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Post San Diego News

SAN DIEGO has finished and it was another great convention. Here's what I posted on my message board..

IM HOME FROM SAN DIEGO AND IT WAS CRAAZY, AWESOME AND LONG! THURSDAY FELT LIKE FRIDAY- AND i THINK ITS BECAUSE OF THE 'PREVIEW NIGHT' THING THEY DID FOR THREE HOURS ON WED NITE. IT WASNT A BAD IDEA, BUT IT WAS TAXING. ALSO THE CON IS HUGE- THE ACTUAL CONVENTION CENTER ISNOW A CYCLOPEAN STRUCTURE THAT WOULD MAKE THAT LOVECRAFT CITY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS SEEM LIKE A STRIP MALL- RIDICULOUSLY HUGE. NEXT YEAR SHOULD BE INTERRESTING WHEN THEY OPEN THE REST OF THE PLACE UP...

ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME BY THE BOOTH AND SAID HELLO, PICKED UP A BOOK OR A PRINT OR A SHIRT, OR HIRED ME FOR A FIVE MINUTE SKETCH- IT WAS FUN AND I LOVE THAT SHOW. THE BUZ ON NOCTURNALS IS REALLY GREAT, AND i FINALLY GOT TO SEE THE PAINTED PROTOTYPES OF THE NOCS FIGURES IN PERSON- THEY LOOK SO DAMN SHARP-AND WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE ITS MROE REALISTIC TO EXPECT THEM TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, i THINK WE CAN MAKE THEM HAPPEN AND HAPPEN WELL.

ALSO, TED NAIFEH AND ONI ANNOUNCED HIS NEW MINISERIES HE'LL BE WRITING AND DRAWING FOR THEM- HIS CREATOR-OWNED 'COURTNEY CRUMNIN AND THE NIGHT THINGS' LOOKS TO BE A DEFINITE COMPANION PIECE TO NOCTURNALS IN TONE AND SUBJECT, BUT ALSO JUST A KICK-ASS IDEA FOR A BOOK WITH GREAT ART. I KNOW THIS THING IS GONNA BE A WINNER- IVE SEEN 8 PAGES OF THE FIRST ISSUE AND IT KICKS OFF WITH THIS COOL STORY ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL WHO GOES TO LIVE WITH HER CREEPY UNCLE IN A HUGE OLD HOUSE- THATS FULL OF CREATURES THAT DISSAPEAR WHEN YOU TURN ON THE LIGHT- THERES MORE, BUT ITS TED JOB TO TELL IT- AND i CANT WAIT.

I WANTED TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO BROUGHT ME FOOD, TOYS, BABY CRIM MONSTERS IN CRUSHED VELVET , DVD'S, AND VARIOUS AND SUNDRY OTHER GOODIES, AND LOTS OF LOVE FOR THE NOCTURNALS AND STUFF. i LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AND TALKING WITH YOU ALL NEXT YEAR.

SOME OF YOU ASKED ABOUT THE CALENDARS- AND i DO HAVE SOME FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO COULDNT MAKE THE SHOW. i ALSO HAVE ROB ZOMBIE CONCERT TEES WITH MY ART - THEY ARE VERY COOL, LONG SLEEVE AND I ONLY HAVE LARGE ( THERE ARE, HOWEVER, PRESHRUNK)

ALSO, TED NAIFEH HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DRAWING ANOTHER GUNWITCH BOOK AND i UHAVE TO TALK TO ONI ABOUT THAT- MY GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO HAVE AS MANY OR MORE NOCS PROJECTS GOING THROUGHOUT 2002 AS POSSIBLE. PAUL DINI AND i DISCUSSED A JINGLE BELLE- HALLOWEEN GIRL XMAS SPECIAL , THERES THE NEXT NOCTURNALS MINI I WANT TO DO PAINT, AND POSSIBLY A THREE ISSUES NOCTURNALS STORY i WANT TO WRITE FOR PHIL NOTO ( NOTOART.COM) THAT TAKES THE NOCS BACK TO THE BLACK PLANET...

SO KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED, KEEP TURNING YOUR FRIENDS ON TO THE NOCS AND KEEP THE WORD-OF -MOUTH , UH, MOUTHY. LET YOUR RETAILERS KNOW THAT REORDERING BOOKS AFTER THEY SELL OUT IS NOT ONLY COOL AND HIP, ITS THEIR JOB! YAY!

OKAY, iM HALLUCINATING NOW- SO LITTLE SLEEP IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY. MUST REST...

DAN

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