Comic-Con International: San Diego is coming up, and I have a few notes for your schedule:
I wrote the intro for the comics and graphic novels section for next year's Novel and Short Story Writer's Market -- but you don't have to wait to hear some of what's in it. On Friday, from 10:30-12:00, I'll be speaking in the Impact University: How to Write and Draw Comics and Graphic Novels panel. I did this a couple of years ago with Will Eisner and Lea Hernandez, and it was really a lot of fun.
This year's panel also includes Marv Wolfman (Crisis on Infinite Earths, New Teen Titans), Matt Haley (Superman Returns artist), Jim Salicrup (editor-in-chief, Papercutz), Maggie Thompson (editor, Comics Buyer's Guide), and Peter David (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, X-Factor), Peter has a book on writing comics coming from Impact Books -- I helped direct them to him in the beginning, and am thrilled that it was able to turn into a project for them.
That's Friday from 10:30-noon in Room 8 upstairs.
And as Friday is Star Wars day, I'll be signing at the Dark Horse booth from 4-5 p.m. with fellow Knights of the Old Republic creators Brian Ching, Michael Atiyeh, and Dustin Weaver. Wouldja believe it's my first time meeting these guys in person? Amazing how well people can collaborate remotely these days...
This year, Dark Horse is also giving away a galaxy map, including several of the locations seen so far in KOTOR (and some that we'll be visiting in the future). Bring your KOTORs and your Empire #35s -- Brian and I will be happy to sign 'em.
Apart from that, I'll be out and about in the hall -- sometimes at the Dark Horse booth, sometimes at the F&W Publications/Comics Buyer's Guide booth, sometimes over where my artists are set up. Schedule updates will be here, if any happen. Hope to see you there!