More 2012 AppearancesThe 2012 summer convention season is starting up, and it's time we posted the cons we plan to be at. Mark your calendar's, book your flights, or buy the convention hotel! We just hope we see you there.
Oaks, Bieser at Mile High Mega StoreHeads up! If you're in the Denver area, you might want to head over to the Mile High Comics mega-store this Saturday, March 17, between 10am and 3pm. The store is having a mega-sales event and is hosting Escape From Terra creators LEE OAKS! and Scott Bieser, who will be signing copies of EFT Volumes 1 and 2, and chatting with fans. The Mile High Mega Store is located at 4600 Jason Street. Their phone number is 303-477-0042. Mardi Gras Sale on EFT volume 2
Part of the "fun" of doing an Internet-based business is dealing with the technical glitches that pop up, such as the one we discovered last week: both the purchase links on their sale page for our latest graphic novel, Escape From Terra Volume 2, were fouled up in such a way that it was impossible for fans to order the book. So, we fixed the problems and now to make amends to fans who may have been thwarted by those glitches, and starting Tuesday Feb. 21 through this Saturday Feb 25 we're offering the book for two dollars off the list price of $14.95. (That makes it $12.95, plus shipping). We're doing a "Mardi Gras Sale" because for anarchists to do a "Presidents' Day Sale" would just be wrong. You can find the book's sales page here .
Hugo not Weaving
In 2009, the World Science-Fiction Society, which presents the prestigious HUGO Awards for best sci-fi literature and drama, added a category for "Graphic Stories," on a sort of probationary basis. Which means, it may not continue after 2012. So we have a fairly narrow window of opportunity here. The field of sci-fi graphic stories is pretty small, and because Phil Foglio's GIRL GENIUS won the last three times, he has removed the series from consideration. ESCAPE FROM TERRA Volume 2 is eligible for the 2012 Award for Best Graphic Story published in 2011. Nominations are now open. To nominate a work for any of the categories, one must either have been a member of Renovation, the 2011 WorldCon, or a member of Chicon 7, the 2012 WorldCon to be held in Chicago this coming August, or of LoneStarCon 3, to be held in San Antonio in 2013. And you have to purchase a membership for either of those events no later than January 31, 2012. Supporting membership in Chicon7 costs $50. If you want to attend the event, the cost goes up to $195. More information about Chicon 7 and the awards can be found here. You can download a nominating ballot here or vote on-line here. It would be a boon to the ESCAPE FROM TERRA creators, not to mention Big Head Press, to get on the final voting ballot, even if we don't win. Of course, it would be even better to win. So please, if you or someone you know are a member of one of these WorldCons, please nominate us, and if you're inclined to purchase a supporting membership so you can nominate or vote for EFT Volume 2, you would be a true friend to do so. (If you were a member of Renovation you should have by now received nominating instructions and your voting PIN via e-mail. If you haven't, send an email to hugopin@chicon.org.) People Are Talking About Us AgainESCAPE FROM TERRA was recently reviewed on the pop culture site io9 by Lauren Davis, who gets a few details wrong but otherwise offers a fair overview of the strip. A bit earlier, Scott Bieser was interviewed by JoJoScotia for the TVTROPES.ORG page on YouTube. Scott's uplink connection was a bit ragged so the video shows mostly samples of the strip with just a bit of Scott and JoJo set into some of the frames. Scott talks a bit about the origins of the strip QUANTUM VIBE, and about ESCAPE FROM TERRA, and how he got into making webcomics.
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