WWTX GETS ‘MOORE’ GUESTS!

October 1, 2008 on 4:45 pm | In Wizard World Texas | No Comments

And that was my lame attempt at a New York Post-style headline. I think I got the bad pun down, but not the grossly inappropriate part. I guess only the New York Post is the New York Post. In all seriousness (you plugging this date into your Google Calendar, because this don’t happen often), we have some truly stupendous things happening with Wizard World Texas (this November 7-9, if you haven’t heard). On Friday we booked Terry Moore, the amazing and (is it too soon to call him?) legendary creator of Strangers in Paradise and Echo.

Superhero fans will undoubtedly recognize his name from his current work on Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane and Runaways.

Now, I love my Runaways. Crying at callbacks, thinking about them when they aren’t around, drawing them bunches and recommending them to everyone. And truth be told, I wasn’t sure anyone could fill Joss Whedon and Brian K. Vaughan’s Fistigons…but Terry Moore has kept the quality up and exceeded all my expectations. Truly great stuff guys, truly great. Check it out, now.

We also have Sean McKeever and Billy Tucci coming to the show now, which is like topping off double-chocolate chip chunk ice cream with a mound of peanut butter and M&Ms. Which, um, means it’s super awesome. I enjoy dessert. Billy Tucci is relaunching the iconic character Sgt. Rock and, from hearing him talk about it and seeing his art, this is the book to read. Don’t believe me? Check this out.

That’s some awesome peanut butter, am I right?

And Sean McKeever is both a super nice guy (who humors my ridiculous game show talk) and the writer who’s carving a name for himself with his slam-bang run on Teen Titans. Seriously, the man’s making waves over there. You gotta see it. He also created this…

I. Love. Gravity. I have that issue signed, actually, by both Sean and the artist (and Wizard World chum) Mike Norton.

Yep, I’m proud of that.

That’s about it for today. There’ll be lots more soon, just you wait!

-Brett