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Attending Heroes Con this year?

If you're one of the lucky ones attending Heroes Con this year, stop by the Team Cul de Sac booth (AA-630), and don't miss these fun events:

 

SATURDAY, 6/8 @ 11am
 

Room 206: TEAM CUL DE SAC

Eisner-nominated Chris Sparks started Team Cul de Sac in 2010 to raise money for Parkinson’s research.  In honor of Richard Thompson, the Reuben award-winning cartoonist of the daily strip, Cul de Sac, Sparks assembled the book, Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson’s.  The team continues to fundraise through book sales, auction items from cartoonists and the annual HeroesCon Drink and Draw event.  The panel features Chris Sparks talking with TCDS contributors Steve Conley, SL Gallant, Dave McDonald,Craig Fischer and more!  See it, then stop by their table and see some of the items they’re auctioning off this weekend, including the rare Bill Watterson signed copy of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, and an Art Spiegelman signed and sketched edition of Maus!

 

 

SATURDAY, 6/8 @ 3pm

 

Room 209/210: MEGA MUSIC PANEL: “And Brainiac on Xylophone”:
On the Intersection(s) of Comics and Music 

Comics and music share a lot of affinities—both depend heavily on rhythm and intervals, and many cartoonists are also musicians—and cartoonist Ben Towle and blogger Craig Fischer have organized a diverse smorgasbord of a panel to explore these affinities. Ben will discuss the many ways cartoonists represent music visually, and will chair a wide-ranging panel on comics and music with Peter Bagge (Hate,Yeah!), Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree), Andrew Robinson and Vivek J. Tiwary (The Fifth Beatle). Craig will talk about the work of Marc Weidenbaum, an editor, teacher and musician who’s been combining comics and music in his creative projects for over two decades. And Charlotte avant-duo Ghost Trees (Brent Bagwell on saxophone, Seth Nanaa on drums) will participate in two live comics/music performances, including a soundtrack for Joe Lambert’s “Turtle, Keep It Steady,” a rock-n-roll retelling of the Tortoise-Hare fable! 

Back from New York ComicCon!

Holy moly! That was likely the most fun and exhausting business trip I've ever had! Ha! It was my first business trip and it was awesome. I can only hope to be selected to go on more fun working trips like this in the future. I met so many comic and pop-culture fanatics, and I had a blast introducing people to GoComics. The reactions I received were great! People were ecstatic to learn they could read their favorite funnies online, for free. Some didn't even believe me, until I promised, NO STRINGS ATTACHED! Then, they were ALL over it. I really loved hearing from people who already knew about GoComics and were existing members. They were all so appreciative. Let's take a quick trip down memory lane, shall we? 

 

 

Oooof! That was an early morning!

 

 

 

NYCCers loved us!

 

 

 

 

Calvin and Hobbes waited in a long line to get a FoxTrot book signed by Bill Amend at our booth

 

 

It was quite hard to speak seriously to these two. Love it.

 

 

 

 

Impressive: Made completely from LEGOS.

 

 

 

 

For tons more NYCC photos from our trip, click here! Now, it's time to relax and welcome our new NYCC GoComics members!

 

Peace,

Lindsay

Guess Who's Going to New York Comic-Con?

This Missouri gal is headed to the Big Apple! It will be my first time traveling for business. My feelings: anxious. But the good kind of anxious. I've never been to New York City before. I'll be there with three other GoComics colleagues and some pretty cool people from our sister company, Andrews McMeel Publishing. I'm grateful that I get to work for a company that does rad things, like, have booths on the floor of massive events like NYCC and SDCC (San Diego Comic-Con). Roughly 105,000 people attended NYCC last year and 126,000 people attended SDCC back in July; that's a lot of peeps. I can't wait to meet all 105k+ when you stop by the GoComics/Andrews McMeel booth (#821). (Wink!)

 

Those who stop by our booth will be in for a treat. We've a got some great cartoonists lined up this year; here's a few: Bill Amend (FoxTrot), Mark Tatulli (Heart of the City and Lio) and The Oatmeal/Matt Inman (How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You). So, if you're attending, please come by the booth. We have great things for you: comic collections available for purchase, free autographs and free comics! Yeah, FREE! You can see our full event schedule here. Can't make it NYCC? I'll be chronicling our journey through social media, so be sure you're following GoComics on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram (username: GoComics).

 

For fun, some of you may have already seen this, but here's a tiny peek of our GoComics/Andrews McMeel booth backdrop:

 

Come see us, NYCCers!

GoComics Returns to NYCC!

GoComics / Andrews McMeel Publishing Event/Signing Schedule:  
Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) brands, GoComics and Andrews McMeel Publishing, return to New York Comic Con 2012 to share entertaining and thought-provoking comic strips, book collections and creator interactions with the New York Comic Con guests.    

 

All creator signings will occur at the GoComics/Andrews McMeel Publishing Booth #821. We'll have comic books available for purchase, as well as free autographs and comics! If you're attending, be sure to stop by our booth.  

 

Thursday 10/11
7pm - 8pm EST: Ed Allison (Unstrange Phenomena)  

 

Friday 10/12
11am - 12:30pm EST: Brook McEldowney (9 Chickweed Lane and Pibgorn)
1pm – 2pm EST: Corey Pandolph (Toby, Barkeater Lake, The Elderberries)

 

Saturday 10/13
11am – 12pm EST: Mark Tatulli (Heart of the City and Lio)
1pm – 2pm EST: Bill Amend (FoxTrot / FoxTrot Classics)
4pm – 5pm EST: Bill Amend (FoxTrot / FoxTrot Classics)
6pm – 7pm EST: The Oatmeal - Matt Inman (How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You, 5 Very Good Reasons To Punch A Dolphin In The Mouth (And Other Useful Guides))  

 
Sunday 10/14 – KIDS DAY
10:30am – 11:30am EST: Lincoln Peirce (Big Nate)
12:00pm – 1:00pm EST: Mark Tatulli (Heart of the City and Lio)
1:30pm – 2:30pm EST: Ruben Bolling (Tom the Dancing Bug)

 

 
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