Kevin and I spent Saturday at the first-ever Free State Free Con in Lawrence, Kansas. It was a small yet well-attended show, put on by the same folks behind the ongoing series of KC Fan Cons, with pretty decent foot traffic throughout the day.
We got to reacquaint ourselves with local comics creator Mike Sullivan, whom we met at a Free Comic Book Day signing last year. I also got to meet Chris Grine, creator of the Chickenhare comic, as well as Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon, a writer/artist team here in KC who along with Eduardo Herrera and colorist Alexey Strakhov have scored a gig with Arcana Studio for their comic Gearhead. I really dig the style of the book, so if you're a comics fan and my opinion means more than jack to ya, check these guys out.
On top of that, got to sign a few books and talk writing with lots of folks. All in all, a pretty good day. Many thanks to Craig Klotz and everyone responsible for putting on the con!
In unrelated news, the Bucs are on their bye week, which means that -- under normal circumstances -- they shouldn't be able to lose a game today. Of course, it's the Bucs, so you just never know....
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