I’m going to be an Industry Insider Guest of Honor at the show this year, which means I’ll be sitting on a series of panels and seminars and generally acting like a muckitymuck. But I’ll also be there promoting my own projects. That, of course, focuses heavily on Super Genius Games and our various print and PDF products … but it also includes this:

“What’s that?” you ask? Why, it’s holiday-themed wrapping paper featuring my cartoons! Here, have another look.

Pretty snazzy, eh?

That will be available from the fine folks at Gaming Paper (booth #1429) at the show and then at friendly local game stores everywhere sometime in the fall (I’ll give you more details when they become available).

I’m one of dozens of artists who has donated a piece to support the fund and, if I understand things correctly, my contribution will be part of the gallery show, open 8-midnight each night of the convention (July 22-24) at Suture Gallery.

This would represent my first ever gallery exhibition (something I’m not sure will happen again), so I’m definitely going to go check it out at least one night during the con. I’ll post pictures of the festivities.

If you’re attending Comic Con, or are just going to be in the San Diego area one night this week, I suggest you come check out the exhibit and support this very worthy cause.

In case you’re interested, the piece I donated was the original black-and-white art used to create the illustration found on p. 73 of the D&D Player’s Strategy Guide (the coloring was all done digitally).

For those of you who don’t live in the area, that little sign in the background is the emblem for one of the trolley lines that runs through San Diego (a GREAT bit of mass transit, if you ask me). In fact, it’s the line that goes past the convention center and will be overflowing with costumed riders over the course of next weekend.

Now I’m back in the studio and trying to stay on schedule, something that’s always a challenge during the summer. Between the normal flow of work, different people taking different weeks off for vacation, and a relentless series of conventions, there just never seems to be enough time to get everything done AND get out to enjoy the warm weather.

Right now, besides trying to get ahead a strip or two for this site, I’ve been working on a VERY exciting project with a Christmas holiday theme. I hope I’ll be able to announce details of that soon. I’ve also been doing my usual collection of writing and game design work to make sure I can pay the bills AND have a little extra dough to spend at the cons.

I’ll be at San Diego Comic Con, though not in a booth … just walking around, saying hi to friends and colleagues, and generally indulging my inner fanboy. If you’re going to be there, too, and you’d like to meet up … drop me a note here or in email.

I’m also going to be at Gen Con … but there I am scheduled to be an Industry Insider Guest of Honor. That means a series of seminars and other events. On top of that, I’ll be pitching in at the Studio 2 Publishing booth … where Super Genius Games will be headquartered for the show. Again, drop me a note if you’re going to be at Gen Con and want to meet up. I figure that’s more my crowd … so if interest seems high, I’ll try to organize some kind of actual EVENT (like the “soda pop social” I had a few years back).

That’s the shape of things here at Stannex Central. I’ll post more details about my convention events in the week leading up to each show. In the meanwhile, I hope you’re all enjoying the summer … but that you still find some time to pop ’round here once a week to see the new toon!

Let the comics flow!