S2S@SPX

on September 6, 2010

• Don’t forget that Set to Sea will only be online in its entirety until Friday!
• Ditto, if you’re interested in original art from Set to Sea, a lot of good pieces remain.

Besides that… the Small Press Expo is coming up this weekend! Here’s my schedule:

Friday
Most of the day: I’ll be driving up with my pals Joey Weiser, Michele Chidester, and Rich Tommasso!
7-9pm: I’ll be at the Atomic Books pre-SPX party! I guess I’m supposed to be getting a Nerdlinger Award there as well! We’ll see.
Saturday:
I’ll be at table H-1 (in the front of the room to the right).
1-3 pm: I’ll be signing at the Fantagraphics booth
5 pm: I’ll be in a panel discussion, “Comics for Younger Readers,” with Aaron Renier, Raina Telgameir, and cartooning duo Metaphrog, moderated by Johanna Draper Carlson. It’s at the Brookside Conference Room.
9 pm: I’ll be presenting the “Outstanding Minicomics” Ignatz award to one of 5 talented cartoonists.
After that: I’ll be getting drunk.

Sunday:
I’ll still be at table H-1, probably slightly hung over.
2-3 pm: I’ll be signing at the Fantagraphics booth.

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Before-breakfast post

on September 1, 2010

I’m honestly surprised and really pleased by how many folks have picked up a piece of Set to Sea original art! Interestingly, it’s been the more quiet, wordless panels that have been going first. By the way, if you purchase more than one piece, Paypal’s going to automatically charge you for shipping for each different panel. But I’ll refund any extra shipping charges “manually,” since I can send them in the same package.

I was interviewed by Nicola D’Agostino for an Italian comics blog. Many people don’t realize that I speak fluent Italian! This is because I don’t. Thanks to Nicola both for the interview and the translation. The English version should be online soon, I’ll link to it.

Set to Sea got its first relatively mixed review! I think Collins is off here – misreading the last third of the book as an unmitigated victory lap, especially. But the book will have to stand on its own.

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Original arts

on August 30, 2010

If you missed it on Friday, Set to Sea is now finished! Five long years come to an end. You can read the complete story from beginning to end here, until September 10th. Please forward along to your friends, acquaintances, enemies. After Sept 10, the complete story will only be available in book form. You should buy one! You should buy two.

A couple people have asked if I’m selling the original artwork for Set to Sea. After nervous feet-shufflings, I decided that I am, starting today! So, if you’re interested, please click on over to check it out. I’m an overprotective type, and I still feel very attached to these little scraps of paper I spent so many hours on – it was hard to make the call to let it all go, so I hope it all ends up in good hands. Obviously, there’s only one of each page, so once it’s gone, it’s gone. I’ll be adding more of both my and Eleanor’s originals to that page in the future.

I’ll be at the upcoming Small Press Expo with copies of the Set to Sea book, all my in-print minicomics, and big portfolios of original art. I’ve never sold original art at a show before, but if you want to buy a specific piece of artwork now and pick it up in person at the festival, please drop me a line (shop (at) drewweing.com) letting me know not to mail it off to you! Unfortunately, I can’t reserve any pieces till they’ve been paid for, so if you want a specific panel, you should grab it now!

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Set to Sea pg. 134 (of 134)

on August 27, 2010

This is the last panel of Set to Sea. I want to thank all the readers who stuck around for the 5 years it took to complete! It took a long time, but I’ve gotten nothing but support along the way. And of course, many thanks to my lovely wife, Eleanor, who helped and encouraged me from day 1.

If you enjoyed the story, please consider purchasing the book (from Fantagraphics Books, or from Amazon,) or telling a friend. The first panel is located here: http://bit.ly/18Wy9q if you want to link to the beginning.

The entire story will remain online until September 10th.

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