Wednesday night Vasilis and I arrived in São Paulo, tired and hungry, and drove straight to the Umbrella Academy release after-party. (Though I was so tired and feeling so strange from the flight that I'm sorry to say I wasn't such great company!) After we got back, we had to unpack then re-pack because in the morning we left for FIQ! After four hours of sleep and a metric fuckton of coffee we were back on the plane, arriving to beautiful Belo Horizonte in the afternoon.

We spent four days at the convention, which was in total 7 days long, and open from 9:30am to 9:30pm! The physical space of the convention was small, with only a few booths and a nice exhibition space, but there were so many people attending. It was a great show, I met a lot of amazing people, and we sold out of everything we brought. FIQ was a success, and I can't wait for the next one in two years.

Monday we flew back to SP, where we have been hanging out with Craig Thompson and Sierra Hahn, who both came down for FIQ as well. Craig had the Brazilian release of Blankets last night, which was a lot of fun. Of course, I had to blow it by getting a cold, so I didn't stay out too late. I am trying to save my health for the release of Pixu tonight!

Which reminds me: PIXU RELEASE TONIGHT! @ FNAC Pinheiros (Praça dos Omaguás, 34 - São Paulo/SP) at 19h! I'm rally excited by the Portuguese translation, which is printed a little larger, (16,5 x 24 cm) and costs R$ 18,50. It's also a softcover! OOhh...

So far I'm really enjoying SP and the crazy weather, hot one day, cold the next. The food is great, the people are awesome, and the comics are everywhere! Lots of thanks to Gabriel and Fabio for making this trip possible, and giving us a chance to plan our next book in person... heh

Bom dia!

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My blog has a new layout! Very modernist. How exciting.

Been quiet over here, mostly working on a few new gigs, wrapping up some small projects and starting some new ones! The big news is that me and Hwan Cho's new webcomic K.G.B. just launched a few weeks ago- it's still getting off the ground, but we update every Wednesday. Check it out: KGBCOMIC.COM. I just joined Project Wonderful, and with the help of a few amazing people I am learning a lot about webcomics. It's really interesting.

TEAM K.G.B.:


That's it! Don't expect much from me in the next few weeks- I'll be working my ass off, then packing to go to Brazil's FIQ convention- and hanging out in São Paulo for a few weeks after that.

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Yes! This weekend you can find myself and fellow Estrigious girls Melissa DeJesus and Hwan Cho in Worcester, Massachusetts for the Women of Comics event on Saturday, September 12th. This signing features a stunning lineup including Tara McPherson and Hillary Price! So everyone up there in New England, feel free to join us Saturday. It's gonna be a wicked good time.

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WWW.KGBCOMIC.COM is finally online! For anybody that's not in the know, K.G.B. is my and Hwan's new webcomic- starting next Wednesday, September 9th! So mark your calendars...

We hope you enjoy the site! We toiled over a hot computer for days, especially for you! It's equipped with an RSS feed and everything, so it makes for easy subscribing.

Oh, and make sure you check out Mel's Santa Vs. Dracula animation! We've all been busy this summer, and now we get to sit back and... do more work! XD Happy September, everybody!

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After two weeks in California, I'm finally back home in NYC trying to catch up on work and email.

Quick San Diego recap:
I love Comic Con. I know, it's noisy, crowded, smelly and hot, but I've met some amazing people there, many of whom have become good friends. Okay, might I sound a little cheesy but I really love this crazy con where the whole industry gets together for a week-long slumber party. By Sunday I'm always tired and ready to go home, but I always leave feeling totally satisfied, and with a reaffirmed faith that I chose the right industry to submerge myself in.

I arrived in San Diego with Vasilis Wednesday afternoon, checked into the hotel and immediately ran into our good friends Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. I met the twins several years ago at that very same convention, and we always look forward to our time to hang out ever year. I took it as a good sign to run into such good friends so quickly.

Wednesday was preview night. We had hooked up at a booth with Brian Wood, Cliff Chiang and Jill Thompson (who had a glorious win at the Eisners Friday night!). Preview night was insane, I feel like it was the busiest night of the week.

Thursday was noticably less busy, I did a few interviews and walked around the floor a bit, and thursday night had an amazing dinner with the Ladies of Vertigo (which I hope becomes a yearly tradition, it's great to get some girl time in), then met Tim Sale (one of my favorite cartoonists next to Guy Davis!) had a few drinks and turned in for the night.

Friday was a little hectic, I had a lot going on that day. I had a panel which went well, and that night I had dinner with Hope Larson, Brian O'Malley, Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen. After that was the Eisners, which was held in a new venue. I got there maybe an hour and a half late, but there was still a few hours of ceremony left. I liked the new location, but thought the awards this year were kind of boring, but then I'm not one for award ceremonies unless I'm winning, ha ha!

Saturday I had a great panel on Women in Manga, a subject which, I thought would be a little nebulous and off topic, was a surprise hit! We packed the room and there was some great discussion about manga in comics, women in comics, and the two together. I actually learned a lot by being on this panel! The big news however, came a few hours later at the Dark Horse booth where they announced Gerard Way, Shaun Simon and my new book: The True Lives of the Fabulous KillJoys. You can read all about it on the internet.

The final day, Sunday, was fairly quiet. I walked around Artist Alley with Cecil Castellucci, and saw the convention through to the end! That night we went out for celabratory dinner and drinks.

We stayed an extra day in San Diego, and monday me and the rest of the Pixu crew went to the Zoo. The gorillas and the turtles totally stole the show!

Tuesday morning we met up with Jim Lee, who I had totally missed the whole con, and had an amazing breakfast in La Jolla, along with a tour of Wildstorm and CMX (who publishes EMMA, my favorite comic ever!) Then we took the train up the coast to Los Angeles where Vasilis and I would spend the next week with our friends Amy and Kazu Kibuishi.

