August 6, 2007

Couldn’t make it to San Diego Comic-Con 2007? Pamela Mullin reports on what you missed (you can thank her later):

I’m back from Comic-Con 2007 and have only good news to report!

Soon I Will Be Invincible was a huge hit. Those who read it told me how much they loved it. Those who hadn’t admired Chip Kidd’s wonderful design and couldn’t wait to get their hands on the samplers I had. Austin Grossman’s panels had a great turn out, and, as usual, he was hilarious. He was kind enough to sign copies of Soon I Will Be Invincible afterwards during which fans had a chance to chat with him and ask where he got his goggles.

On another note, people were thrilled to watch footage from Marjane Satrapi’s forthcoming film, Persepolis. Thank goodness it had English subtitles because it was way too loud to hear in the exhibitor’s hall!

Now we’ll just have to wait until the holidays to see the whole film.

There was so much going on all five days that I must thank all those who took the time to stop by our booth. I also want to send a hearty congratulations to the lucky winners of the Pantheon Graphic Novel Messenger Bag raffle: Megan Twietmeyer, Brian Dick, Mandy Canales and Julia Ree!

Hopefully Comic-Con 2007 has exposed more readers to our wonderful books.