Cool Jerk comic-con commitments, 2010Feb 8, 2010
Team Cool Jerk, San Diego Comic-Con 2009
Since my checks evidently didn’t bounce, I can now share the official schedule of Cool Jerk comic-con appearances in 2010 (so far; Cool Jerk
may attend a ‘con or two later in the year. Any suggestions?):
Emerald City ComiCon • Seattle
March 13 & 14
Cool Jerk’s second ‘con appearance in the land of Twin Peaks, coffee conglomerates and sasquatches.
WonderCon • San Francisco
April 2-4
Fourth year in a row! Look for Team Cool Jerk in the same spot as always (Artists Alley, across from the Furries yiff pile)!
Phoenix Comicon • Phoenix
May 27-30
Delighted to be back for the first time since 2006!
Comic-Con International • San Diego
July 21-25
Eight years in a row, in the same spot as always (Small Press K10, next to the restrooms and vomitorium)!
So mark your calendars, put in vacation time, book those flights and bring your wallets!
Cool Jerk conquers House of SecretsJan 22, 2010
With Amy and alternate-reality Paul, Wednesday's staff at House of Secrets. Not pictured, Erik.
Wednesday’s Cool Jerk signing at Burbank’s House of Secrets was terrific. Erik and Paul (the owners of HoS) are übermensch and their shop flat-out kicks ass. Patton Oswalt stopped in twice, but alas, no Cool Jerk for him. Was kinda hoping the cast from The Big Bang Theory would wander in (Darlene and I were part of the live-studio audience the night before).
It was grueling, having to hang out IN A COMICS SHOP FOR 9 AND A HALF HOURS! And even though the weather was frightful (torrential flooding, lightning, waterspouts, locusts), I’d estimate close to 300 people stopped in to get their weekly four-color hook-ups. A testament to how awesome House of Secrets is.
Special thanks to all the people that stopped by my display and/or picked up a book or two: Jenn (and for bringing in her cupcakes), Sarah, Jodi, Ed, Todd, Dan, Jared, Drew, Rob, Art, Chris, Daniel and Amy (House of Secrets’ ambassador of good will — see photo)!
Book signing — Don’t keep this a SECRET!Jan 10, 2010
Take out your Sharpie and mark your calendars, Los Angelenos!
I’ll be signing at House of Secrets on Wednesday, January 20 from 11 am until the store closes at 8:30 pm. Owners Erik and Paul were gracious enough to give me the green light to stink up their store for a day, allowing me to sell my full library of Cool Jerk and Doc Splatter books IN PERSON. What better way to meet a comic creator than to drop some folding money and get a book (or three) personalized to you with a signature and sketch?
House of Secrets is located at 1930 Olive Ave. in beautiful Burbank (home of Bob Hope and the potato ball). See you there!
Well, this looks differentJan 8, 2010
You’re looking at the first significant redesign of Cool Jerk’s online HQ in a decade. It isn’t the official launch, as there are still plenty of links that dead-end and I still need to upload a few more years’ worth of strips into the archive. But it’s close enough for my comfort level.
Among the new features: Below each strip you’ll see Tags (a work in progress), Comments, access to archived strips without leaving the home page, the ability to follow Cool Jerk via RSS subscription and the ability to share a particular strip via Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc. Now I can add commentary to each individual strip, too. Plus, you can click on a Sunday-sized strip and BOOM! It blows up to actual size!
Hope you enjoy what you see. More to come! Stay ‘tooned!
Twenty-TenJan 1, 2010
Happy New Year from Team Cool Jerk!
