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Greg Baldino's C2E2 Report #3- Spiking The Boom

Published Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:14:43 -0500

Greg Baldino continues to run around the floor of C2E2 picking up some great stories and flavour for Bleeding Cool. If you encounter him on your bar travels tonight, buy him a drink from me.

Bam! Pow! Sock! Comics might actually be for kids again! Boom Studios line of comics for all ages, Boom Kids!, has a big display out with their Disney kids comics, including The Muppets, Toy Story, and Incredibles. Muppets artist Amy Mebberson is on hand to draw sketches and you can pick up the newest volume of Don Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Both kids and nostalgic thirtysomethings will want to keep an eye out this summer for both Darkwing Duck and DuckTales comics from Boom Kids!

Templesmith fans should stop by the Looking Glass booth to check out Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars Volume One, a graphic novel done with Hatter M author Frank Beddor loaded to the brim with steam-powered fantastique. The booth's number isn't listed in the guide, so look for #833.

She may have missed out on MoCCA, but fans of Spike's serialized webcomic Templar, Arizona can pick up the first four books of the series from here at C2E2 this weekend. She's even got a special going, 3 for $30 or 4 for $40; as well as swank patches from some of the various subcultures in her alt-historypunk stories. Later this year, she'll be coming out with the book Poorcraft with Diana Nock, on "the art of living more on less." The book covers everything from food to housing to medical costs for those on a severely restricted budget. Even if you're not on a severely restricted budget, think of how many more comics you could buy with a little belt tightening

Spike is just one of the many creators at Haven Distributers "Indy Island, where you can also find Becky Dreistat, artist on Tigerbuttah, a book done in the style of the classic Golden Books (even printed by the same company, no less.) Around the corner is Tom Stillwell who writes Toy Boy and Honor Brigade; and he's got the next Toy Boy special available before its official release next month, plus a preview of the upcoming Halloween special.

Boom Studios is celebrating the first birthday of Mark Waid's Irredeemable with a party at Challengers Comics + Conversation. The event is also the place to check out the new Irredeemable fragrances from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. The event is free at the store's location at 1845 N. Western Ave, in Chicago.