19th July 2010 / Appearances
It’s that time of year when everyone is posting their San Diego Comic-Con schedules, and I’m no exception… normally. Except this year, I won’t be going.
No great conspiracy or anything, here — I’ve attended SDCC every year for what feels like forever, and I do enjoy it, but I simply want a year off from the exhausting long haul travel1 and hullabaloo. I don’t have anything significant to promote, or panels to appear on, so this is as good a year as any.
Doubtless I’ll be back in 2011. And later this year I’ll be attending GDCOnline, New York Comic Con, MCM Expo and Thought Bubble, all in the space of about seven weeks. So, there’s that.
1 Travelling to SD takes me the best part of 24 hours — 13 hours in the air, plus another 4-6 hours getting to/from/around airports, through US immigration, and so on. It’s… not a pleasant journey at the best of times.
17th November 2009 / Wasteland / Appearances / Daredevil
As previously mentioned, I’m attending Thought Bubble in Leeds this Saturday. If you don’t know it, TB is fast becoming one of the premier comic conventions in Britain — it’s comics-focused, creator-friendly, and very well organised.
You can view the full programme here (the one-day con is part of a larger festival over three days), but here’s the relevant info for me:
Two other brief snippets of news today: First, there’s a very nice review of WASTELAND up at sci-fi site io9.com.
Second, as you may have already heard, I’m co-writing DAREDEVIL #505-507 (“Left Hand Path”) with Andy Diggle. We’ve wanted to work together on something for a long time, and now we finally have the chance. More on that soon, no doubt.
29th October 2009 / Wolverine / Movies / Appearances / Musings
13th October 2009 / Appearances
Once again, I’m attending the MCM Expo in London this month, where the nascent comic village is rapidly growing in size and attendees with every event.
For once, I’ll have my own table — I’m at booth C21, which as you can see from that link is just across the aisle from Avatar Press. I’ll also be appearing at the main signing area next to the comic village info booth, taking part in a couple of panels, and likely signing at Avatar’s booth too. So if you’re attending and you want to seek me out, here’s where I’ll be:
General
Saturday
Sunday
I really enjoyed the Expo when I attended last autumn, and with the sheer number of quality guests, it looks to be even better this time around. Well worth the trip if you’re anywhere near London.
(I’ll also be appearing at Thought Bubble in Leeds next month. More details on that closer to the time.)
24th September 2009 / Appearances
I’m appearing at the Manchester leg of Travelling Man’s We Love Comics Con this Saturday, 26th September, in the store.
Also present will be Ian Edginton, Steve Yeowell, Al Ewing, Dave Taylor and Leigh Gallagher (spot the odd one out… I’m the only one who’s never worked for 2000AD).
We’ll be signing, of course, I imagine the arty types will be sketching, and I’ll have copies of COLLECTED SCRIPTS to sell, too.
The event starts at 12 noon and runs through till 3pm, at Travelling Man Manchester. That said, I don’t know about any of the others, but I’ll probably stick around for a bit longer anyway, just to catch up with the Manchester crowd.
Hope to see you there!
31st July 2009 / Dead Space / Wasteland / Julius / Appearances
I’m back from San Diego — no thanks to British Airways and Heathrow Airport, but that’s a whole other story.
It was, overall, a good con. Interesting Future Things™ may come of it. Or may not, who knows. I’m not going to give a rundown of everything that happened, as it would be rather boring to anyone who wasn’t there anyway. So, briefly:
Thanks to everyone who came out to see me and Chris, or me and Ben. And especially to those crazy guys who bought the super-limited black cloth edition of WASTELAND.
Now, I go to sleep for a week.
20th July 2009 / Dead Space / Wasteland / Appearances / On Sale
San Diego Comic-Con beckons once again. I have three books premiering at the show this year, so here’s a rundown of where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing.
New Books
— The Walking the Dust text pieces from those issues (with illustrations from Chris Mitten, Sam Kieth, Brian Hurtt, Robbi Rodriguez, Joe Infurnari and JoĆ«lle Jones)
— A full colour gallery of Ben Templesmith’s issue covers
— A brand new introduction by Jeff Vandermeer
The book is 384pp, and now you can see why. It’s a real brick.
As if all that wasn’t enough, the edition we’re selling at San Diego is a special ultra-limited “black cloth” edition — signed and numbered, with a sketch plate, and it comes in an exclusive WASTELAND hemp bag. First come, first served, available only at the Oni Press booth.

This special issue focuses on Nicole Brennan, a character players of the original DEAD SPACE will be familiar with, in the days before Isaac Clarke was called out to the Ishimura.
Like the original comic series, it’s drawn by Ben Templesmith, and Ben and I will both be at the EA booth throughout the weekend to sign copies (see below for times).
You’ll also be able to try the game out for yourselves, if you’re so inclined. You might even get to hear some of my character dialogue, assuming you can hear anything over the noise of the con floor…

It collects seven scripts in total (at least one from each year of 2002-2007), features an introduction and notes on each script by myself, and clocks in at a fairly whopping 264pp.
COLLECTED SCRIPTS will only be available directly from me at Comic-Con 2009. It will not be made available in stores. I may consider selling copies direct from this site if there’s enough interest, but for now my intention is to sell the book at conventions only.
Signing Times
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
…And that’s your lot. Hope to see you there!
28th May 2009 / Appearances / Interviews
I’ll be appearing on Strip!, the comics show on Resonance 104.4 FM (the UK Arts Council radio station) with Alex Fitch at 5pm GMT today. Strip! is the only weekly comics show on UK broadcast radio, so it’s well worth supporting.
Alex recorded an interview with me yesterday, ostensibly as part of the show’s “Adapting the Classics” series, but we ended up talking about pretty much everything else too. It was a good interview, with some very insightful questions about my work that even I hadn’t considered before.
If you’re in London, you can tune in on 104.4 FM. Outside the M25 (or, indeed, outside the UK) you can catch the live stream at the Resonance website. The show is also repeated, both broadcast and stream, at 11.30pm GMT on Sunday.
Finally, an unedited version will be made available as a Panel Borders podcast, which you can of course download and listen to whenever you like. All hail the Internet.
11th January 2009 / Appearances
Just a quick one: it’s been pointed out to me that I’m listed on the Guests page of the New York Comic Con website. Unfortunately, I won’t be attending after all.
This isn’t the con’s fault—I registered a few months back, with every intention of going, but circumstances beyond my control have forced me to pull out. If you were hoping to see me there, I’m sorry to disappoint you. I’ll keep you updated on any other appearances this year as they happen.
10th December 2008 / Appearances
Quick reminder to those of you in the area: I’ll be at Travelling Man Leeds this Saturday (13th December) from 1pm onwards, to sign copies of WASTELAND Book 3 and the DEAD SPACE hardcover collection (not to mention anything else you have, but those two recently-released books are the main reasons I’ll be there). If you’re around, pop in and say hi.
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