Conventions

My schedule for Iowa’s ICON this weekend

I’ll be appearing this weekend at Iowa’s ICON science-fiction convention, and speaking on a number of panels: Fri 6 p.m. – Writing Tie-Ins Fri 9 p.m. – Social Media in Fandom Sat 11 a.m. – New Author Bootcamp Sat 1 p.m. – Producing a Comic Book Sat 2 p.m. – Sci-Fi That Isn’t: SF Stories Time’s Passed By Sat 4 p.m. – The Star Wars Universe Sat 6 p.m. – …

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My Star Wars Celebration VI schedule

Here’s my schedule for Star Wars Celebration VI (subject to change): Thursday, August 23 1:30-2:30 p.m.  PANEL: Dark Horse Comics Looks Ahead: 2013, Behind the Scenes Stage (W414 ABCD) 8 p.m.-Midnight OPENING NIGHT PARTY: TheForce.net party, Wyndham Orlando Resort 8001 International Drive Friday, August 24 5-6 p.m.  SIGNING: Lost Tribe of the Sith/Knights of the Old Republic/Knight Errant with letterer Michael Heisler, Dark Horse Comics, Booth 839 Saturday, August 25 …

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D’oh — or d’oh not! JJM pens Simpsons comics

Back home from Comic-Con International: San Diego — and I am pleased to be able to share some news. I actually have three comic books coming out in October. In addition to two in a galaxy far, far away (Star Wars: Knight Errant #5 and Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #3), you’ll see another from Springfield, U.S.A. — the first of several Simpsons stories I have coming up …

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My San Diego Comic-Con 2012 signing schedule

Comic-Con International: San Diego two years in a row! It’s my eleventh time to go, but I don’t think I’ve gone in back-to-back years since the six-in-a-row stretch in the 1990s. I have a busy schedule of things I’m there to do — and for the first time I’ve got signing hours every single day of the con. Note that this year the Dark Horse variant edition from Diamond Comic …

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Knight Errant Escape #1 gets San Diego exclusive variant

Every year, Diamond Comic Distributors works with publishers to create some special editions available to the retailers who’ll be setting up at Comic-Con International: San Diego — and this year, the Dark Horse variant will be none other than Star Wars: Knight Errant – Escape #1. The preview is now online for the regular version of the issue, which ships next Wednesday and can be ordered here — but the …

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KOTOR War 5 notes and a road trip

The notes for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #5 are now online — just hours to spare before I begin my trip south. See them here — and of course, the comic book can still be obtained from your local comics shop or from TFAW. That trip includes a signing from 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23 at Comics Exchange, 3711 Chapman Hwy,  in Knoxville, Tenn. I went …

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HarmonyCon, C2E2, and the morning show

And here’s my TV piece from this morning’s Good Morning Wisconsin, relating to this Sunday’s HarmonyCon in Appleton… Calling all comic book lovers!: fox11online.com The con runs Sunday from 1-6 at the Harmony Cafe in downtown Appleton as part of the Fox Cities Book Festival; more at the link. I also may go down to C2E2 just to walk the con on Saturday, weather permitting; media folks attending, please tweet …

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Power on! Armored anthology on sale today!

Just back in from Midsouthcon, where it was another great convention — this time with Joe Corroney, my colleague from Crimson Dynamo, and Michael Stackpole, who I edited for many years at Comics & Games Retailer magazine. It was also great seeing creators Roland Mann, Jim Hall, Dean Zachary, and Lin Workman again, and meeting author Janine Spendlove. (Be sure to visit her site and follow her on Twitter.) There …

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My Midsouthcon 2012 panel, reading, and signing schedule

In Memphis for my annual Midsouthcon trip. I have here my panel and signing schedule for the convention, this weekend: Friday, 6 p.m. How to Write Comics. (Promenade 1) Comics editors, writers, and artists talk about the mechanics of creating a comic. Joe Corroney, John Jackson Miller, Johnny Lowe Friday, 7 p.m. Raising a Child in Fandom. (Promenade 1) Cartoons to comics, movies to literature: Raising a family in the …

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Knights of the Old Republic – War #3 notes online

I’m leaving in a short while for Midsouthcon, my hometown convention; this year should be a fun one for Star Wars fans, as it’s got Michael Stackpole and Joe Corroney among the guests. I have four or five hours of panels; I hope to get the schedule online here shortly before the show. In the meantime, I now have the notes online for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic …

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