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SDCC '09 | Exclusive comic stuff to buy, plus some creator schedules

The San Diego Comic-Con kicks off with Preview Night a week from this Wednesday. If you are a publisher, creator, retailer or any other kind of exhibitor who would like to let folks know about any special plans you have for the show (panels, signing schedules, exclusives, debuts, etc.) drop me an email and I'll run it here.

Also, a reminder: the programming schedule is out, so you can start putting together your to do list. This post at the Daily Cross Hatch, which includes a rundown of what various indie comic creators will be doing at the show, might also be helpful.

Creators | Remember those Colleen Coover Clue drawings Kevin linked to in May? Turns out she's turned them into blank cards and will have them at the show. She'll also have some new buttons.

Creators | Joëlle Jones will have a new sketchbook featuring the seven deadly sins at the show.

Comics | Wildstorm will distribute a free primer on their universe of characters -- Authority, Gen13, etc. -- at the con. Titled This Is WildStorm Universe #0, the book will lay out "where each WildStorm Universe team began, where they are now… and offering a few hints about their future."

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Straight for the art | Colleen Coover's Blandings Castle

Colleen Coover's Blanding Castle

I've linked to the blog Hey Oscar Wilde! It's clobberin' time!!! before, but it's one that's worth a look on a regular basis just to see what they've added since you were last there. The site collects portraits of famous authors by artists -- like Brian Christopher drawing Chuck Palahniuk -- and the occasional literary character portrait, as seen above, when Colleen Coover draws some of the folks from P.G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle. Go check it out.