I’m going to Chicago!
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) announced yesterday that I’ve been invited to be a Guest of Honor along with Alex Ross, at next year’s inaugural festival. Their blurb above gets right to the point, doesn’t it?
As I say in the official press release, posted over on The Beat, I love visiting Chicago. I used to go every year and would see lots and lots of familiar faces, and now I can also look forward to meeting all the kids who have read the color versions from Scholastic. This is going to be fun!
C2E2 will take place April 16th to the 18th, 2010 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
More guest will be announced over the next few weeks, so check the C2E2 website for updates.
Also: Today is Nikola Tesla’s birthday! Go out and raise a glass to the inventor of AC electricity! Or just turn on a light.
If I were Rasl, I’d have a shot, a beer, and a martini!
As guests of honor, will you and Alex Ross hang out and stuff? LOL, you and Alex Ross together in the same place – what a great combo! Bone 38 was one of my favorite issues of Bone because of the triple covers. Charles Vess’ cover was really amazing, but Alex Ross’ cover was… well, something even more than really amazing! It would be pretty cool to see more Bone art by Ross… or hey, a RASL piece by Ross! Pinups by other artists in general are a great thing. Anyways… it’s awesome that you’ll be a guest of honor. The blurb certainly does kinda say it all, doesn’t it?
Comment by Brandon Klassen — July 10, 2009 @ 11:19 am
Oh my god!
I wanna totally go to this!
You AND Alex Ross? Dude! I love Alex Ross’s work, (and yours of course lol)
That should be great
Comment by Marcus — July 10, 2009 @ 12:05 pm
Speaking of RASL it’s Nikola Tesla’s Birthday today!
Comment by Marcus — July 10, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
You know, I was just rereading “Marvels” from Alex Ross recently. Those are great books.
Have fun! I would come if I could!
Comment by William Hoffknecht — July 10, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
Tesla’s birthday! Fantastic! Someone on one of the other comments sections mentioned that as well.
I’ll add it to the blog!
Thanks!
Comment by Jeff — July 10, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
Lol
“Shot of Macallen, glass of Sam Adams, and a Goose up with a twist.”
Comment by Marcus — July 10, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
I saw the nod to Tesla on Google as well – some of Google’s art is just awesome, and today is no exception. Speaking of Tesla, if you haven’t seen it, go rent the movie The Prestige. Pretty darn good movie. That, and The Illusionist, are my two fav magician movies. (Sidenote: The Prestige movie is better than the book of the same name by Christopher Priest that it was based on.)
Comment by Brandon Klassen — July 10, 2009 @ 8:50 pm
Wow what and honor! This is definitely a cause for celebration. Congratulations on the event. It’s certainly well deserved!
I’m guessing this event is closed to the public
Chicago is just a jump across the Mississippi river for me. lol
Comment by Jeanette — July 10, 2009 @ 10:11 pm
Woops read more carefully this time. lol So this is a public event. hmmm I will have to see about going to this. I just have to see about the date. Does anyone know when Easter is next year?
Comment by Jeanette — July 10, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
April 4th 2010 is Easter in case anyone else was wondering.
Haha your comment on Tesla made me laugh. I’ve been trying to figure out why I never learned about him in a college lighting class some years ago. Its strange one would think he would be more well known. It’s a shame really.
Comment by Jeanette — July 10, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
Ha the Illusionist.
Gotta love Ed Norton movies (American History X, Fight Club, Incredible Hulk,…)
Comment by Marcus — July 10, 2009 @ 11:54 pm
I’ll say this is a public event, Jeanette! I went to the New York Convention that these same people put on a couple of years ago and it was a HUGE event. Lots of fun. You should definitely come!
Comment by Jeff — July 11, 2009 @ 10:45 am
Have fun in Chicago Jeff! I just bought the limited edition hard cover of RASL, it is awesome!
