World Tour; New York City! part one
This was a big show – - bigger than I was expecting, anyway. The Javits Center is an emormous convention hall, two or three cold, windy blocks from Mid-town Manhattan where many of the show’s guests were put up. This is from inside the atrium.
Directly across the street from the center was a cart that made great $2 dollar dogs – - which more than made up for the cold walk – -at least for me. The bun was fresh and a little toasty, the grilled onions were delicious. If you’ve read Shazam! MSoE #1, you can guess that I love hot dogs from a cart (I prefer the onions in the spicy red sauce, but these were a good substitute).
This is what our booth looked like all clean as we set up for the show. It was the last time we saw it like that!
Tom Sniegoski, who wrote Stupid, Stupid Rat-Tails with me, happened by just in time to sign some copies!
I had a couple of signings on Friday, the first at my own Cartoon Books booth, and a second one that evening at the DC booth.
Both signings were crowded, and I think everyone at DC was surprised by the amount of kids that showed up. This last kid was DC Senior VP and Executive Editor, Dan Didio.
I also had a Spotlight panel Friday afternoon where I read from ten pages of MSoE#2 seen for the first time in public, and when I turned to the page where Mr. Mind makes his big entrance, everyone gasped, and the kids in the audience shouted out “Holy Moley!” A brief description of the panel can be read if you can link to Arthur Trebbel's report for Comicmix.com.
The floor was only open to the public for 4 hours, and I've already signed hundreds of books!
We ended the evening by having dinner with our editor from Scholastic, Mr. David Saylor, seen here having a martini with Vijaya. A good time was had by all.
And incase you haven’t figured it out yet, Shazam! MSoE#2 does not ship today – - but rather on March 7th. Apparently both dates were published, but the real one is the 7th. Apologies for the confusion.
Sounds awesome! Good luck on your next tour.
Comment by Joshua — February 28, 2007 @ 8:39 pm
I was the fellow who introduced himself right before the panel on Sunday, and if I can plug shamelessly for a minute, I did a writeup of the Sunday reading on Toon Zone:
http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=15537
It was a blast to actually meet you, even if I was too busy to get anything signed. Come back to NYC soon!
Comment by Edward Liu — March 1, 2007 @ 12:34 pm
I met you on Saturday at the Scholastic booth. It was awesome to chat with you for a minute and have you sign my book. I love the new Shazam! book and can’t wait to see Mr. Mind! Oh yeah, I love Bone too. I was just as enamored with Thorn as Fone was.
Comment by Sean — March 1, 2007 @ 6:23 pm
Jeff,
See you Saturday at UF.
John Higashi
Comment by John H. — March 2, 2007 @ 8:32 am
[...] – Jeff Smith, in his report from New York Comic-Con [...]
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[...] I enjoyed reading the back and forth between comics retailer Alex Cox and Tom Spurgeon over at The Comics Reporter on the Shazam book’s appeal to young attendees of the New York Comic Con, and young readers in general, as it touches on a lot of questions that have been floating through my head. The first involved whether or not the per-issue cost of the series would be prohibitive for younger readers. The second centered on what quantity of casual readers made it into NYCC given the fact that tickets for some days sold out before the event began. (It’s probably incorrect, but I tend to place kids in the category of casual readers, in spite of how obsessed I was with comics from about age six and up. Maybe I just hope I was abnormal at that age and that other people have a healthier range of interests.) [...]
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Jeff Good to see you in New York, Heres a Link to The
2007 New York Comic Con Photo Essay
http://www.tcf.net/ComicCon.html
Comment by Richard Brill — March 9, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
hi there Jeff..
just finished reading Shazam#2..yup.. i am smiling.
what a great intro for Mary..
wanna ask you something, didja u pencil your work in a standard 11″ x 17″ paper or standard a4 paper.
tq.
hope i can get ur signature one day.
Comment by azhar — March 17, 2007 @ 1:13 pm
your books are awsome!whens number six coming out?
Comment by bob fartface — March 20, 2007 @ 5:09 pm
i like pie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by bob fartface — March 20, 2007 @ 5:10 pm
i finished the series and its horrible that its over it was packed with adventure and excitement. Jeff you gotta make the sequal
please!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was the best book i ever read
Comment by stephen santos — March 26, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
why don’t you make a program of it or a movie I think you will earn many money!
Comment by Floris — March 29, 2007 @ 11:35 am
Hi, Jeff Like Your Books And Let Me Know When You Next Book Is Coming Out Because i Enjoyed You Last One xD
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