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Albany Comic Convention update

Thanks to Ron Marz, I got to attend the Albany Comic Convention on Nov 1st. This was my first time as an invited guest at a comic book show and I enjoyed it a lot. The excellent folks at That’s Entertainment (especially George and Pete) hooked me up with a ton of Mumbai Macguffin and [...]

NYCC Schedule

Well, conn season is around the corner. I’ll be at NYCC on 7th Feb 2009 whole day. Taking the train in the morning and coming back that same night. In case anyone wants to meet my cell is 774 242 7422.

Benny Lava day photos

Back from SDCC '08

Just reached home. This time the conn was a bit depressing for me for various reasons, most prominently being away from my daughter Adya. But some cool stuff did happen, will post more as it crystallizes into something worthwhile
Meanwhile thanks to AD Lewis, I have two photos from SDCC.

Left To Right : Mark [...]

Call for Papers – Graven Images / N.E.M.L.A.

As per A Dave Lewis ( compere extraordinaire and author of Lone and Level Sands, Some New Kind of Slaughter), Call for papers / abstracts dealing with Religion and Spirituality vis-a-vis Comic Books/Graphic Novels for not one, but two events are now open.
First up is the call for papers for the companion volume to  the [...]

Benny Lava day @ SDCC (25th Friday)

By the power vested in my by the armored pundits and people who put the goat in there, I have hereby declared July 25th  (fri) at San Diego Comic-con ‘08 as BENNY LAVA DAY. For those who came in late here is a look at “Benny Lava”.

Video Link
(in case you can’t see the embedded video above)
So [...]

NYCC documentary

While attending NYCC ‘08, I was approached by Luis Medina, a filmmaker who was making a documentary about [sic] “People of color in comics”. While I made my views clear on that “classification” (the only part that made it into the final cut is at 02:06 on the video), it was kind of interesting to [...]

Comic Book Resources coverage of Graven Images

Comic Book Resources has put up a nice coverage of the Graven Images conference held at BU on the weekend of 13th April exploring religion in comics and graphic fiction.
The article contributed by Dave Moran can be read here

NYCC Panel Video

The full video of the NYCC ‘08 Panel on Our Gods Wear Spandex.
Panel at New York Comic Con on April 19, 2008 on the topic of Christopher Knowles’ book Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes. Moderated by A. Davis Lewis, panelists include Christopher Knowles, Testament creator Douglas Rushkoff, Cairo [...]

NYCC Panel "Our Gods Wear Spandex" on 19th Apr (Sat)

I shall be at NYCC whole day on 19th April (saturday) and in the evening I shall be on the panel “Our Gods Wear Spandex – secret history of superheroes” with Chris Knowles (the author), G. Willow Wilson (CAIRO) and Douglas Rushkoff (TESTAMENT). The panel is moderated by A. Dave Lewis (Lone and Level Sands, [...]