MegaCon! Me!

I will be at MegaCon tomorrow and all weekend. Come on by, meet me, the lovely Amy Ratcliffe, and the almost as lovely but always well-dressed Steve Conley! We'll be selling books, doing sketches, and being generally charming. And, for a bunch of reasons, I only get one free bag on the way home. If you were to buy a sizable number of books so I can make it home without paying for a second, I'd be appreciative.

BRAND-NEW Love and Capes for FREE! (Because I love you all.)

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and there should be something I could do with Love and Capes. Maybe I could give it away? Nah, that would be stupid. I couldn't… could I?

HECK, YES I CAN!

For three days only (February 13-15), the great people at The Mary Sue are hosting an all-new, original Love and Capes digital comic! This six-page story is not a preview, not a part of the new IDW series coming later this year, but a brand-new story. It's an unlocked, shareable PDF file suitable for downloading and sharing. So, you know, download and share. And enjoy.

In fact, the only thing I ask is that you do share it. Share it on Facebook, on Twitter, on Google+. Tell your friends. Give it to your siginifcant other. But share, share, share!

And it's only available until Wednesday night!

(Also, for those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook, this is the Project: Super Secret Ghost Protocol that I mentioned.)

And thank you again to The Mary Sue for hosting the story.

TRIPLE SHOTS ON SALE NOW

This week's Triple Shots are NOW ON SALE! Get them while spaces last!

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MegaCon! Disney! Potter! Me!

Yeah, life's rough sometimes. But you could have been a cartoonist, too, but nooooooo, you wanted to play sports and date in high school. Now who's laughing?

Seriously, I'll be at MegaCon next weekend set up with the dapper Steve Conley of Bloop fame. I'll be selling Love and Capes as well as doing commissions? If you want one, now's a great time to get on the commission list, and it may get fancier if I can start it a little earlier. If you want something, e-mail me at tz (squiggly at) thomz.com. And, if you want a spiffy Love and Capes t-shirt, be sure to order it here.

I'll also have my limited edition Orlando print at the table, featuring Mark and Abby and some of their friends waiting in line at a legally-obscured indeterminate amusement park. Five of the them are gone already! Click to embiggen, as usual.

Speaking of which, I've still got four more to do this year: San Francisco (which will be the WonderCon print even though it's in Anaheim this year), Seattle (where I'll be co-hosting a panel with Ben Thompson), Chicago and Houston. That's the cycle!

MegaCon is February 17-19. Hope to see you there!

TRIPLE SHOTS ON SALE NOW!

Orders for Triple Shots are on sale NOW!

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Triple Shots Orders Open In 3 Hours

Just reminding you that another set of four Triple Shots go on sale today!

Triple Shot: Malcolm Reynolds

Time to share another Triple Shot! This one is everyone's other favorite space smuggler… Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly. See how cool these are? Don't you want one? I'm a huge fan of Nathan Fillion. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Flanvention in '05, and he's amazing. I have never ever seen anyone work a room the way he does. I even got to have dinner with him and some other guests, and he took the time to talk to everyone and keep each person engaged. He is the gold standard in how to treat your fans.

Plus, I mean Castle, right? How cool is that?

Rancho Obi-Wan: My First Step Into a Larger World

I visited Rancho Obi-Wan, the largest private collection of Star Wars merchandise (though I don't know who else would have more). It was fantastic. There was so much stuff… stuff I had as a kid, stuff I wanted, stuff I never saw and beyond. I got to play the Star Wars vector arcade game from the Eighties. I played chess against R2D2, who cheats. And best of all, I got to me Steve Sansweet, who is just the nicest guy. After my trip, I drew a thank you piece for Steve. His favorite character is Obi-Wan, and mine is Boba Fett. So I drew our two characters facing off against each other. And in my thank you note I admitted to Steve that, yes, I know that Boba Fett would lose. Heck, it'd be a victory if he walked away with both his arms. But it was still cool as can be to draw it.

And please, check out Rancho Obi-Wan's Facebook page. If you want to see more, check out Amy's report on the fully-functional memorabilia base. Go there if you're in Northern California. Totally worth it.

Triple Shot: Han Solo

Speaking of the Triple Shots, I will be showing them off here at the site. First up is Han Solo.

I'm pretty happy with how the likeness came out,since doing a caricature in my cartoony style is sometimes difficult. And it was fun to look up the reference and make sure that the belt and the gun were right. And yes, I am using my iPad… well, my completely deductible iPad… to pull up reference at my drawing table. It's so nice not have to print out reference sheets any more.

And yes, he totally shot first.

Next Week's Triple Shots Announced

Wow! I hoped people would like my Triple Shot idea, and did you ever! The first four sold out in 20 minutes! So, we're going to do it again.

Next week on Tuesday, January 31st at 3:00pm Eastern Time, another four Triple Shots will go on sale. Same deal as the last time, except that a small shipping charge of $2 is now added to defray the cost of mailing them out.

Last week I did Han Solo, Malcolm Reynolds, Supergirl, and a character of someone's creation. Who will I draw this week?