LIve Art Night pics

Jim Mahfood and David Mack at J. Gilligan's
















Andy Lee and Dave Crosland














Steve Troop of Melonpool fame, who challenged Kitty and me to a game of Squiggles, I think he called it. One of us would do a random mark on the page, and pass it to the next one. Amazing how usually it develops into a face or figure, no matter what the starting point. Steve is a very cool guy, and if you don't know about Melonpool, you should read it. Funny, funny stuff. He also does some of the most amazing puppet stuff. Builds his own muppet-type figures, and has a blast keeping his neighbors guessing about what that chemical smell is coming from his place. (It's the adhesive he uses to put the figures together.) I was by far the worst Squiggle player. Somewhat intimidated by the presence of real talent around me.

Alice loves Dallas (area)

Steverino at WWT! I still can't believe what a good time we had at the con. I am getting really torn between whether I just want to keep volunteering or if I want to try a table in Artist's Alley next year myself (probably along with Kitty). I've done a lot of trade shows, and sitting behind the table can be boring at times, and one thing I never was at WWT was bored.

And all the perks of being a volunteer! Being the guy who holds the "I am soooooo last in line" sign, or my favorite, greeting and pointing at the front door to all the lost looking souls who need a ticket. Why, that even got me face to face with Ron Perlman, who actually did say hello to me as he came in with security. And then there was the getting of the very cool Sean Astin siggy. That rocks.

So, guys, good fortune willing and the creeks don't rise, I will be there in 2006. Hey, I might even want to do Chicago. It's about the same drive from here. Road trip is a road trip!

Merry Christmas everyone!

I hope all of us on here have safe, wonderful Christmas days!
to help you enjoy, here's a picture of me as Santa!

A message for ALL volunteers!

I need to get some feedback from all the volunteers. Please read and respond to this.
In talking with Steve, I'm going to register and get hosting for a volunteer website, and I wanted to get people's feelings on this. Names for the site, possibility for forums, etc. Maybe some art from Jeremy or Kit, somebody could review comics, etc. What do you guys think?
This would give us a great place for the new guys from the other shows to jump in.
If you don't want to comment here, email me.

Christmas is approaching

What is the one Comic book/geek inspired thing you are hoping to get this year? (or if you know what you're getting, that counts too)
Seriously. Are you hoping for a year's account on World of Warcraft? New high quality pens/pencils/markers? One of the beautiful 'Absolute' books DC has out? put it out there.

Oh MAN!!!! X-FREAKIN-3!!!

I was surfing the movie trailers sites, and I found the next must see geek movie.
X3!That's right. The third X-Men movie! I wasn't too enthiused about the prospect of 'Frasier Crane' as Beast, but going by how he looks, maybe it won't suck as bad as I thought.
As good as I thought the second one was, it looks like this one will leave it in the dust. Click the link and check it out for yourself.
(Posted here and my personal blog just to get the word out. Let me know what you guys think.)