chance for Star Wars comics fans to contribute to a good cause by supporting the Comix4Sight auction for fellow Star Wars creator John Ostrander. As mentioned earlier, the benefit is to help defray the costs of John’s successful glaucoma surgery, and …
Attended my first WasFEN Con yesterday — the convention of the Wausau Science Fiction Enthusiasts — and had a great time. A growing local convention, I got to meet a lot of readers and do a couple of panels, including with Tim Seeley from Wildcats and Hack/Slash. Author Pat Rothfuss, organizer Evan Cass and I were interviewed by the local CBS affiliate — the report is here. No real sign …
For those of you in Wisconsin, I am signing this weekend at WASFen, the annual convention for the Wausau Area Science Fiction Enthusiasts. It’s held at the The Plaza Hotel Conference Center, 201 N 17th Ave., from 9 to 6. The website is here. I have a panel on my work at 2:30 — and also signing will be Pat Rothfuss (author of The Name of the Wind), author Kelly …
I am pleased to report that I have posted some notes on “Skyborn,” the second chapter of Lost Tribe of the Sith, my new e-book available free from StarWars.com and from Amazon. And I’m ecstatic to report that the exodus from Comic-Con International: San Diego is ongoing — that I’m not in it! Don’t get me wrong — I do enjoy San Diego a lot, and regret not getting out …
Update: You can order the Jarael and Rohlan figures here! At Comic-Con International: San Diego today, Hasbro did its Star Wars presentation, announcing the line for the rest of this year — with a few sneak previews from next year. The slideshow — which can be seen in its entirety on the official Star Wars site here — contained a surprise for me: early 2010 will see a Comic Pack …
Busy news day! In advance of Comic-Con International: San Diego, Dark Horse Comics comics today announced a joing partnership with Bioware to produce comics based on the hit Mass Effect video game. Launching in January, Mass Effect: Redemption is written by Bioware’s Mac Walters, drawn by Omar Francia, and scripted by … yes, yours truly. Part of the Dark Horse announcement: “BioWare™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) …
I expect this thread will be updated as it appears more places — presuming my hosting company doesn’t go down again as it did this morning — by Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #2 is now available for free download. It is currently on Amazon in a Kindle edition; it is also now available for simple PDF download directly from the StarWars.com site. It’s also available from Sony. …
Another episode of the Fictional Frontiers radio show aired this weekend with an interview with me on my work on Star Wars comics and prose; the podcast is now online. Also, Dean Zachary, artist on Knights of the Old Republic #38, has launched his new webcomic, Selena of Sparta, today — be sure to check it out. And Chuck Fiala‘s and my Sword & Sarcasm begins its sixth storyline today, …
My thoughts on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #43, now online, gave me a chance to reflect on my own interest in space — and so it was ironic that the news of Walter Cronkite passed just as I was writing them. For you see, he’s the man in the moon. And I’m not speaking figuratively. Here’s how: I was far too young to pay much attention to …
It looks like the free downloads for Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith Chapter 2: Skyborn will begin on July 21, just in time to provide you San Diego Comicon-bound folk with reading for the plane. (Unless, of course, you look around and see your plane full of Sith — in which case reading about the aftermath of a bunch of Sith slamming into a mountain may not make …