Con of Wonders!

Couple bits of business I should mention here. The annual WonderCon comic book convention will be held in San Francisco this weekend (from April 2 through April 4), and there are a few related things I'll be doing...

The SIREN Comic Collection will be on sale at booth AA 130 in the Artist's Alley. Assorted SIREN contributors will be flitting in and out of the booth like beautiful butterflies, and I'll probably put in a stint on Sunday.

Comics writer Brian Schirmer will have a table at SP 07 in the Small Press section, where you can pick up his self-published anthology "Worlds Apart," featuring a five-page story illustrated by yours truly. I'll be hanging out there at some point on Sunday, too.

Also noteworthy: Thursday evening, the Academy of Art University is hosting an Alumni Comic Book Panel with various grads-made-good, hosted by Marvel talent scout C.B. Cebulski. The panel runs from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Morgan Auditorium, 491 Post St., and is open to the public. Cebulski will also be reviewing student and alumni portfolios earlier in the day.

Speaking of which, here's the WonderCon Portfolio Review Schedule.

And finally, the lovely folks at the Cartoon Art Museum are throwing a weekend party on Friday night, from 8:00 to 11:00 PM. The party is a benefit for artist Ed Hannigan and co-sponsored by The Hero Initiative, which provides a safety net for your favorite comic creators in times of medical or financial crisis. Not sure if I'll be able to make it to the party, but it's a great cause and I wanted to give 'em a plug.

Blood Bite of the Death Dragon: Day 8

I think our hero is finally starting to suspect something.

Blood Bite of the Death Dragon: Day 7

Running a little late today, but here we go.



And in a very closely related vein, I just saw Michael Buble Being Stalked By A Velociraptor. Looks like this series launched a day after mine, so clearly there's something in the zeitgeist about people being followed around by carnivorous lizards.

Blood Bite of the Death Dragon: Day 6

OMG, so much to do! But my commitment to the daily updating of the Death Dragon serial is as tenacious and implacable as the komodo dragon itself.



And thus we have our first eyewitness account, courtesy of an anonymous artist who's probably going to have a hard time explaining this to his parents.

Blood Bite of the Death Dragon: Day 5

Digital colors this time, since Ben was taunting me about it. Once again I'm drawing what's right outside my window...



A little bit Coleridge, perhaps. "Because he knows a frightful fiend / Doth close behind him tread"...

Blood Bite of the Death Dragon: Day 4

Nice and simple this time...

Blood Bite of the Death Dragon: Day 3

Man, these old markers are really on their last legs. Might be time to go digital with these, or switch to watercolors or something. In the meantime, here's day three!