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 Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Huh?
Posted by maggie
I just realized that the silverware on my Baltimore airport restaurant table at The Greene Turtle (past the security gate) is actually metal. And the knife has a serrated cutting edge. What's up with that?
9/11/2007 10:59:41 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00) 
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Much Misc.
Posted by maggie
The Minnesota retailer at whose store Jim Lee will appear is Nick Post, owner of The Source. I shared a breakfast table at the Summit with Stewart Sinex, representing The Family Game Store in Savage, Maryland. He recommended for fun, informative play the game Civil Lore. It's more like a board game than the sort of play our industry focuses on, but I'm going to look into it -- given how much several of us are enjoying Cineplexity.
Discussed hat etiquette with retailer Jeremy Shorr, who had (correctly) removed his hat indoors. He spoke of sitting on the floor at San Diego, his hat beside him -- and having Chuck Rozanski toss money into it. Hee.
A couple of neat kids' projects in the works at DC are a little kids version of Teen Titans and another little kids Captain Marvel. That second one is Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! Quote from Marvel regarding Avengers: "When you see who are Skrulls, you'll be surprised." Or did I post that already? Anyway, it seems that zombies are also solidly part of the Marvel line, at least for the time being. Speaking of spooky things, we saw an extended trailer for 30 Days of Night: well-done (scary) stuff. And the new Iron Man trailer? Wow!
9/11/2007 10:25:36 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Another Day, Another Airport
Posted by maggie
The Diamond Retailer Summit continues, but (since I'm reporting, rather than placing orders) I'm heading back to Wisconsin -- following a retailer Q&A breakfast. Saw the CBLDF's Brownstein on the way out of the convention center and gave him the information on Jim Lee's store-appearance auction. I confirmed that I have video of the laugh-filled event. Stay tuned. In the meantime ... not thrilled to be flying on Sept. 11, but I bet the planes will be less crowded today.
9/11/2007 10:15:26 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Baltimore Retailer Summit Is News-Packed
Posted by maggie
And here are some news snippets. For actual details, keep checking the CBGXtra site: Inkworks has the license to do SPIRIT cards, both film and Eisner comics sets. The new "Spider-Man brain trust" is writers Dan Slott, Zeb Wells, Bob Gale, and Marc Guggenheim. She-Hulk will be written by Peter David and have "more punching, less legalese." There will be many, many Skrulls in the activities of The Avengers. Cable will be back in '08. X-Force will return. Jim Shooter takes over Legion of Super-Heroes with #37. Jim Lee auctioned off a store appearance for the benefit of the CBLDF -- and a Minnesota store won with a bid of $7,500. Bat Lash will return, written by Sergio Aragones and drawn by John Severin. Sergio will also be writing The Spirit. March 6, 2009, is the scheduled release date for the Watchmen film. Keep checking CBGXtra for details on these stories and more. It's late and I have to catch a plane tomorrow. Did I mention I have a toothache? Yawwwwwnzzzzzzz.
9/10/2007 9:22:00 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Virgin Comics' Dan Dare
Posted by maggie
Is being promoted at the Retailer Summit by Garth Ennis.
Virgin is producing a number of items that are involved with Sony projects in the future.
Virgin owner Richard Branson was a comics buff as a kid. The Dan Dare of the Virgin series will be the same Dan Dare of British comics that were. Ennis said it won't be aimed at kids but not a mature readers title. Like Dark Knight, but not a driven, psychopathic character. Series is 7 issues, with the last one double-sized. There will be a brief background to bring readers up to date.
9/10/2007 12:57:30 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Dark Horse FCBD 2008
Posted by maggie
Its comic will be a 3-story Hellboy release.
9/10/2007 12:54:22 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Dinner with Rowan Rozanski
Posted by maggie
Last night included the opportunity to go to dinner with the daughter of CBG columnist Chuck Rozanski. We'd never had a chance to do much more than exchange pleasantries before, and this was a delightful discussion ranging through a wide variety of topics. Concern: Chuck's problems with the West Nile virus continue -- and he was really hit with a flare-up last week.
9/10/2007 10:36:00 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Jeff Vaughn's Antiques Is Hardcover Collection
Posted by maggie
I saw photocopies in San Diego, and Jeff just handed me the published collection of his Antiques strip (with Brendon and Brian Fraim). It touches so much of a collector's life ... Looking forward to a leisurely look. He interviewed Jim Shooter for a program event during the Baltimore show, with Jim now returning to comics in an even bigger way than the announced project of spring. Jeff commented to me this morning that fan reaction to Jim's return seems to be very positive, indeed. Cool. Also cool? Fellow F+W staffer Joe Diedrich tipped me off that Jeff had expressed a yearning for an authentic Wisconsin cheesehead decoration. Men of distinction wear Wisconsin cheesehead toppers.
9/10/2007 10:24:51 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Choices
Posted by maggie
I can either go out to get more news to increase the backlog of things to post -- or post some more.
For example, there's a great project in the works from Blue Line Art to benefit the American Cancer Society. I guess you can take this as a heads-up, and I'll bring you more later.
9/10/2007 8:14:06 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Third Printing of THE PRO
Posted by maggie
Do you have yours, yet? Jimmy Palmiotti handed me a copy of the Image title from Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner, Paul Mounts, and him. Third printing, and it's back to press. Woo hoo! Amanda was focused on drawing a convention commission, flanked by a sign warning Jimmy not to bump the table. Hee!
9/10/2007 8:06:59 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Oh, Gwen, you're still in our hearts!
Posted by maggie
The 'Toon Tumblers special edition for the Baltimore con featured a lovely image of Gwen Stacy, saying, "I LOVE YOU, Peter -- FOREVER!"
Later in the day, Steve Saffel showed me a copy of his upcoming volume on Spider-Man. It's a monumental project: a terrific combination of research and great design that will be on sale later this year. So what did we end up debating? Yep, poor Gwen. We LOVE YOU, Gwen -- FOREVER!
9/10/2007 7:59:32 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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Sunday, September 09, 2007
Sunday in Baltimore
Posted by maggie
Thanks to the hard-to-get hotel-room situation, I decided to hit the show today, when many are checking out -- and be here for one day of show, one day of trade show, and extra time at the museum. So I've had about five hours at the show now and am having a great time. Folks say yesterday was jammed and it's easier to get around the floor today. But that was a heck of a long line for Jim Lee.
Lovely conversations with such folks as Tim Truman, Kyle Baker, Mike Gold, and Bob Ingersoll, not to mention brief exchanges with Mark Waid, Don Rosa, Marc Patten, and... More later. I've just checked into my room and have to find my claim check for my luggage.
But I should note prices here are great for old oddities. $1 @ for Gold Key Flash Gordons, a 10-cent Daffy Duck, and a Gabby Gob; $2 @ for some Marvel variants and a batch of the old Classics Illustrated Juniors. Now to find that claim check.
9/9/2007 2:40:25 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
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