Denver Hat Trick photo recap
"Cool Jerk is awesome and Horn is dead hexy," says Scarlet Witch. Denver Comic Con’s third convention was another one for the win column. Attendance grew yet again, cresting somewhere around 86,000 (up...
View ArticleDestroy All Hunger! Where to eat during San Diego Comic-Con
Click to enlarge Please — for the sake of all that’s holy — don’t eat at the convention center during San Diego Comic-Con! Darlene’s full write-up (including photos and some breakfast extras) here.
View ArticleCool Jerk and San Diego Comic-Con 2014
This week marks Cool Jerk’s 12th year of tabling at San Diego Comic-Con International! That’s just CRAZY! Remember way back to the early 2000s when all I had were buttons and ashcans? Well, I’m...
View ArticleSDCCI ’14 Photo Recap
That’s right, kiddos — if it’s August, that must mean it’s time for the San Diego Comic-Con recap! This year was unexpectedly decent, even though I’m in a year “between books.” But I did debut the...
View ArticleReno Comic Con— I know, right??
I never thought I’d see the day, but my old stomping grounds (and the birthplace of Cool Jerk and Doc Splatter) is hosting its very own comic convention this week. Reno Comic Con — part of a series of...
View ArticleReno Comic Con Photo Recap!
So Reno had its first comic con (it should be christened “The Biggest Little Comic Con in the World”) and it was terrific! Darlene stayed in San Diego so I flew solo (actually, I drove, which is...
View ArticleDenver Comic Con Photo Recap — from Ant-Man to Zardoz!
Memorial Day weekend was Denver Comic Con’s fourth annual show and it keeps getting bigger each year (word is that attendance surpassed 100,000, up from 86,000 in 2014). That’s an incredible growth...
View ArticleCool Jerk Invades Wyoming, Utah and Nevada
So I bet you’re wondering: What about the second half of my Denver Comic Con road trip? Well, let me tell ya about it. The Loft crew and my forehead (Cheyenne, Wyo.) Once Denver Comic Con wrapped up...
View ArticleCool Jerk and San Diego Comic-Con 2015
Has it really been 13 years? Apparently so! This week marks Cool Jerk’s 13th straight year in Small Press (K10) at San Diego Comic-Con International. Geez. It really seems like it’s been a mere 11 and...
View ArticleSDCCI ‘15 photo recap
Sorry about the delay, folks— Comic-Con kicked my ass again this year and I ended up heading to the hospital a couple weeks ago to get treatment for a simultaneous kidney stone and bronchitis (“What...
View ArticleReno Comic Con— Now with more FREE HODABEAST!
Reno — the birthplace of Cool Jerk and Doc Splatter — is hosting its second-annual comic convention next week, and Cool Jerk will once again be there! Reno Comic Con — part of a series of conventions...
View ArticleSDCCI ’16 Photo Recap
This was the “off year.” Remember last year’s San Diego Comic-Con photo recap where I mentioned the kidney stone? Well, I still have it and at this writing I have two stents inside me, connecting my...
View ArticleDenver Comic Con Pt. V— A New Beginning!
Being sidelined by a kidney stone this time last year has only strengthened my resolve to conquer this year’s Denver Comic Con, which is this weekend, Friday-Sunday (June 30-July 2). This marks Cool...
View ArticleDenver Comic Con ’17 photo-heavy recap!
Thank you, Utah! I’m back from another terrific Denver Comic Con and thoroughly exhausted. That’s a 16-hour drive from San Diego and somewhat foolhardy to attempt in one clip… let alone doing it again...
View ArticleCool Jerk and San Diego Comic-Con ’17
It's a bookmark! It's a coupon! It's your lucky day! Today begins Cool Jerk’s 15th straight year exhibiting at San Diego Comic-Con International. Come find us in Small Press (K9), right next to the...
View ArticleSDCCI ’17 Photo Recap
Was it the lack of a kidney stone (and accompanying stents)? Was it the oppressive humidity? Was it the sobering reality that a sentient sack of spray-tanned dicks is running this country? Dunno, but...
View ArticleSweet Sixteen: Cool Jerk at San Diego Comic-Con 2018
This year is the sixteenth consecutive year that Cool Jerk set up shop in Small Press at San Diego Comic-Con International (map below). The weather forcast says it’ll be muggy with a chance of drenched...
View ArticleSDCCI ’18 Photo Recap
San Diego Comic-Con 2018 has come and gone, like a peyote-fueled fever dream, leaving in its wake tens of thousands of sweat-covered popular arts fans/aficionados who either spent a lot of money or...
View ArticleCool Jerk and I are taking a break
Hi, everyone— buckle in for some quick Cool Jerk news! • Have you checked out the latest Cool Jerk? In the longest single Cool Jerk story arc, I wrapped up a 10-year dangling plot thread and put a bow...
View ArticleCool Jerk @ San Diego Comic-Con 2019
OK I’m officially old. No, not because I turned 50 (!) since last year’s San Diego Comic-Con International (map below). Not because this is Cool Jerk’s 17th consecutive year in Small Press. But...
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