the last part of niko henrichon and my machine man story is out today in marvel comics presents #5, and i made him draw so many crazy crazy things.

it takes place in bombay.

tomorrow to sunday i’ll be in canada at the TORONTO FAN EXPO signing and selling books and robotic shark shirts.  i will most likely have copies of the giant and excellent tori amos COMIC BOOK TATTOO anthology along with my regular batch of graphic novels and if you ask me nice, i might show you some art from the upcoming VIKING.

i’ll be at table P47 all day except on saturday from 1-2pm, when i’ll be on marvel’s BREAKING INTO THE HOUSE OF IDEAS panel.

i will accept any and all strange canadian snacks.

i’m very sad to say that carlos meglia died recently of complications related to aortic problems he was hospitalized for a couple days previous.

carlos was a spectacular artist, the main inspiration for humberto ramos and the army of people who followed and continue to follow that style.

he called himself “matute”, and he was 50 and crazy and living in buenos aires, argentina. i only ever met him briefly in person, and never once in his country in the months that i lived there. i’d put off going to his studio, figuring he’d be there the next time i was in town. i’m full of great decisions sometimes.

we’d instant message, and i’d joke that you could confuse his side of it for the words of a teenaged kid full of sugar, full of animated smiles and enthusiasm. the last time we talked to any real length, though, was a sad occasion; i got in touch to let him know that mike wieringo had died, very soon after mike had asked if i could introduce them. it was only today that i realized that carlos died a year later, to the day, from that conversation.

i miss them both. what the world’s lost in art and personality without them is immeasurable.

(it would help if i remembered to post these things more than a couple of hours before they happened, sorry)

i’ll be signing tonight at golden apple on melrose in los angeles, with ted mckeever, eric canete, david mack, andy macdonald, mark sable and rantz hosely (i think there are more but those are the ones i know)

anyone brings me a hot dog from pinks gets a free comic book.

http://www.goldenapplecomics.com/events/2008/08-01-08tori.php

starting friday at the san diego comic con (see below for exact signing times) andy macdonald and i will be selling this exclusive new shirt to you and anyone who’d like one, in sizes for all the boys and girls.

EDIT TO ADD: it has come to my attention that the amazing rafael grampá’s MESMO DELIVERY, which i wrote the english version of, will be debuting at the show.  take a LOOK.

here’s my signing and panel schedule for the 2008 san diego comic con.  

NOTE: I WILL NOT HAVE A TABLE AT THE SHOW.  i will be signing exclusively at image island, both at the main image central booth and the comic book tattoo booth as detailed below.  

FRIDAY:

4PM SIGNING AT IMAGE COMICS

6PM SIGNING for TORI AMOS’ COMIC BOOK TATTOO

SATURDAY:

2PM SIGNING (WITH TORI AMOS) for COMIC BOOK TATTOO

3:30PM SIGNING AT IMAGE COMICS

4:30PM MARVEL COMICS SECRET INVASION PANEL

6PM SIGNING AT IMAGE COMICS

SUNDAY:

12:00 SIGNING for COMIC BOOK TATTOO

3PM SIGNING AT IMAGE COMICS

i’ve got a couple things the week after in los angeles, so stay posted for more news.

on a lark, i started a thread on my forum, for people to post sketches of dr. doom. it’s been a lot more popular than i would ever have imagined, with a number of pieces showing up, but most importantly some pretty incredible artists posting NEW pieces they did just for the sake of the thread.
click HERE to see it.

here are a couple favorites by frank teran and rafael albuquerque

i am back from my 4th con in a month, and i’m immeasurably exhausted. the charlotte and chicago airports did their best to poke my eye out, too. highlights of the last 2… at charlotte: dusty harbin literally does a pee pee dance while arguing politics at 2 in the morning/at chicago: the honkey tonk man looks brian bendis up and down at a signing like a lady of leisure. i did a panel for secret invasion facing more people than it’s probably advisable to put me in front of.

no more cons til next month, i’ll be at san diego for the first time in a lot of years without a table, so i’ll post what signings and panels you might see me at, as soon as i know. considering an exclusive new t-shirt to sell at signings. we’ll see.

somehow i missed that marvel comics presents #10 came out this past week. i’m kind of immeasurably happy with this series. this issue: mister hotline, kringe and MADAME MENACE.

1- i’ll be a guest of the HEROES convention this friday-sunday in charlotte, north carolina, set up with MATT FRACTION, JASON AARON and RICK REMENDER and probably losing money to the aforementioned at dice and eating barbecue. it was a last minute thing fraction talked me into, and i’m excited about it.  it’s my second time there and i’m incredibly fond of the show.

2- this video will make your life MUCH MUCH better.  you can thank will dennis. 

andy macdonald and i will be at table S24 on the crazy luminescent 2nd floor of the PUCK building on lafayette and houston at this year’s MoCCA Art festival, which is probably the most enjoyable and inspiring appearance we make every year.

we have a new robot crab shirt. we like it quite a bit.