Whew! What a busy month...

Let's start off with discussing Free Comic Book Day (FCBD).  FCBD, if you're not familiar, is a day where participating comic retailers distribute for free certain comics and promo items produced by publishers and creators for this occasion.  This year is the first year CCP Comics set up camp at Austin Books and Comics (ABC) doing free sketches for all of the FCBD patrons.  Amazingly, all morning long and well into the afternoon there was a long line wrapping around the building for about a block.  I'd say this was like the comic book industry's version of Black Friday...but on a Saturday...  We had Sam Lotfi, Tommy Shelton, Chris Beaver and Vo Nguyen (and me!) doing free sketches while writers/creators CS Humble, Rob Bass, and McLain McGuire were promoting new CCP Comics, particularly Dead Robot.  Around noon, after our podcast (that mysteriously vanished) I had to bail and head over to Tribe Cards and Games to do some free sketches and promote Dead Robot there too so I cant attest to the goings on at ABC later that day.

So this past weekend, CCP rocked the Dallas Comic Con so hard, that 7 tables could barely contain the levels of awesome radiating from our people.  Just when you thought you've seen what CCP artists have to offer, Tommy Phillips busts out with these Star Wars themed metallic etchings.  That's right.  This kat took a blade and scratched a design into a metal plate and they looked AMAZING.  Then we had Matt Campbell blow in from Denver, CO some of the coolest prints (like Beast dunking Kobe Bryant's face off).  Other artists present were Sam Lotfi, Chris Beaver, Kris Cagle, Tommy Shelton, Vo Nguyen, (and me!) and Greg Harms (who somehow ended up a few aisles away).  Writers Rob Bass, CS Humble, Ryan Alexander, Brad Ellison, and McLain McGuire.  We stayed consistently busy both days of the convention but absolutely the best person to add to YJ -- I mean -- the coolest part of the weekend was broadcasting via Ustream our interview with Todd Nauck!  If you haven't heard it yet, do your ears a favor and hear it HERE.

This coming weekend, we're off to Houston for Comicpalooza.  Hopefully, Sunday night I can blog about the experience otherwise you'll have to wait until Monday.  Right now, it's a quarter after 2 and I'm fading fast.

-Rita