Just a quick update, folks: Thanks for helping me pass through the first round of Kurt Sasso’s webcomic battle royale. Round 2 is on now, and Odori Park needs votes, if I’m going to have the opportunity to land a second interview on the podcast, and to score some swag to share with you. Please head over and vote, if you can: TGT Webcomics Tournament, Round 2. Thanks!
Here’s the prize list, by the way. I haven’t yet figured out how I’ll pass the winnings along, but I’m thinking some sort of contest would be in order. Feel free to comment with your ideas!
• Webcomics: What’s Cooking? cookbooks
• Limited edition Lar deSouza magnets
One of the following:
• So Super Duper prize pack
• Package of Eben07 books and 2x Nerf Mavericks
• WAGON Card Battle Delta Deck with Brentafloss card
The last few days have been pretty busy ones. Teaching my 5 year-old son to play Magic: The Gathering, and eating half a moldy Pop-Tart aside, here are a few important things that happened:
Books:
Late last week I received word from the printer that the first copies of Odori Park: East Marries West will be shipping to me on the 17th! If you’ve preordered a copy (and it’s not too late, you know), I should be able to ship it out to you before the end of the month.
TGT Webcomics Tournament:
If you voted for Odori Park in round two of Kurt Sasso’s competition, thank you for your efforts! I ultimately lost to the esteemed Alex Heberling (check out her comic, Alex’s Guide), but not before votes dragged OP up past her mountain of supporters, only to be cast down in a 30-vote tumble on the last day. Threats were issued, troops were rallied, and in the end, my grand consolation prize was learning what a fantastic and devoted group of readers I have! (Special mention goes to Natasha, who set an hourly alarm to remind herself to vote. Wow!) Thank you, everyone!
A New Strip:
Friday’s installment of “The Proposal” went up late, past the time most decent folk were in bed. If today’s comic seems to be missing something, go back and read Friday’s episode to fill in the gap.
Last week, I was psyched to have the chance to record an episode of the new GeekPapas podcast with Tom Racine and Justin Thompson. Justin and I have spoken before, so it was great to talk with him again, and I’ve been looking forward to bending Tom’s ear for quite some time. As expected, recording the episode was the very definition of a hoot.
GeekPapas is a site bringing together all sorts of fun and informative material–including the podcast, interviews, movie reviews, articles, etc.–for, well, geeky papas. As soon as I heard about it, I was all over it (if you haven’t figured it out, I am both a geek and a papa). In our episode, the guys grill me a bit about the origins of Odori Park, but we then quickly get into discussions of why I have failed to share Japanese language manga with my boys, and why the best advice for traveling to Japan with two pre-schoolers is not to.
Please listen and spread the word!
