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NYCC, Young Avengers Interviews, Cap Previews
Phew, well, that was a huge experience. NYCC still feels just huge enough, but any more huge and you'd need tasers to get from one side of the hall to the other. I staggered between two parties on the Saturday night, that of I, Fanboy (who later filmed a video podcast in which I'm very over-excited) and then that of the charming C.B. Cebulski, where I met Jim McCann's volleyball team and cheerleaders, Matt Fraction (more coherent than his Twitter feed, but just as entertaining) Rick Remender, John Barber and his lovely wife. It was also a chance to catch up with Hickman, Gillen and McKelvie and Marjorie 'Dark Wolverine' Liu. And finally, rolling in from what looked like their Senior Prom, so young and so well-dressed, the future Mr. and Mrs. Nick Lowe. P.J. Holden revealed that he'd got carried away and bought pick and mix M&Ms to the value of one hundred dollars. At the end I had to find my long dark coat from a rough pile of what all comic creators wear: long dark coats. I felt thoroughly slammed to the bosom of a rather boisterous but warm-hearted organisation, very New York. And it's a pleasure that meetings with various of them are going to continue into the week. Put together with a couple of other meetings, with equally lovely folk, and this has been a very creatively exciting weekend. Sunday was more laid-back, and we just popped back to the convention to spend money and shake Cebulski's hand on the way out. We were going to pop in to the pubs that had become the home of Brit comic creators over the weekend (there's always an encampment) and then go on to Jamie McKelvie's party (I now know so much about his love life, thanks for that, Jamie) but we went to see The Lion King (magnificent) on Broadway, and then chose from all these excellent Japanese restaurants, and in the end were just too knackered. Tonight I'm going to meet with the New York Doctor Who group at the Peculier Pub in Greenwich Village, but since they still haven't mentioned me on their website, this may be a trap. Or there'll just be an old man standing there, who'll say there was a Who group who met here, years ago, but they all died.
Those Young Avengers interviews have started to appear, here are two:
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19890
And:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/020907-DR-YA.html
And scroll down here for a preview of issue ten of Captain Britain and MI-13, which is out on Wednesday here, Thursday in the UK:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0902/06/marvelfirsts.htm
As I said on that Marvel panel, thanks very much to everyone who's shown such support for the title, with banners, forum icons, etc.. It's greatly appreciated. Did I mention we're not cancelled? Until there's more to tell you, Cheerio!
Those Young Avengers interviews have started to appear, here are two:
http://comicbookresources.com/
And:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/020907-DR-YA.html
And scroll down here for a preview of issue ten of Captain Britain and MI-13, which is out on Wednesday here, Thursday in the UK:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0902/06/marvelfirsts.htm
As I said on that Marvel panel, thanks very much to everyone who's shown such support for the title, with banners, forum icons, etc.. It's greatly appreciated. Did I mention we're not cancelled? Until there's more to tell you, Cheerio!
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DWNY are no doubt modest people who Anglophiliacly hide in corners of the brash Big Apple. Or, they just want to keep you for themselves!
I'm told they also have an LJ site, and it's been advertised there.
Of course... the redoubtable Brewsternorth!
Just wanted to say it was nice seeing you again at NYCC. So sorry to butt in to your conversation, but I wanted to make sure I got to say 'hi'. Hope it wasn't too annoying.
And I'm glad to hear the show went so well. I bumped into Jay Leisten (who I used to work with at Crossgen Entertainment years ago) and he had a million great things to say about Captain Britain and MI-13.
Best,
Matthew
"Doctor Who group?" smirked the slightly macabre, and certainly wizened, old man behind the bar, "Why there hasn't been a Doctor Who group meeting here in thiiiiiirty yeears........." ;D
No, I'm sure they're just too busy to update their website.
Sounds like a really good weekend. I'm glad to hear there's support for Cap across the Atlantic. The preview pages look great. I'm very intrigued by the Doom/Dracula dynamic, and any issue with a pub scene is a genuine winner.
So, I'm Italian, and I'm a girl, but I religiously read Cap Britain... last week, more or less, a friedn of mine from the U.S. told me about the rumour of the cancellation, and I was a bit sorry, since I kind of like this serie, so, I'm glad to know that the serie will not end anytime soon...
What?? Dammit. DWNY really need to update their website, or I so would have been there. I was right in the area tonight too... Bugger.
A pleasure to see you as always. No worries about Sunday night, although you did miss a rather spectacular evening!
No butting in involved, Matthew, and thanks. That turned out to be the case, Mr. Sword. Elisabetta: welcome! We're very pleased to have readers in Italy. Hope you continue to enjoy what we're doing. Lizzie: do pop over and see them in the future, though, they're good fun. Jamie: I'm sure, I look forward to ending up at another of your parties in the future!
I have to say I think your Take on the Dark Reign: Young Avengers sounds interesting. When do you expect the issues to be hitting the stands?