Here’s an updated Comicon list and schedule.

Jeremy Barlow will be there all five days. He’s signing twice at the Dark Horse booth (#2615) on Friday afternoon:
3:00 – 4:00 pm — Metalocalypse/Dethklok: Jeremy Barlow, Lucas Maragnon, Eric Powell, Brendan Small, and Jon Schnepp.
5:00 – 6:00 pm — Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jeremy Barlow, Matt Fillbach, Shawn Fillbach.
Steve Lieber will be in artist alley CC13. Mention you saw this and as time permits, he’ll doodle you a free quick sketch.
Ron Randall will be in artist alley BB19.
Paul Guinan will be at artist alley at CC-09.
Erika Moen sharing with Dylan at Small Press table M-09.
Dylan Meconis sharing with Erika at Small Press table M-09.
Ron Chan and Cat Farris will be wandering the floor and taking meetings.

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Erika will be a guest this weekend, May 8th and 9th, at TCAF, the Toronto Comics Art Festival. She’ll have copies of her new book DAR, Volume 2. Go visit her table and take a look!

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With Emerald City Comicon in Seattle just a few days away, we thought it best to bring everyone up to speed with the “who, what and where”.

While the list of special guests this year is quite distinguished, (Stan Lee, Lou Ferrigno, Leonard Nimoy just to name a few) the list of Periscopers that will be attending is enough to get any comics fan hyped up!

• Steve Lieber | F-02
• Paul Tobin | F-03
• Jeremy Barlow | F-04
• Jeff Parker | F-04
• David Hahn | F-06
• Dylan Meconis | F-07
• Erika Moen | F-08
• Cat Farris | F-09/F-10
• Ron Chan | F-09/F-10
• Susan Tardif | F-15
• Rich Ellis | F-15
• and possibly a few others :)

The con itself will go for two days and feature some of the biggest names in the industry, with plenty of exhibitors, vendors, and representatives from many major comics publishers.

Remember to get your tickets because the weekend is fast-approaching!

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Photo by Terri Nelson

Paul Tobin:
You can always ask Colleen Coover’s (Artists Alley FF 15) and she’ll usually know where I am.

THURSDAY: July 23rd

SUNDAY: July 26th

Steve Lieber: Artists Alley: FF-16

Panels:
Thu, July 23, 2pm – 3pm
A Darker Shade of Ink: Crime and Noir in Comics— Crime comics are back with a bang! Darwyn Cooke (Parker: The Hunter), Greg Rucka (Gotham Central), and Steve Lieber (Whiteout) join moderator/noted mystery and comics writer Max Allan Collins (The Road to Perdition) to talk about the new incarnations of crime and noir in comics. Room 5AB

Friday the 24th:
11:30-12:30 Comics Arts Conference Session #6: Can College Prepare Creators for Comics Careers?— Hope Larson (Chiggers), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Nick Langley (Rocket Llama), Jaque Nodell (Super Human Resources), Marko Head (Marko’s Corner), and Steve Lieber (Whiteout, Underground) discuss whether college education can really help people pursuing comics careers. Room 30AB

Colleen Coover: Artists Alley FF15

Friday 2:00-3:00 Prism Queer Press Grant Portfolio Review After the overwhelming success of portfolio review last year, Prism is proud to offer it once again this year with Jimmy Palmiotti (Jonah Hex, Countdown), Phil Jimenez, Bob Schreck (Editor at Dark Horse, Oni Press, DC), Georg Brewer (DC Direct), Colleen Coover, and José Villarrubia who will critique the work only of those interested in applying for this year’s Queer Press Grant (established by Prism to encourage new LGBT talent). Before attending the sessions, applicants are required to read QPG guidelines available at prismcomics.org/grant. Very few sessions are available so check at prismcomics.org and the Prism booth to ensure you get your portfolio reviewed by some of the best professionals working in the field. UPDATE: Booth #2146

Saturday 4:30-5:30 Love is in the Air: LGBT Romance Comics— Romance comics, once a staple of the comics industry but now considered campy curiosities, have inspired a new generation that has created their own take on matters of the heart while moving beyond the boy-girl soap operas of yesteryear. Moderator Charles “Zan” Christensen (Mark of Aeacus) and panelists Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Tim Fish (Cavalcade of Boys), Mari Morimoto (manga translator of Naruto), Colleen Coover (X-Men: First Class), Steve MacIsaac (Shirtlifter), and Michelle Nolan (Love on the Racks: A History of American Romance Comics) discuss the new LGBT romance comics. Room 30AB

Sunday 11:00-12:00 Women of Marvel— One of the most talked about panels from last year is back! Forget Storm and She-Hulk, meet the real Ms. Marvels of the comic world! Women from every discipline in the creative process at Marvel will be on hand to talk about what it’s like working as a woman in comics today and how you can join them. Say goodbye to the so-called “Boy’s Club,” these ladies are busting down the four-color ceiling! Guests include New York Times bestselling author Marjorie Liu (Dark Wolverine), Christina Strain (World War Hulk), Colleen Coover (Marvel Adventures), Sonia Oback (X-Force), Emily Warren (Secret Invasion), and more! Room 7AB

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Erika Moen will be a guest at TCAF this weekend, May 9-10. She’ll have copies of her new strip collection DAR, and a bunch of prints and posters. Make sure to stop by and say hi!

