SKETCHES OF ASTRONAUT VAMPIRES IN COLOR

So, I have these inks, see? These colored inks, ya hear? I've been wanting to play with them for a while, you follow?

Anyway, had a stab at last night's quick sketch:

VAMPIRE ASTRONAUTS POST MOCCA

HOW HOT WAS MoCCA?

HAHAHAHA. I actually wasn't going to say say MoCCA was nearly as hot as people have been making it out to have been (I mean, we were in the ultra-smelly, air-conditionless room in 2005 and last year's 100 degree day wasn't mitigated by air conditioning), but then I saw the picture Shawn Hoke posted of Marcos and I from Saturday's show. HAHAHAHA

He also has a photo of John Mejias' new Paping. This is the first time since... SPX 2005(?) That I haven't bought something(s) awesome from one of the Paping/Partyka tables (I didn't realize Shawn Cheng had a new book). That new Paping book, by the way, is absolutely beautiful. Any other year, I would have bought it already and tore through it. Any other year. But at $100... not this year. John took me on a tour of it though. I think it's safe to say that they've surpassed Paping 14 (my #2 book of 2006).

Jog had some nice words to say about Mr. Eybyaninch #2 and a look at some cool books. Pushwagners Soft City is the one I'm beating myself over not getting. All is not a loss, though. I actually DID get a Romanian comics anthology, so who is jealous now?

It's been a while since I've promised a thorough look at the books of a past show, and even longer since I fulfilled such a promise. I make no promises now, but I really do hope I find the time and energy to put one together.

MOCCA B TIRED

Exhausted from MoCCA. Wish I got around more. It was great to see as many of you for the few minutes we saw each other. Wish we had spent more time together, wish I saw those I missed.

Unpacking soon. I think this was the first time in years i was overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of comics.

TRULY The Only Map You Will Need Of The MoCCA Fest 2009 Floor.

Well, it took some doing, but I think we've finally arrived. First, I noticed that some people were getting their table assignments much earlier than we were.

This sparked a flame war that rocked the blogosphere:



Then, four days before the show, Marcos noticed that he wasn't listed amongst the exhibitors and wanted to make sure there would be a badge available for him.

Then we found out that I was listed as an exhibitor by mistake... because we had no table! Some snafu happened somewhere at some point in the past year and no money transacted. We came thisclose to arriving on the stony steps of the armory, loaded down with comics, to a greeting of confused looks, slacken jaws and cruel laughter before being turned away to find some bitter solace at Roomali.

But now they won't turn us away. Roomali will have to wait. Until our lunch breaks.

Here it is, babes, brutes and brooders: TRULY The Only Map You Will Need Of The MoCCA Fest 2009 Floor.

MOCCA 2009 DAY BEWS

BOOKS THAT WILL BE AT THE MOCCA EXPO FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT DEBUTED AT SPX IN 2007 AND HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AT A NUMBER OF STORES FOR SOME MONTHS NOW: