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This here concerns my convention schedule from now until the end of the summer. These are all the cons I'll be attending until August, no more and no less. If there were any other shows you were hoping to see me at between now and then, maybe I'll put my feelers out next year. But as it stands right now, if'n you want to meet yours truly face-to-face so you can give me your two-cents worth about the strip, here's where I'll be:

A-KON
ANIME NEXT
PORTCON MAINE
CONNECTICON
OTAKON

Whew! Helluva summer tour ahead of me there. With any luck I'll also have the third volume of collected strips printed and ready to debut at A-KON, and if not there then definitely at ANIME NEXT. This third book will contain the entirety of The Storm of Souls as well as The Battle for Barthis, two of the more memorable storyarcs around here. Barring disaster, it will be available sometime in the early summer.

And finally, the strip may or may not update one day next weekend. I'm attending the New England Metal Fest on Saturday the 26th and I have every intention of losing my mind when I finally get to see Dimmu Borgir live. *le sigh* I'll keep you folks posted as that metal day draws near.

I'm a little behind on sending out this month's Donation Wallpapers. If you haven't received yours in your inbox yet, you should have it by the end of the day today.

That's pretty much all I've got today. I should have a more substantial news post for tomorrow concerning upcoming conventions, the third book of collected Dominic Deegan strips, and other interesting news tidbits. I think they're interesting, at least, but I'm biased because they're all about me.

That's all from me for now!

April's Donation Wallpapers are up, as you can see. Dominic's push into Barnet's soul, and his total lack of "badass fashion sense" has gotten some of you writing me e-mails expressing your approval and/or disapproval of the whole scenario... so I decided to run with it with this month's wallpapers. I also stuck Supergreg and what I figured Jacob's "super-fantasy" of himself would be, if he cared to daydream about such things. Or anything at all.

In any case, I hope you like this month's wallpapers!

ICON was a certified blast. I always have a great time there and I was sad that I couldn't attend last year. Upon making my return to the first convention I ever attended, I almost felt like I was home again.

I hung out with some great people and some old friends. I made a couple of new ones, too. I was on a few panels that were relatively well-attended and generally well-received. Without a doubt my favorite one was called "The Long Haul: When Comics Go Epic." I'll go looking for the recording of that panel that was made, because it was more fun than it had any right to be. "We're gonna put Spider-Man in space with the devil, see?"

And, as promised, here are the generous folks who helped inflate my ego by coming to see me in costume.
It's a Dominic!
Klo Tark lives! Again!
Fish-curse Dominic and cowled Jacob!

I meant to have links to some of the folks I met this weekend, but truth be told a lot of their business cards were lost in the transit back to Mookie HQ and I'm still looking for them as I unpack. The Boogie Knights were smart enough to just stick their "card" right onto me in the form of a giant pin.

That's all from me for now!

I'm heading back to Mookie HQ in Boston today from Long Island, where I had a blast at ICON. I'll have a full con report up tomorrow, complete with pictures and a few links.

Honestly, I just wanted to draw a picture of a woman in a swimsuit... a woman who can break things with her face. And her arms. And her legs. And she could probably kill you with her thumbs if she wanted to.

I need to put Rachel in more storyarcs. Not only is she fun to draw (since she's changed her look every time we see her) but it's fun to have her interract with the other characters around here (since she changes their appearance every time she sees them).

This is my last day at ICON. The comic resumes tomorrow.

A few of you folks have been asking me where Stunt's been and when he's coming back. He's still on his soul-searching journey, figuring out what's next in his life and all that... soul-searching stuff. Anyhoo, it was nice to draw him again after a few months. He looks like he's doing okay.

That and "Dust in the Wind" is just an awesome song, no matter how depressing it may be.

One more crummy filler doodle to come while I'm here at ICON!

I felt the need to post little commentaries with this weekend's filler doodles while I'm off causing trouble at ICON.