While you’re there, make sure to visit Jim Ottaviani of GT Labs. He’s got books with art by Periscope’s Jeff Parker, Steve Lieber and Dylan Meconis, and he’ll probably have a preview copy of his new project T-Minus.

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Map’d!

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One of us didn’t go to Emerald City and she went completely berserk in our absence: http://tinyurl.com/cqfeth. The report begins 3:48 PM Apr 3rd.

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Periscope will be at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend! Members attending include: Steve Lieber & Sara Ryan, Jeff Parker, Ron Randall, Colleen Coover & Paul Tobin, Matthew Clark, David Hahn, Dustin Weaver, Rich & Cat Ellis, Susan Tardif, Ron Chan, Jonathan Case, Rick Remender, Kieron Dwyer and Erika Moen. You can find us set up from booths F1-F11, and D3-D4, so come chat us up, commission a sketch, or buy you some swag.

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Steve Lieber will be a guest at a Seattle Comics Convention on Sunday, October 26. Among the other guests will be the all-around genius and great friend of Periscope, Paul Chadwick.

Also, Jonathan Hennessey, Aaron McConnell’s collaborator on The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation, is touring to promote the book. Aaron’s going to be staying home promoting the new baby.
Some Of JH’s upcoming appearances:
Oct. 20 – Barnes & Noble, Framingham, MA
Oct. 22 – National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
Oct. 27 – Barnes & Noble, Akron, OH
Oct. 30 – McCormick Freedom Museum, Chicago
Nov. 5 – San Jose Library, Evergreen Branch, San Jose
Nov. 6 – Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Nov. 7 – Book Passage, San Francisco
Nov. 10 – LA Public Library, Robertson Branch, LA

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David Hahn goes North On Sunday, Oct 5th, I was a guest at the Calgary Comic and Toy Expo in calgary, Canada. My host was show owner Stephen Fuller, and it was a great weekend. Upon landing in Calgary, I discovered that Air Canada had ‘lost’ one of my bags, but delivered it to me at the hotel around midnight. In the mean time, they gave me a complimentary overnight kit that had a razor, shaving cream, soap, toothbrush, comb, deodorant, and an extra large white cotton t-shirt (!), all in this neat little blue nylon bag that said “Air Canada” on it. AND they also gave me a voucher for up to $50 dollars to purchase ANYTHING I might need (except food and alcohol). I send them the receipts and they reimburse me for the expenses. So, basically, I can get $50 worth of free stuff.

Speaking of stuff, I was stuffed with sushi and booze the first night. The next day Stephen, I had the option to go to Banff, an outdoor…place that had mountains and trees, OR go to the world renowned Royal Tyrell Museum to see dinosaur fossils and complete skeletons of T. Rex, Albertasaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and more. Needless to say, I chose the latter. I was shocked to learn that when my pal Jeff Parker was here last year as a guest, he chose to go to Banff. I don’t get you sometimes, Jeff. The museum was better than Disneyland and the gift shop was championship. I bought many dinosaur models and toys for my collection. Thanks, Air Canada!

Later that day we went to the airport to pickup Young Justice artist Todd Nauck. We were in the mood for beef, so Stephen took us out to dinner at a place called Jack Astors, whose logo is exactly what you would think, a donkey. Our chesty waitress, Jocelyn, was friendly, but seem harried, worried and distracted. Every time food or drinks were brought to our table, it was by a different waitress, so we had about 5 people who served us. The food was good though, and the corn on the cob was especially tasty.

The following morning was the show and it was quite steady and busy for a small show. I spent most of the day doing sketches and sold many pages of original Fantastic Four art and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane art. People are so polite in Canada, though, throughout the trip, there seemed to be an inordinate number of screaming (and I mean SCREAMING) kids almost everywhere we went. Screaming like these kids were being stabbed with knives or something. The show also featured a costume contest in which first place was a beautiful pencilled pin up of Spider-Man by Todd Nauck, and second place was $100. I did some shopping when it slowed down a bit and bolstered my infantilism by buying some sweet Alien and Predator toys.

After the show, Stephen took Cary Nord, Cary’s girlfriend Kate, Todd, and I to a place called The Big T’s Country BBQ. There, we had BBQ meat, followed by more BBQ meat, a side of meat and beans, cornbread, meat, BBQ sauce with a serving of meat under it, beer, and some meat to round it all off. It was great. All this red meat would make Jeff Parker cry and force Matthew Clark to go right to the airport leave the province.

I am now in my hotel room trying to figure out how to pack my bags with all this extra stuff.

The end.

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