Archive for September, 2008

Ron Richards gave The Marian Confederacy a really great review on iFanboy.com. Thank YOU!

Wanted to say a special “thank you” to Kathy at the Comic Book Box for hosting the book signing this past weekend. And a special “thank you” to those members of our comics family who drove the furthest to be there and show their support, Mimi and Larry from AIT / PLANET LAR, and their son Walker, the newest member of The Martian Confederacy fan club. He’s even wearing my favorite two colors together… green and orange.

I just posted this new image of Jill for the splash page. The background is a photo of some really beautiful graffiti art on the wall of a surf shop a couple of blocks from my house in Sebastopol. The artist’s name is Casey White. I’ve been wanting to use one of his sprayed walls as a backdrop for my characters for some time and finally got around to it today. Enjoy.

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This Saturday, September 13th, is officially MARTIAN CONFEDERACY DAY at the Comic Book Box in Rohnert Park, CA!

MARTIAN CONFEDERACY creators, Paige Braddock and Jason McNamara will be at the Comic Book Box from 1PM- 4PM to meet, greet, entertain and introduce you to the future of the red planet.
(Mars needs air & some saving!)

Come check out The Martian Confederacy!

Chris Arrant was kind enough to do a big Q&A for Newsarama.

And here’s a review to check out: io9.com

and, the official MARTIAN CONFEDERACY website is: http://www.themartianconfederacy.com/

The Comic Book Box is owned by resident comic expert, Kathy Bottarini and is located at 1451 Southwest Blvd #103 in sunny Rohnert Park, California 94928.

Phone: 707-792-0100,
Website: www.comicbookbox.com
Store hours: Tuesday-Friday 12-6pm,
Saturday 10:30-5 pm and Sunday 12-5pm

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I’ve been trying to listen with an open mind to all the talk at both conventions and what has become more and more troubling to me is the way that certain words and phrases have become politically loaded. Are we even using the same dictionary? What does “liberal” even mean any more? Does “liberal” mean that you believe low-income families should have health care? Or that all citizens should have equal rights under the law? Are these radical notions to any voting-age adult?

What does “conservative” mean? That you love and cherish family? That you believe in the notion that something larger than ourselves is alive and at work in the universe? That you love your country? Are any of these radical notions to any voting-age adult?

So how is it that we are so apart? Is anyone else sick of the labels?
What if I’m sort of a conservative liberal? Could such and animal exist?

And is anyone else incredibly sensitive to the notion that Palin would say that her down-syndrome infant is “an endorsement of her pro-family values?” The mere suggestion that any child could be used as a political wedge, regardless of what point you’re trying to make, just hurts my soul.
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I would love some feedback from Jane readers about anything even slightly related to this topic.

I try to keep JW out of politics… but sometimes you just can’t help yourself.

io9.com you just made my day!!

“The best release of the week comes from a small indie company that you won’t have heard of, though; we’ve written about The Martian Confederacy before and, come Thursday, you’ll have your own chance to experience the weird, wild and downright woolly frontiers of Mars for yourself, courtesy of Jason McNamara and Paige Braddock. In a week otherwise dominated by reprints and retcons, make a point of taking home at least one book that dares to do something new. Involving bears.”

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