I win.
Heh.
For the 2.5 people who are following the science stuff,..Geologists have discovered rock who's chemical signature is the same for the West Coast of the United States and Australia & Antarctica.
Meaning that they were once JOINED,....Just like my animations show.
Geologists around the world are waking to a new world. Every thin they know is about to change.
they'll try to escape from it, but they won't be able to. They've put their index fingers into either end of Chinese Finger Cuffs, and they never be able to get out. Some will chew their hands off to get away, but for most, it's too late. Each new discovery will lead inexorably to finding the rifting
between these continents happened between 140 and 100 MYA.
Once this is verified, the Pangea Theory will go into the dumpster. And Science will begin to consider the Growing Earth-Growing Universe Theory,...and when that happens,......heh, the fir is Gonna fly.


Anyway, Baltimore Comic Con,....YOU COMIN'? 9 Days away. Get the Lead out.

Neal

Long time. What's coming up?

The Baltimore Comic-Con. We're going this year. If you want to see my son Josh and myself, that's where we'll be August 20th. & 21st., signing and doing sketches.

Doing sketches?

Yup. Now, I get asked all the time, will I be doing sketches. I will be doing sketches, and I can outlast anyone who needs to have a sketch. Even if I have to take it with me, and finish it at home. I won't disappoint anyone.

Two years ago, we came to the Baltimore Comic-Con, because we were told how friendly and comic book oriented the con was.

Well it was that and more. It's like going on a vacation to a really nice place. I can't honestly believe anybody near Baltimore would miss this convention.

Hey, tell other folks, and get on down the the Baltimore Con.

I can't tell you everything I'm doing now, but I'll have as much stuff as I can have there to show you, without getting anyone upset.

And hey, come by the table two or three times. The conversation's fun.

Batman Odyssey - Final 7 on the way

Yo, Neal here.

What the heck is happening with Batman Odyssey?

DC tells us the solicitations have begun for the last 7 monthly issues.

Your stores have not been reacting to your enthusiasm, but rather, they have been reacting to the internet chatter. Chatter that I.... perhaps should have responded to.

Now it's all verblunget and you guys are the ones who are losing out, and I am sorry.

The continuing series is just great! It's exciting and dramatic with neanderthals, evolved dinosaurs, magicians, war, death, gnomes, trolls and tests, the like of which Batman, the modern Ulysses has never faced in his life... all happening in a real underworld.

The multiple climaxes are killer. But if you care.... Man, I hate to say this... you've got to hoc your stores like bloody hell to get these issues.

My promise to you is to give you the best, most exciting comic books ever. I've never failed you, and I never will. But this time, you've got to dig in and demand your stores get this. The best Batman series ever.

A note: You notice Marvel is actually promoting my work for them? Avengers and the "Secret Project?" You'll notice Dark Horse is promoting Blood? Well, for some reason, DC isn't promoting "Batman Odyssey." So.... it's up to you and me, guys and gals.

Best

Neal Adams

That deal on the selling stuff to compete with Amazon will change tomorrow.
I've been doing sketches of Batman on the upper left hand corner of Batman Odyssey and selling that book for $50. People love it. Well, like it a LOT. "Hey, Neal not only signed it. he drew a sketch of Batman in silver in the corner."
Marilyn's idea.
Success at Calgary made her suggest Silver pen sketches of Superman on S'man vs Muhammad Ali. Then a couple wit Ali.
I'll talk to Jason tomorrow about making these available on the site-here.

I think we'll do others on other books an prints as well. What do you think?


Calgary. Loved it. Guys, invite us back.

A store up there, Comic-kazi with a very clever owner named Wes Wong (Took us to a PERFECT dinner and )bought sketchbooks and prints at a good discount for the rack next to his checkout. He said, he'll call a day Neal Adams day, (heh) and likely sell them Out. I'll bet he does, if you go by the response at our booth. If you live near there the store is at 4307 Macleod Trail SW , In Calgary.

Now, just for fun. What not to ask for at the airport, from sales girls with big confused eyes!
At Horton's Donuts don't ask for a Jelly donut. They don't EVEN know what they are.
At a Bagel store don't ask them to SCOOP IT. You'll say it 5 times then describe it then Mime it and finally GIVE UP. Forget asking, in the first place.
If you ask for a side of butter to butter that bagel yourself,.and you look at the butter and it separated into lumps of butter fat lard and salt grease, don't go back to the girl and point out it's lard-lumpiness and horrible separation,... she will merely look at it and suggest it must've been left out near the oven,.....then,...give it back to you.

Signature Thing

I think I resolved this signature thing. First signature free, each additional signature $5.00. That way, there's a guarantee for that special single signature, for somebody who might not have the money in his pocket. And then, for those guys who need lots of signatures, they can evaluate how many they really want.

I just did it in Calgary, and it worked-out just great.

Speaking of Calgary...

YO.
Just got back from Charlotte. What a nifty city and great people. Made a mistake and tho I was charging $5 dollars a signature on Friday, I pushed it up to $10 a signature on Saturday, and some folks got upset. Sorry folks, I was experimenting, and I went about it the wrong way. For now, I think the $5 will be the number. Some guy was heard to say, "Who does he think he is, Leonard Nimoy?" Then I asked what Leonard Nimoy charged.
$60 to $70. Heh. Clearly, I was NOT a Leonard Nimoy.
Still, Leonard doesn't have stuff to sell,.. Okay, what just jumped into my mind?

Leonard Nimoy selling stuffed Leonard Nimoy dolls. I'm sorry, but it's a great visual.

Oh, well, so at conventions it's $5, for now.. unless it's a kid under 10. Then the signature's free,.. and I'll throw in a free sketch. (So,..bring your kid.)

CALGARY,...not this, but next weekend. We'll be there with bells on.

I just finished pencils on the Avengers book. Brian (Michael) Bendis has posted 4 or 5 pages as a kind of preview. You know where to find him, I trust. I hope you enjoy our efforts,..OH, WAIT,.. you KNOW that Tom Palmer is inking it, right?
Is that cool or what? You ever meet Tom Palmer? BEST kinda people.

Boston Comic-con

Back from the Boston Con.

They tell me 2,000 more people came this year than last year. Everybody that came by to say hello was great. But I hear people from Boston are generally pretty good folks. Some people traveled quite a ways to see me and my family. Some just came from around the corner.

Those CGC people have gotten a great idea. They came by with over 200 books for me to sign, for fan who wrote in to them. I guess the idea is, if you can't get to a convention I'm at, you can still get those "special", comics signed by me, and then sealed-up by CGC. Obviously a great idea. I think the final number was 280 books for me to sign. If you want to do this sort of thing, contact CGC.

I was doing sketches at the convention, and the prints are really attracting a lot of attention, because with time, there's more and more of them. And to be perfectly honest, I think we're missing some of my best pieces. We'll get there.

Joe Kubert was there. What a delight, telling people about the Kubert School. I got to meet Frank Quitely. He was a great surprise. Very personable, and pleasant. We must have chatted for 15 or 20 minutes. I did a bonus cover for a Superman series, and he told me he was very happy to have had me do it.

Now here's the big surprise. My son Josh was there, and he's just starting a series of stories on the new Dr. Who, that will be coming from IDW. I've already seen his preliminary draws, and they're just great. Josh's table was constantly surrounded by girl fans, of the new Dr. Who, Matt Smith. Have you seen the new shows?

I' ll post some of the pieces for you to see.