a reminder: Kitty @ BALTICON 42, this weekend!

hello comic bookers, sci fi & fantasy-ers,

i will be selling the Neil Gaiman-endorsed Neverwear and my glass candy bar comic book magnets this weekend in fabulous Hunt Valley, somewhere in the outer circle of Baltimore. Will also have some of the Malena Collection (www.malenacollection.com)

here is Malena in her Neverwear, an Anansi Boys design drawn by the amazing Dagmara M...



come get your photo taken in some Neverwear...

about the comic book magnets & mirrors that i make:
my beloved box of comics was damaged in a flood several years ago, maybe YOU could throw them away, but not me...
so i saved them, pulled out the pages that could be salvaged and
I frame the individual panels in copper --made with love out of recycled glass that i cut myself, with scars to prove it...



come see me, i command you.

www.balticon.org

forgot how to do the thingy where it gives you a live link, but for the love of pete, highlight and copy, so you can find out where this thing is.

meanwhile it competes with Sowebo, which once was a mighty legend of a festival, but since I have been gone, i don't know how it is faring these days.

I will be out in B-more all weekend, then to Meriwther for the Duran Duran show, got to see my crew...would love to see all my old friends.

Kitty heads to BALTICON/ NEIL @ BOOK EXPO!

I am home from Duran Duran and gearing up for Balticon 42-----
where I will be selling the Neverwear designs and my glass candy bar magnets,
made of old comic book panels---
will be in Hunt Valley, Maryland for May 23rd-May 26th, 2008
come see me....not sure what my booth number is, but you can find me-
look for the banner:



http://www.balticon.org/

the mousepads and stickers are up for sale on the website as well:



and Neil will be in LA the weekend after Balticon at the Book Expo, I will fly directly in to meet him. He is doing the breakfast panel Friday, May 30th:

8:00 – 9:30AM Children's Book & Author Breakfast (Concourse Hall)
Presented in cooperation with the Children's Booksellers and Publishers Committee [A cooperative committee of the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC), and the Children's Book Council (CBC)] this opening-day breakfast will feature Sherman Alexie, author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers); Judy Blume, author of Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One (Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers); and Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins).

http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/

hope everyone is doing well this summer!

i will do a Duran Duran post soon at my other blog: http://furrytiger.blogspot.com/
(...with photos from the tour) and also with some Neverwear wearers will be posted here SOON (sorry so busy lately), thanks SO much for sending me your photos for the blog---

MALENA in her Neverwear...

before i sleep, i wanted to post these photos from the other night, Malena and David posed in their Neverwear shirts...(sorry Malena, but it is easy to tell who is the photography king---lalala! ) Miss Malena cut hers up to make some va-voom haute couture...







and here are the Salmon girls in their Lil’ Neil tees...talk about your Charlie’s Angels...

yet more people in their NEVERWEAR tshirts...

You know, I just don't get tired of seeing that cute little sleepy-eyed Neil on different people...
these just came in from the wonderful duo from Balitmore: Ego Likeness, Steven Archer and Donna Lynch:
(who are playing with Voltaire tomorrow night @ the Knitting Factory in LA, yes i WiLL be there!)






go check out their website: http://www.egolikeness.com/
there you can also find:
Where's Neil When You Need Him? Released July, 2006 on Dancing Ferret Discs. This tribute CD to author Neil Gaiman and his creations features previously unreleased tracks by Ego Likeness, Voltaire, The Cruxshadows, Thou Shalt Not, Razed in Black, Rasputina, Tori Amos, and many more. Featuring artwork by Dave McKean and liner notes by Neil Gaiman.

Graveyard Book Mousepad up!

Hello all,
Well, Kendra has done it again, she drew an ace for us for the mousepad.
It is available in pre-order, we will have it in hand by May 1st, 2008.
Yes, that is Beltaine.
Dust off your rowan branches...but please, keep the fires contained...

here is the Graveyard Book mousepad, in which Neil signs for the very end of the line full of ghoulies and ghosties.
where wolf? there wolf!!! Kendra Stout once again aced the artwork, we are very grateful for her good zombie eye and steady vampire hand.

these beauties measure 7" x 8" and are not the skinny-mini size, but the full-on one quarter inch thick mousepad...

full color, or "full colour" if you are from across the sea.

they are a mere $12.00 each, you can barely buy a movie ticket with that, and don't forget the popcorn! (it is just one dollar investment a month for one year, if you want to look at it that way...)

these will be ready to ship by May 1st, 2008. feel free to order now. we will throw in a lil' Neil sticker for each order received in the next two weeks (good until May 1st, 2008)

Then Miss Kitty goes out on Duran Duran, watch the blog for stories from the road.

Don't worry, there will be a Neverwear elf shipping out still....

wearing NeVERWEAR!

here are some of the photos that we got from the call for the Neverwear photos---

this is Dan our stellar WebGoblin, proudly flying his Scary Trousers tee (we can't function without him):




Mei, thank you for being the very first customer to send in a photo!




This is miss Sarah, a delicate flower that can act & paint...



here is superhero Sara from the Pacific Northwest:



here is the boss wearing the "I Believe" speech from American Gods....so tousled & adorable...



this is my friend Ali, she & I cater together when we are not out fighting crime...




Drew on the balcony at Comicon 2007 in San Diego....he is so cute!



this is me in my car, trying to take a self-portrait...

to attract good fortune...

To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.

--ancient Chinese proverb