Tuesday night we got tickets to see Miyazaki talk at the Academy of Film, which was amazing, and very thought-provoking. We hung out a lot with Amy and Kazu, Kean Soo, Nicolas Seigneret (AKA Bannister!) and JP Ahonen, went to The Huntington Botanical Gardens, saw My Chemical Romance at the Roxy Saturday Night, and ate at more amazing restaurants than I care to remember.

I'm sure I'm forgetting people, places and things, but my head is still in a whirl. I just got home Tuesday night, and Vasilis and I spent Wednesday cleaning the apartment, organizing work for the week ahead, and restocking the fridge. Now I've got two weeks of email and work to catch up on- so if I'm slow on the take, just give me some slack.

Happy SDCC everybody, see you next year!

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I'll be with Cliff Chiang, JIll Thompson, and Brian Wood will at booth #1322! I'll have some of my self-published books including my new and improved 2009 sketchbook, my graphic novel Minis, and the last of the self publisehd Pixu books! I will also have a set of four limited edition screenprints, 6x9, for $20. It's gonna be pretty rad! Totally can't wait!

Here's the rest of my schedule! Some good stuff going on this San Diego.

THURSDAY

• 1:00 pm -2:00 pm
       Signing at the Vertigo booth (#1915)
  
  FRIDAY
  
  • 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
         After the First 1,000 Pages (Room 10)
         It takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. Art teachers say that you have to make 100,000 bad drawings before you can make a good one. Gene Colan (Tomb of Dracula), Becky Cloonan (Demo), Zander Cannon (Top 10), Roger Langridge (The Muppet Show Comic Book), and Matt Kindt (Super Spy) will discuss how they've developed as artists since their early work and the creative breakthroughs that took them a while to reach. Moderated by Douglas Wolk (Reading Comics).
    
    
    • 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
           Signing at the Vertigo booth (#1915)
      
      SATURDAY
      
      • 11:00 am -12:00 am -
             Women in Manga (Room 24A)
             Newsflash! Women read manga! We all know that teenage girls have been driving much of the manga boom, but did you know that women are making massive contributions to fandom, the industry, and beyond? Moderated by Eva Volin, this panel will feature Leyla Aker, Deb Aoki, Robin Brenner, Becky Cloonan, Lillian Diaz-Przybyl, and JuYoun Lee as they discuss the state of women in the manga industry, female fans within the manga community, and just where women go from here in supporting and advocating for the media they love.  
        
        
        • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
               Signing at the Vertigo booth (#1915)
          
          
          • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
                 Signing at the Dark Horse booth (#2615)
                 Gerard Way, Becky Cloonan, Shaun Simon (New Project Announcement)
            
            SUNDAY
            
            • 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm
                   Signing at the Dark Horse booth (#2615)
                   Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Lolos (PIXU Signing)
              
              
              • 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
                     Signing at the Vertigo booth (#1915)
                
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i fucking love wizards.

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I am pleased to announce (well, we announced it earlier today at MoCCA...) that Hwan and I have started a new webcomic called- drumroll, please- K.G.B.! It will begin on September 9th, 2009 and run every Wednesday until the first season is over. In the meantime, check out our KGB preview page over at Estrigious.com/KGB, and check back often for new updates and more info on the series. We'll reveal more as time leads up to it's release!

As posted by Hwan at ESTRIGIOUS.COM:

For those that stopped by our table at MoCCA today...



Becky and I are proud to announce K.G.B., a new weekly web comic which will be launched on September 9, 2009. For those that stuck with Estrigious all these years knows that this has been ten years in the making and we'll make sure nobody will be disappointed! Stop by our table tomorrow if you want a piece of the K.G.B. love!



I think the pictures says it all: Drama! Love! Blood! Dance! AWESOME HAIR!?!?!?

Like Hwan said, this webcomic is almost ten years in the making. We thought of the idea in the 90's while we were in college, but back then it wasn't as much of a period piece as it is now. We are really psyched on this comic, and we know you will be too. So stay tuned!!!

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It's that time of year again! Mocca is right around the corner, June 6-7th! I hope you're all ready

Here's the low-down. I'll be at table 506 with Melissa DeJesus and Hwan Cho- We have some amazingly huge banners, and we're right by the entrance so we should be easy to find!



Of course I'll have the usual, copies of most of my published and self-published books, as well as some silk screens and prints. I even printed up a new edition of my sketchbook! Oh and the news of the weekend- Hwan and I will also be announcing OUR NEW WEBCOMIC!!! Oh yeah, that's right! So stop by, pick up a postcard and see what it's all about

Also, I won't be doing much sketching at my table, however Saturday I will be sketching at the Mocca table from 11:00-12:00, and Sunday I will be signing at the Vertigo table from 12:00-1:00. So if you were hoping to get a sketch, try to catch me during those times!

Right next to us at table 507 is Eve Grandt, Robin Ha and Vanessa Satone as well, should be a good time!

Also, MOCCA is the last U.S. convention I'll be doing this year besides San Diego Comic Con- usually I do SPX and APE, but not this year. More about that later.

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Wednesday, June 3
6pm-8pm
@ Jim Hanley's Universe
4 West 33rd St, New York
(opposite The Empire State Building)



Come say hi, and get a copy of Buffy: Tales of the Vampires! Oh yeah, it comes out tomorrow!!! Written by me, Drawn by Vasilis Lolos, with cover by Jo Chen, and alternate cover by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba! Colors by Dave Stewart! WOO!

Um.... That's it! Will update with info about Mocca later!!

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