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And I'm back. That had to be the longest bloody trip of my life. But not only did I go to San Diego to the monster of all comic book conventions, I also went to hot-as-fuck Las Vegas and cramped-as-hell San Francisco! And I have such stories to tell you all. But not today.

I'm still recovering from the very long trip back home were I received next to no sleep. Although I just slept 16 hours, it's still not enough to make my head and body feel any better. So within the next day or so I'll put up what I'd like to call the San Diego Rant, as well as share some stories and maybe even a few pictures from the rest of the trip.

So I'm announcing that I'm officially back. The 3 of you who read this should be gleeming with joy!

I'm going to San Diego!

Since I'm leaving in the morning for my fun-filled road trip to San Diego, I thought I would write one last post as sort of an "update" if you will. In true SDCC fashion, the crazy folks in the professional registration office waited until the last minute to send my confirmation forms to let me know I'll be attending the Con as a pro. At least now I know!!!!! And the good folks (great, fantastic people really!) at ComiXpress came through with our shipment and we received the books yesterday afternoon. I will now be able to distribute the new books and will have some copies to give out in San Diego. I also finished up 4 new full color pin-ups for my portfolio, and have already sold 6 prints! (Thanks Mom)

So now that the rush is over, the fun can truly begin. We'll be heading straight for Las Vegas where my crew and I will spend 2 gambling and drinking filled days at the Excaliber Hotel and Casino. I just visited the hotel site, and it's a freaking castle! So cool!!!!! From there we'll be heading to San Diego. Let the Convention Madness begin!

So I'll be gone for a few weeks. I'm so excited this year, as I'll have plenty of people I know to hang out with at the convention, and my good friend Neil is flying in from Dallas to party with us. It's going to be awesome. The only downer to this all is that my best friend and studio partner Mr. Kevin Sole will not be able to attend this year. He switched jobs a few months back and in doing so lost his holiday time. So please pop by his blog over the next couple of weeks and keep him company, while I do my best to represent for the studio. Take care everyone.

It's arrived!

I finally received my preview copy of The Sorrow today. I'm very happy! And because I'm also quite critical of my own work, I'll have to take Kevin's word on the book. He's says it's very cool, reads well, and looks quite beautiful. I love the cover, and the print turned out nice, but I have other opinions on the book. I always feel my stuff could use something more, but again I'm my own worst critic so I'll leave it at that. It is quite cool, however to have a copy of my very own comic in my hands. I'm really very proud right now. It is definately an accomplishment and I look forward to future issues and more great work coming from Out of Mind Studios. Being a creator is so cool!!!

In the mean time the folks at ComiXpress are hard at work (I'm told) getting the rest of the order together, so with any luck I'll have copies available late next week. Then all my friends (and some of you nice people out there who read my blog!) can grab a copy for yourselves and make your own opinions on the book. Is it any good? Does it suck? Should I give up now and chase my dream of being a circus freak while there's still time? Or maybe you think it's awesome and I deserve a pat on the back. I'll leave that up to you to decide. Look (hopefully!!!) for the book to be on local comic book shelves by the 3rd week of July, or order your copy direct from ComiXpress when it becomes available. And because I want to, and I feel it's necessary, thank you in advance!

I look forward to hearing from anyone and everyone who picks up the book.

My new belt.

My friend Lalena wanted to see a picture of my new belt I received in Kyokushin Karate. And because I'm quite proud of the promotion, here it is. This belt is special to me because it's hand embroidered with my name and "Kyokushin Karate" and comes directly from Japan. I won the belt due to the money I raised at our clubs annual Kick-a-thon. It's a real honour to receive a belt like this, because there isn't very many like it handed out. Thanks.