Okay, I'm a slacker. If you've followed this blog at all, you know I did drop out from my "responsible" job as a teacher, molding the minds of America's youth to open a book and comic store, so it's no surprise that I've spent all week putting off this post. No bad intentions here. I'm just a bit lazy, since spring has sprung.Apology finished.
Saturday, March 22nd's visit from Alpha Cat Comics went splendid. Alpha Cat celebrated the release of two new books, Behemoth #1 (LaTwan Holland - writer, Antonio Brandao - artist, Rob Jones - inker) and Perfect Storm #1 (Gary Carbon - writer, Rob Jones - co-writer and artist, Dick Giordano - cover art and flashback pencils).
Unfortunately, Dick Giordano could not attend the event but has promised to reschedule. We look forward to hanging out with the legendary artist and editor.
As a special treat, David King, local comic strip creator, was able to drop by. His strip Oscar & Sid is the story of two best friends. The strip begins on the day the two graduate from college. It's unpretentious and full of heart. Check it out at www.myspace.com/oscarsid. David is currently working on a project for the American Cancer Society with local comic artist and photographer Logan Zawacki. See our event page for more info.
Dave was even nice enough to draw an Oscar & Sid panel for our friend and comic artist phenom Rob Jones. We wish we could tell you who will be drawing the cover for Perfect Storm #2. It's very exciting but I don't want to jinx it! Plus, Rob didn't tell me I could, and, trust me, you do not want to make this guy mad!
Off to the Spring Book Show in Atlanta tomorrow. Looking forward to finding rare gems among the many new publications and great graphic novels to bring back to our fair ocean town.
