Mouse Guard at Comic ConFor the 5 days that is comic con,...

Mouse Guard at Comic Con
For the 5 days that is comic con, I'll be spending most of my time at my Artist Alley Table GG-09. I'll have a few signings at the Archaia booth: 2635 almost every day. I'll be signing books, selling the 2011 sketchbook ($20) and taking commission requests ($200). For the commissions, I'll be taking names Thursday through Saturday on a first come first served basis. I only take a few names each day and start a new list each day, so if you don't make it on Thursday's list, try again on Friday etc. I'm looking forward to the geekfest of creators and fans coming together that is comic con, so I'll see you in a few days!(For those attending, I'll try and tweet (@mouseguard) any location/signing/info updates as much as I can. For those not attending, This will be a good way to keep up with any announcements & Eisner info)
2011 Sketchbook:Speaking of this year's sketchbook, I wanted to give you all some more info about it. It's a 24 page full color collection of original artwork I have colored specifically for the sketchbook with a few other covers added for good measure. They are limited to 400 copies this year (we were doing 300 in years previous). These should last us till just before next year's San Diego Comic Con. We will continue to offer this sketchbook both online and at future 2011 & 2012 conventions. So, if you are unable to get a sketchbook at Comic Con, you still have an opportunity to buy one without getting taken to the cleaners by ebay sellers asking top dollar for something still available from me for $20.
Color:
Like last week, I'm going to show one of the commission type pieces that I usually only color for a sketchbook, but can't include it because it's not Mouse Guard themed. For Jeremy Bastian's Birthday I did a piece of his Cursed Pirate Girl character Tag Clamb. The character is mostly seen over the course of a few panels in Jeremy's 3rd issue of CPG, but the visuals of this character struck me as amusing and fun to draw. When I was ready to color him, I had to give Jeremy a call to ask about the palette. Jeremy's book being in black & white, I had no idea if Tag was cream or blue or green or mustard...etc. I colored this piece last week as part of that live coloring Ustream session.

Fan Art:This week's Fan Art comes from Duncan Walden. He writes that he enjoys Mouse Guard and took pride in all the detail in his fan artwork. Thanks Duncan!!

Upcoming Appearances:
San Diego Comic Con: July 20-24
Baltimore Comic Con: Aug. 20-21
Detroit Fan Fare: Sept. 24-25
New York Comic Con: Oct. 13-16