All right, things have been crazy already. I’m not sure how many of these I’ll be able to punch out. And, for now, I can’t really post photos here on the site because of a Photoshop issue. That said, I am posting photos over at the WMJI.com site where they’re taking my raw photos and making them work.

Today was Day Zero, preview night here at the show. Things started at 5:30, which was odd, because the San Diego Comic-Con website said 6:00. I got there right at 5:30 to set up, and was rushing to get everything out.

I must have done okay, as by 5:32 I sold my first trade. She ran over and said “I love you!” I responded as James Taylor does, “It helps that we don’t know each other.” She was a fan of the book, obviously, and it was nice to make a sale so quickly.

I met some great people, fans and professionals alike, and saw some friends, too. It was pretty packed for 180 minutes of show. Kind of makes me worried/hopeful about the rest of the show.

All right, I’m big with the sleepy. More tomorrow, I hope. And keep watching the Twitter and Facebook!

Hey! I wrote a guest blog for Whitney Matheson over at the USA Today blog. She was taking a well-deserved vacation, and asked for some guest bloggers. I threw my oversized hat into the ring and she, in a rare moment of poor judgment, said “okay”. Click here to check it out. It’s all about what it’s like to be an exhibitor at a Comic-Convention, San Diego in particular.

I’ve been bad about posting panels, I know. It’s been a crazy summer, and it’s just getting crazier, in a good way. And soon I’ll be heading to the aforementioned Comic-Con in San Diego and off doing the LA thing, and a side trip with some friends, for three weeks or so. I’ll try to post, but expect a little slowdown to be sure.

This is an image from page six of Love and Capes: Ever After #2. Charlotte’s got a bigger part in this issue, so we’ll see more of her.

I like throwing little things in to amuse myself. Here, you might recognize some of the other patrons of the Café Mobius.

When I went to the Lake County Captains game with my father, I got some of these stuffed Racing Fish from the Cargo Hold shop. These fish are based on the Bobble Fish designs I did a couple of years back. I have to say, they look pretty darn cool.

This Saturday, July 3rd at the Lake County Captains game at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio, you can get this Skipper bobble belly. Hey, wait… I designed it! I knew there was a reason I was posting it here.

It’s the second of three promotions that I’ve been involved with this year involving the Captains. The first was the Captains Free Comic Book Day comic. And coming later this month, there’ll be a Skipper leg lamp, to tie in with the Christmas Story house.

As soon as I get one of those, I’ll show it off here, too.

The second Love and Capes trade is in stores now! I’ve gotten my copies and it looks pretty good. Issue #7 of the series was the last issue that I thought printed a little dark, and it’s nice to see it printed the way that I meant it to be seen. And the word balloon glitch in issue #10 is fixed, too.

(Full disclosure, pages 120 and 121 are reversed in order. It’s a little speed bump in an otherwise great book, and not all that confusing, really. And, if you all buy enough that we sell through, we can fix it on the reprint.)

I’m thrilled with the IDW people and their collected editions. And, coming soon, IDW will be publishing the new mini-series, Love and Capes: Ever After. I’m working on the second issue of that right now, in fact. Heck, have a panel of it.

I really dig that image. It’s got just the right feel to it. I love the darker colors and the lighting. It’s always a bit of a challenge to make Mark and Abby work in the same space because of their size difference. The poses are pushed just enough to. Mark’s really putting his weight onhis right hand, and Abby’s leaning back against him just enough.

Anyway, the second trade’s in stores. Please buy it!