* Bobby Chiu and Jim Demonakos know what the hell they’re doing. Together with Nancy Cho, their advisors and volunteers, they just spearheaded the first Lightbox Expo — the most high-octane, smoothly-oiled convention debut I’ve ever seen. It was all about the art and the artists, with the kind of underwriting I’ve never seen for…
I’ve been busy handling some family matters this month, and in the midst of those, I ventured to Dublin for this year’s World Science Fiction Convention. I couldn’t miss it, considering www.mexicanxinitiative.com was a Finalist for the Hugo for Best Related Work. Proud to be part of the fearsome foursome listed for that recognition along…
There’s a new Hugo Award category this year. It’s called “Best Art Book” — not to be confused with “Best Graphic Story”. And yet, I suspect some will confuse the two, so I’ll offer how I’m clarifying my own ballot selections, choosing from works released in 2018. If a book tells a story with pictures…
San Antonio Pop Con 2019 is a wrap! Thanks for bringing the love yesterday, SA! You were amazing. I’m hearing that on a very busy events day in the Alamo City, the attendance this year exceeded last year’s inaugural number, and when you consider that the Author and Artist Guest Rosters were loaded with legends,…
The 2nd Annual San Antonio Pop Con is almost upon us, happening at the downtown Central Library, this Saturday, February 16th, from 9am-4pm. As you can see above, the roster of artists and authors is EPIC — ranging from legends like Michael Moorcock and Gregory Manchess to bestsellers such as Kelley Armstrong and Shea Serrano,…
Last week, I stood centerstage at Worldcon 76‘s Opening Ceremonies with my fellow Mexicanx, locked arms in ‘X’ formations, reading a statement condemning the inhumane treatment of immigrants and families at the border. We banded together, strangers united by a desire to share our visions, to give our all, to do more than we can…
Memo to sf/f pros and fans: DO NOT SLEEP ON NEBRASKA. I was the Artist Guest of Honor at Constellation 9 in Lincoln, Nebraska this past weekend. It’s a small sf/f convention — the kind that pulls a modest 350-person attendance and serves a ‘big tent’ approach to fandom, celebrating art, books, films, TV, anime,…
On January 24th, I created The Mexicanx Initiative to sponsor Worldcon 76 Attending Memberships for a few deserving Mexicanx sf/f professionals and fans to attend the con. It was an idea I imagined when I was named Artist Guest of Honor last August, and the idea quickly became a ‘thing’ as some amazing friends and…
San Antonio, we just might have turned a corner toward the better yesterday. I’ve seen comic book and pop culture events come and go through this city. Amongst them, we witness all of the hard work that Apple De La Fuente and Austin Rogers put into Alamo City Comic Con every year. Their show largely…
Hey, Dallas/Fort Worth: Here’s where you can find me at ConDFW XVII, February 16th-18th. I’ll be signing Loteria Grande Cards and Posters, plus a wide selection of my book cover art and A Song of Ice and Fire prints. See you there! FRIDAY 2pm-4pm • Dealers Room 4pm • The Art of A Song of…