Today, I start down the long road east for AnthroCon in Pittsburgh!

For me, the biggest part about AnthroCon this year is the release of Across Thin Ice!
(In case you somehow missed all my previous flailings and postings from the last two years, you can find more information about it at www.nordguard.com, or, just check out the FAQ.)

Anyhow! You can get copies from Sofawolf Press’ island in the dealer’s room, both softcovers and hardcovers (while supplies last,) get a t-shirt, as well as pick up anything you pre-ordered. I am more than happy to sign things, so if you want, you can bring it by me at my dealer’s table, G15 (which is across and down a bit from the Sofawolf Island, here.)

This year, among the normal prints, Scratches Art CDs, and original sketches (like this one) I’ll have for sale at my dealer’s table, I will also have Nordguard vinyl indoor/outdoor stickers, a “special edition” patch to coincide with Across Thin Ice’s release, as well as some of the normal patches (see here). So, you’re welcome to stop by my table if interested, or just to say hi! :]

Also, Nordguard and comic related, I am running a panel Sunday at 1pm in the Somerset room on Graphic Novels. The panel with cover our method for making comics, from a script to a finished page, and share some tricks we’ve picked up, pitfalls to avoid, and so on. The aim of the panel is to help get you going on your own comic projects, but you can also come check it out to see the Across Thin Ice (and Dog’s Days) originals and ask questions.

In the art show, I’ll have a bunch of stuff for sale at auction, from all across the board.
“One out of Five” and “Avian Postal Strike” will be going, plus the cover for “Isolation Play,” the chapter heads from the book, and a smattering of original interior illustrations from the book (see a photo). While I have no plans to part with any pages from Across Thin Ice anytime soon, I’ve decided to sell “The Nordguard” and this original study for the comic, cleverly now titled, “Lookouts,” (another photo!)

In the adult auction will be “Down by the River,” “Game Face,” “Upswell,” “Divine Intervention” (which will be hanging on Dark Natasha’s artshow panel, and it looks snazzy – click to see!), “Minimum Security Prison,” “Who’s There?”, and a couple other pencil and mixed media things I haven’t posted (hyenas, cheetahs and bears, oh my--here's a NSFW photo.)


I’ve emailed back folks who can be expecting a Hogwarts badge waiting for them at AC! Just swing by my table whenever during the weekend, and I’ll have them for you. :]

I think that covers everything! Safe travels to everyone on the move!


Cheers,
-Blotch