Michael pays 30 bucks for a dead kitty

Signing report
Well, both signings were good times. I put together a few prints of my work to sell, and I sold more than I thought I would. What was great about that was that I think most people who bought them really picked them up because they liked the art, not because they knew me or were trying to support ghostwerks or whatever.

The folks at Titan are all good peeps. And they had a nice gathering of local writers and artists. Titan is a truly great shop to shop (shop to shop?), especially if, like me, graphic novels are your thing. The Zeus show (Cape2) was much bigger and Richard and the crew over there really put together a fantastic collective of talent and small publishers. That show was outside under a big carnivale tent and was really well attended despite the fact that it rained pretty ferociously.

At the Zeus show I was more of a fanboy. I hung out at the ghostwerks table for an hour or so, and did a few sketches, but I spent the better part of my time just walking around and buying stuff. James Kochalka (Monkey vs. Robot, Peanutbutter and Jeremy, Pinky and Stinky) was selling little paintings for $30. I bought the dead kitty one (above) thinking I might send it to my friend Leigh, but too late, I'm in love with it. It's mine!

I also bought an Andy Lee original. Andy is a self described Zen painter. His work is crazy beautiful and crazy fast. He had a huge crowd around him all day watching him work in his freakishly kinetic way. Andy paints rapidly and regularly usings his brushes, his palms, and his forearms to paint. He uses the shoulder of his tee shirt to smooth his brush, so by the end of the day he's covered in paint. He produces a painting in about 5-7 minutes, and while I was there, he never once stopped. Go check out his website right now. http://www.findandy.com/home.cfm

I bought one more- a gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous painting by Melita Curphy. But I want to snap a picture of it, so I'll do that and post it tomorrow.

All in all, it was a great day. It was good to get back into the comics scene and I felt really good about supporting other artists.