San Diego ReCap: Part1

Had an amazing weekend at the San Diego Comic Con with the Top Shelf crew. Got to meet some of my idols, like Eddie Campbell and Bill Sienkewicz, and I got to spend some quality time with my fellow Top Shelfers. The Affable Andy Hartzel, Dazzling David Yurkovich, Jumpin' Jeremy Tinder, Arresting Andy Runton, Rollicking Rob Vendetti, 'Mazing Matt Kindt, Battlin' Brett Warnok...ok, you get the point.




David Yukovich handed me some of his great alternative superhero comics, Death By Chocolate and Less Than Heroes. He also gave me his AMAZING BILL MANTLO retrospective book! This is a great read and really opened my eyes to one of Comocdom's often overlooked writers. I highly recommend it to all fanboys. David also does a killer Stan Lee impersonation which made the hours fly by in a fit of laughter.




Jeffrey Brown's Incredible Changebots is a must read as well. It's a fantastic and hilarious book! Jeffrey and I will be signing at the Top Shelf booth at TCAF August 18-19 in Toronto by the by.

And, of course there was spectacle...lots of freaky spectacle for all...

NEW TALES FROM THE FARM CHAPTER

I'll be at the San Diego Comicon this week with Top Shelf, and I'll have these limited edition Tales From The Farm Cut-Out Dolls in tow. They come with an all new Tales mini-comic inside!


I'm only printing 75 of these, and they will also be available at TCAF. They are also available here through pay pal/mail order for $5.

NEW ALBUM ART

Here's an album cover I just finished for the band Orphan Quire and Unwelcome Guests.

MY TOP TEN

Just because it was on my mind, and I'm the kind of guy who likes to make lists...

My Top Ten Favorite Comics (in no particular order):

1) Alec:The King of Canute Crowd- Eddie Campbell
2) Hicksville- Dylan Horracks
3) Cages- Dave McKean
4) Louis Riel- Chester Brown
5) From Hell- Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
6) Watchmen- Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
7) The New Frontier- Darwyn Cooke
8) Cyde Fans Co- Seth
9) The Girlfriend Trilogy- Jeffrey Brown
7) Crisis on Infinite Earths- Marv Wolfman + George Perez

Honorable Mentions:
Ghost World, Ice Haven, Davis Boring-Dan Clowes
Black Hole- Charles Burns
Swamp Thing- Alan Moore and various
Jimmy Corrigan- Chris Ware

The Amazing Gregory Benton...

Just wanted to give another shout out to GREGORY BENTON, a great artist and fine host who put me up in New York City a few weeks back. Greg's work can be found here!