Maybe I've just been playing too much Rock Band lately, but I've always known Donovan was in a band as a young man. Probably quite a few. This was his first, and these guys were lots of fun to doodle, especially the flamboyant elf drummer.

I don't know what they called themselves, but if you want an idea as to how they may have sounded give a listen to "Whisky Train" by Procul Harum. That song is old-school and awesome enough to make me think of Donovan whenever I hear it.

There are still two more crummy filler doodles to come while I'm off at ICON this weekend.

Tomorrow I'm off to ICON 27 and I hope to see you folks there.

There will be crummy filler doodles for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I'm afraid. Sorry about that. There will be a normal comic up on Monday unless otherwise noted.

April's Donation Wallpapers will go up next week.

Like I said, this weekend I'm going to be returning to ICON! Stop by and say "hi" if you're in the area!

The only big news to report today is that I'll be a Guest at ICON 26 this weekend, so if you're in the area please stop by and say "hi!" I'll be selling the usual swag as well as a very limited number of Dominic Deegan scarves. I'm not sure if I'll be speaking on any panels, but I'll keep you folks informed if they tell me anything prior to the show.

There may or may not be even more crummy filler doodles while I'm gone. Again, I'll keep you folks up-to-speed.

Now if you'll all excuse me, I must expend a great deal of energy to not play Rock Band so I can get some work done for ICON this weekend. See you there!

I'm way behind on sending out this month's Donation Wallpapers. If you haven't received yours yet, I humbly apologize for the delay. You ought to be getting your wallpapers at some point today.

And there is, indeed, no rest for the wicked. In approximately one week I'll be a Guest at ICON 26. I'll be amongst the fan tables up near the registration area, so be sure to stop by and say "hi" on your way down to that mammoth dealer's room. ICON has a special place in my heart because it was the first convention my father ever took me to. It's always a pleasure to return there and I look forward to seeing you folks there.

After that I get a break... and then I'll be attending, in order:
A-Kon
Portcon Maine
ConnectiCon
Otakon

Got me a full schedule coming up. Hope to see you folks around!

As promised, here are some memorable pictures taken from the insanity of the Anime Boston weekend. I still don't think I've fully recovered.

Someone's always getting between Stunt and Bumper.
Holy crap! That's a real tattoo!
The first Doct- I mean, Dominic.
The second Dominic.
The third Dominic.
Two Dominics and a complete nerd.
The Deegan Brothers go out to conventions in style...
...until that complete nerd inserts himself into their family photo.

Anime Boston was, as I've said all weekend, absolutely crazy. I can't remember the last time I felt so drained after three days at a convention. It may have been the ridiculously long hours in the Artist's Alley. It may have been the ridiculous amount of people walking the halls of the Hynes Convention Center. It may have been the ridiculously long lines that people were waiting on, which were rumored to have a ten-hour wait for registration at some point. It may have been the ridiculous amounts of love I was shown by the lovely folks who stopped by to say "hi." Whatever it was, this year's Anime Boston was one for the record books.

I'll have pictures and links up tomorrow, since there are plenty of both and I'm still unwinding from the weekend.

Thanks to everyone who came by and said "hi" to yours truly. I cannot express my gratitude enough to you all for making such a draining weekend one of the most memorable.

Here's a nice piece of fan art that a lovely young lady did of me while attending the "webcomics jam" panel I was a part of. I honestly forget what I said to make her draw me looking so diabolical, but I think the picture is awesome and I figured I'd share it.

Anime Boston continues to be absolutely insane.
I'm honestly surprised I made it out of there yesterday with my sanity in one piece.

Only one more day to go.

Anime Boston is insane.
This crummy little filler doodle that has absolutely nothing to do with anything is literally all I had time for all day.

There's been talk of the eight to nine hour wait on the registration line alone, so you can imagine how many people have swarmed Boston's mammoth Hynes Convention Center.

And there's still today to deal with.

Yikes.