Lost in the Dark News

Lost in the Dark @ San Diego Comic-Con

Lost in the Dark Press is back for the fourth time at North America's largest comic and pop culture phenomenon, the San Diego Comic-Con International, this July 26-29. Located at Booth 2202 in the Independent Publisher's Pavilion, Lost in the Dark will have plenty of offerings, including the collected edition of the 2004 mini-series Video, by Stephen R. Buell, and Ain't It Cool News' "Best Indie Comic of 2006," the original graphic novel Fragile Prophet, written by Jeff Davidson. In addition, our popular Shoot Your TV Read Comics t-shirts will be available in all sizes, for the low price of $10.

Also this year, by popular demand, Lost in the Dark publisher/writer/artist Stephen R. Buell will be selling prints showcasing his artwork, and will be drawing sketches for anyone that asks. Both Davidson and Buell will be available to sign Lost in the Dark books all weekend, so drop on by the Indie Publisher's Pavilion at Booth 2202, just around the corner from Too Much Coffee Man's Shannon Wheeler!

Better Late Than Never: APE 2007

The Really Late Alternative Press Expo 2007 Report

Three years ago, in February 2004, Lost in the Dark Press debuted the first issue of Video in San Francisco at the Alternative Press Expo. This year, on our fourth outing, we debuted the collected edition of the entire Video mini-series. The amount of talent that shows up each year at the Concourse never ceases to amaze me, and I never get tired of visiting the city of San Francisco itself. Below are some pictures of the event (we never take enough!) and after that are some picks for some of my favorite purchases at the show.

Fragile Prophet writer Jeff Davidson and myself at the table.

Tabloia's Chris Wisnia, in what is quickly becoming a convention tradition: the Wisnia Goof Face Pic.

The Stephen R. Buell stink-eye...

A sketch I did while at the table.

What I Picked Up!

-Numb, by Josh Kemble. I'd heard about this Xeric-winner a few times in the last six months or so, and with good reason. It's awesome. This is seriously that kind of book that you say, "Holy shit, that's me!!" but has that effect on everyone that reads it. And the break-up scene is BRUTAL in it's simplicity and effectiveness.

Fallen and a set of postcard prints by Camilla d'Errico. The artist of SLG's Nightmares and Fairytales had some beautiful prints for sale, and a cool magazine-sized glossy graphic adaptation of a Mark Twain's poem. One of those tables I wish I had more money to spend at.

Blister No. 1 by Hellen. Haven't read it yet, but the art is fantastic, sorta manga-ish, with some French-Moebius-type-shit creeping in. Magazine-sized, but with a really cool hand-stamped cover. Check out the website, her color work is awesome.

There were so many more artists I'd like to talk about, but there's only so much time. Suffice it to say, APE is a haven for amazing people and works, so if you're in the area next April, be sure to check it out!

Better Late Than Never: Emerald City Comic-con Report

Ok, so it's obviously been ages since I've posted anything of relevance, thanks to a few projects that have kept my head down to the drawing table. Since the last post, we've done a few shows, did a signing on FCBD, and have a few things to show off, so it's time to play some catch-up.

First, we'll leap back in time a few months to the Emerald City Comic-Con, up in Seattle, Washington. I was pleasantly surprised by the show, attendance was great, and the attendees really seemed eager to check out what the indie press had to offer. In other words, um, those people came to spend! Almost the complete stock of Video: The Collected Editions I brought sold out, and most of the Fragile Prophets ran out, too. Next to me was writer M. Zachary Sherman, of Image Comic's SOCOM: Seal Team 7. He was promoting a new GN coming out from Image called Shrapnel. Being in the trenches with other artists and writers is one of the highlights of any convention, so meeting Zach and swapping industry stories was fun.

Here's the booth, minus me, who took the picture.

Also making his way up to the Northwest was Tabloia/Doris Danger/Dick Hammer's Chris Wisnia and his fresh-from-the-womb spawn Oscar. Here's his picture, then check out his comics.

And finally, here's Boba Fett holding Ain't It Cool News' favorite indie book of 2006, Fragile Prophet...

Anyways, the show was great, Jim Demonakos and his staff deserve a big pat on the back, and hopefully we'll be back again next year!

Next up, The Alternative Press Expo 2007 Better Late Than Never Report!

-SRB

Comics Waiting Room Reviews Video

Marc Mason has nice things to say about Video, and concludes with a plea to Hollywood:

One of the most impressive things about Video is that it gets in to its premise quickly and then steps on the throttle from there. Combining modern horror, paranoia, and philosophy, Video is a fascinating and intellectual exercise in comparative religion. Stephen Buell's Video originally appeared on shelves in pamphlet format, and I whole-heartedly recommended to anyone listening that they needed to option it and get it into development quickly. I even personally recommended it to a Tinseltown insider of my acquaintance. However, movement was lacking. Now, Video is available in a collected edition, and I'm back here to urge readers and filmmakers alike to pick it up and enjoy it.

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Flashback: FCBD 2005!

A local Sacramento news affiliate came down to A1 Roseville and did a segment on us; this was kinda nice, I think I came off all right. The day itself was cool, we got to chat it up with Tabloia's Chris Wisnia and meet some potential readers. It's nice that A1 Roseville does an Indy signing to go along with the big event, to try and get us some exposure. Anyway, thanks to YouTube, the video has been posted.

Flashback: Comic-Con 2005

This may be the latest con report ever. I just found some pics taken at Comic-Con 2005, so I figured I'd do a "long lost" report for this convention. This convention was Lost in the Dark's second for the San Diego show, and, as usual, it was pretty much sensory overload. At the time, we had just released the first issue of the Fragile Prophet mini-series, which, as it turned out, was its last, as we went straight to graphic novel from there. We also had a "collector's pack" of the Video mini-series, which is now in TPB form, as well. We actually did pretty well at this convention, better than any other before, which gave us quite a bit of motivation heading back home. San Diego, as draining as it is, is usually such an energizing show; a lot of people complain about how it feels like it's been co-opted by genre movies and video game studios, and that may be the case, but there's still so much energy from the comics set that it's still a lot of fun.

Here's our booth from 2005; kinda "pretty lame, Milhouse," if you ask me. Needs more in the background.

While Jeff was out at lunch or roaming the floor, some guy dropped off his mini-comic called Stymied. It was actually really hilarious, but the main character looked exactly like Jeff, as evidenced here: