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Seriously, if I’m going to have this swanky website, I really should update it more than once a year. Sorry about that.
It’s that time of July again. Time when a favored few leave the dark confines of the workaday world to trek to California and join with other like-minded souls in the spirit of fantasy and friendship. Their destination? Only the most exclusive address on the West Coast. If you don’t have a pass or know someone on the inside, you just aren’t getting in. Within its sequestered walls, artists, writers and performers mingle freely with industry bigwigs, while the rest of the world looks on dubiously, muttering: “What’s going on in there?” It’s a place for dressing in costume, for carefree revels, and for gleeful, hedonistoc indulgence. I am speaking of course, of the Bohemian Grove Encampment. But for those of you not attending that, there’s always good ol’ Comic Con. I’m only appearing on Saturday this year, so if you want to say hi or get something signed, please take note of the two places I’ll be that day:
I have maybe three minutes as Deuce and Mugsy devour their dinners to set down a couple notes… BLACK CANARY & ZATANNA – BLOODSPELL arrived on shelves this past week. So far most folks seem to dig it. Joe Quinones’ beautiful artwork adds a lot of character and class to the story. BLOODSPELL was always intended to be a light-hearted romp and pretty much everyone has embraced the carefree tone of the book. Maybe someday I’ll write a darker tale, but my thought process was geared for fun when I started writing the book, what, gad! Eight years ago. If you want to check it out, I’m sure your local comics store has copies, or you can buy it on Amazon.
Mother’s Day weekend 2103, I was at a fancy Manhattan restaurant with my mom, sharing caviar and quail eggs. We talked about family, about people we loved and lost, about my brother and sister-in-laws soon to be born twins and made plans to see each other at our upcoming family reunion in two months. We laughed a lot.