I had a good time at the convention. JON TOWERS is a really nice guy and we had fun trading tips and staring at the many costumed wonders walking about. I look forward to hanging out with him again.

It was a four hour drive to Pittsburgh, and a five hour drive home. We got up at 3 AM and set up everything with time to spare. But I was dragging all day.

I met a few other small pressers that I've been talking to online, and that was neat as well.

I didn't catch any of the panels that were going on, and didn't get many signatures from people, for fear of missing a sale. I didn't have to worry on that account - we didn't sell any books, but we did sell a few ashcans of GoA stories (which aren't on sale online yet, but I'll figure out how to do it soon). That kind of hurts, since the table wasn't exactly cheap, but apparently we weren't the only ones with low sales.

I definitely got the full brunt of the webcomic bias that fans of print comics have. I always had thought that it was more an overblown feeling, but it really isn't. On more than one occasion, when I mentioned the comic was online, I got a derisive "oh, you're a webcomic?" ... and almost immediate disinterest set in. Some were really cool with it, of course. I met a new Drunk Ducker ... who's comic I forget, and another young lady who may start posting there soon.

I will say that I don't think I made coming to our booth accessible enough. I have to give some thought to the next show and how to attract the eye. I'm thinking I'll do free sketches and put up a sign saying that as well.

Overall, an interesting experience for my first time...and it should only get better.

Jon Towers and I exchanged graphic novels at the Pittsburgh Comic Con. I have to admit, though I read his online comic, I must have missed a lot. That, and the fact that he reworked his story made "The Heart of Abracax: The New Apocrypha Book 1" quite a suprise for me.
Meet Jonny Axx, a manic depressive germaphobic scrapper who has been chosen as a pawn in a dangerous game between the angels and demons. He tries to live a normal life, but his destiny won't allow it.

Jon Towers is a master story teller and a fantastic artist. He understands his subject and truly grasps the desperation and gritty surrealism his story demands.

The drawings are sometimes abstract and almost uncomfortable to look at and Jon Towers intermingles text and even medical diagrams within the framework of the story to keep the frenetic pace. The crazier Jonny Axx gets, the crazier the pages look.

So, if your interested in seeing a creepy surreal gritty supernatural thriller (and who isn't?) then go buy his book (Mature readers only. Sorry kids).