According to early reports from Harlan Ellison, a fire April 6 at the home of accomplished comics writer Len Wein and his wife, Christine Valada, has destroyed at least half the house.  Sadly the couple's dog was killed in the fire. on a side note: Lost to the fire was the original art for the cover of Giant-Size X-Men #1 and the original pages from Incredible Hulk #181, the first appearance of Wolverine.  Information on helping Len to rebuild his file-copy library of his own works once the rebuilding is underway... check out Mark Evanier's blog:  http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_04_07.html#016929

Buffy is one of our own, and one of the very best.  She is very sick, and I mean really really sick, and it breaks my heart.  I believe in the power of prayer.  See it work wonders with my own eyes... so please keep a good thought in your heart, for her speedy recovery. http://thescrewjack.blogspot.com/2009/01/kinda-update.html We love you buffy, get well soon!!! ********************************************************** 03-31-2009 update--  :boogie: She's Baaaaack! No, not an April Fools Prank Pixeltease is BACK! :)

Spring has Sprung! Convention Season is gearing up... Thinking about doing something different... but coming across a few stumbling blocks. The whole point of a Comic-Con (or at least it used to be) was the easy access to countless people in Artists Alley, who were beyond reach in any other environment.  I am a big fan of collecting convention sketches... and love each and every one I own.  I've been fortunate that there are folks out there over the years, that actually want sketches from me.  Sketches are pretty much hit or miss... so I never want to be the guy who does the sucky one in the pile. :) So I spend way more time on them than