July
9, 2003
GAGNÉ
International Press at San
Diego Comic-Con
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Once
again, we're getting ready for our annual trip
to the San
Diego Comic-Con. As usual, we're very excited
about meeting friends, fans and peers.
Our
booth location is pretty much the same as last
year's: right in the center of the Independent
Publisher Pavilion (booth 1904). |
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Insanely
Twisted Rabbit Sculpture Available at our Booth
On
Monday, I contacted Sideshow
to make sure we would have some of the Demon
Dog Rabbit Sculptures available at the Comic-Con.
I got a bit scared last week when I received an
email saying that they were all sold out. I'm
glad to report that Sideshow has indeed put aside
a small quantity (100) for us to sell at our booth.
They also sent me a picture of the packaging,
so I could preview it here. Pretty cool, isn't
it? |
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IMPORTANT
NOTICE
Due
to the San Diego Comic Con, orders placed between July
9 and July 31 won't be shipped until we resume shipping
duties on August 1st. Some of our items are getting
low in quantity and might be selling out in San Diego.
We marked those as "Out
of Stock"
for the time being. Upon our return from Comic-Con,
we will re-assess our inventory. Thank you for your
understanding and continued support!
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Tune
in at the end of the month (or August 1st at the latest)
for a complete report of our experiences at Comic-Con
2003!
July
4, 2003
Demon
Dog Rabbit Sculpture Sells Out!
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We
just got words that our first collaboration with
Sideshow
Collectibles, the Insanely Twisted
Rabbit - Demon Dog sculpture, is sold
out. We knew it was gonna go fast, but this was
beyond our expectations! Thanks for the overwhelming
response! |
July
2, 2003
Cover
for the latest issue of APATOONS
Last
Sunday, I received a phone call from my good buddy Bob
Miller. Bob asked if he could commission me
to do the cover of the upcoming issue of APATOONS.
When I asked what he had in mind, he replied, "Why
don't you do something with the robots from your short
film Prelude to
Eden". And so, I did! Click
here for a larger image of the cover.
The
Apatoons San Diego Sampler #3 will be available
at San Diego Comic-Con, at the ASIFA booth. It will
contain all kinds of cool stuff from the animation world.
To give you an idea of what Apatoons is about, I copied
this little bit of info from their
website:
Apatoons is an Amateur Press Association about animated
cartoons. If you're not familiar with APAs (which have
been around for more than a hundred years), think of
them as a sort of private World Wide Web on paper. Each
of our members (who are limited to 25 in number) produces
a self-published, self-written fanzine/newsletter for
our bimonthly mailings, with reviews, news, history,
artwork, humor, and anything else that's at least sort
of related to the topic of animation. In the past, members
have also received such goodies as cels, vintage animation
collectibles, and more.
Members
send 31 copies of their contributions to the Fearless
Leader, who collates them, adds a section of news clippings,
and staples the whole thing into a publication that's
typically from 100-250 pages in length. Every member
gets a copy; the only costs of membership go to pay
for postage, envelopes, and the like.
We've
been doing this since 1982 and have published over a
hundred issues.