-Evan W.W
Comment by The Lobster — July 11, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
Brandon, I don’t know if Alex and I will hang out in Chicago this time, but he and I are friends, and have hung out together! I’m sure if our schedules allow, we’ll get away for a coffee or something. Emphasis on something.
Lobster: You are the first person I’ve heard from whose seen it…what do you like about the hardcover?
Comment by Jeff — July 11, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
@Jeff: First person who has seen it? Cool. The comic book store I bought it from had it in…
Well, The hardcover is great because it shows all the behind the scenes work on how you created RASL, the quality of the book is spectacular,and that the book itself is signed by you of course. The “Would have been” cover on page 122 was gourgeous; It would be awesome to see it as a future cover.I really Hope someday “Big Big” will be created, it sounded very promising. Overall, this book was a steal for 50$ (American)! Good job with the book Jeff! By the way, are you offering sketches at your book signing in Toronto? If so how much will they cost?
Comment by The Lobster — July 11, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
I got my hardcover today also (1414/2000). The binding quality is top-knotch. I liked the little lead-in page to the extras as well as the story boards/thumbnails with some dialogue that was written in/out. The other 2 covers looked neat also, although the covers you chose for the issues I prefer, but still, good work.
It was funny seeing how cartoony RASL was in his early stages and the transition drawing. The banner on the back cover was a nice touch also, I’ll be keeping that; the front/back covers are also really nice.
Comment by Marcus — July 11, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
I totally agree with you Marcus, the storyboard\thumbnails were really cool. I kept the banner on the back cover also.
Comment by The Lobster — July 12, 2009 @ 3:19 pm
Actually, I wonder if future RASL collections will eventually be made into hardcovers also?
That’d be really awesome as part of a collection.
Comment by Marcus — July 12, 2009 @ 9:00 pm
A local shop that I had asked to order the Rasl hc (but who had told me the order was too late), also got a copy of the book last Wednesday, and they actually shot me an email to let me know that they were holding it for me. Nice folks. The book is amazing. I had not intended to sit down and read it cover-to-cover, but once I cracked it open… I read the darn thing all the way through without blinking. And this is after having read through this twice already (as the individual issues came out and when the tpb came out). Awesome stuff. A real kick to see that the sketch of Rasl that I snagged through CBLDF last year made it into the back of the book… when I hit the page I had the strangest sense of deja-vu. So cool. Major kudos to all involved.
Comment by Adam — July 14, 2009 @ 8:10 am
Sa-weet! Can’t wait to see you in my hometown! Just recently got into Bone, and been waiting for you to come visit my neck of the woods (or pavement, I guess).
Any idea of when tickets will be available for the general public?
Comment by VS Romero — July 23, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
Dear Jeff,
I am a HUGE fan of Bone. I always try to tell as many people (children & adults) about how wonderful a story you’ve created. It captures the imagination and (the one volume) sits on my shelf with other classic forms of literature!
One question or rather insight I always wondered. When Fone Bone left the valley, did you ever consider giving his book of poems away to Thorn as “his” going away gift? I am not trying to criticize your work at all (smile), but the poems (Fone) was writing to her was a dangling plot thread that I always wondered about.
This would also confirm that Thorn was aware of the great sacrifice he made by choosing to finally return to Boneville as opposed to staying with her. I suppose I always thought it would be sweet that she always had a reminder of Fone (besides the awesome statue).
Thanks again! Believe me that Bone is a story that I will pass along to my son and hopefully he will pass along to future generations. All the best!
Kenny L. Mitchell
Comment by Kenny L. Mitchell — July 23, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
Okay, so the tickets are finally available on the website for this event, but I want to know: Which date should I purchase the ticket for?
I can only afford to make it to one of the days, and I want to be there when Jeff Smith is.
Is there a way to email/message him directly to find out his itinerary for that weekend in Chicago?
Thanks!
Comment by VS Romero — July 31, 2009 @ 11:01 am