I just returned from a very cool trip up to SF for APE. Got to sign comics for fans at my publisher's booth, and hang out with cool people, spoke on a "Queers In Comics" panel discussion on Saturday, and was interviewed by my publisher Dan Vado at the "Spotlight on Tommy Kovac" panel on Sunday. There is so much amazing artwork to be seen at APE, so much DIY coolness, I just love it. Tons of stuff you'll never see anywhere else, and you certainly wouldn't find in a chain bookstore, or even most comic book stores.
Dan says he might have an SLG booth at the American Library Association's Midwinter Conference, which is in San Diego in January. He's never exhibited at a library con before, so this would be sort of experimental. He wants me to come down and sign for a day. I'm so excited I can't stand it. I'm nerding out. I totally love ALA and it would be awesome to have an excuse to go, and especially to get in for free, which I'm assuming would be the case if I'm appearing as a creator. Anyway, I certainly hope that happens.
I know there would be lots of interest in a very hip publisher like SLG, since most libraries and library workers have now realized the importance and validity of graphic novels as literature. Lots of librarians are just looking for help in building their graphic novel collections. And I told Dan that those librarians buy SHITLOADS of library- and book-related T-shirts, totes, and any other library-related stuff they can wear, carry, or otherwise affix to their persons.
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