TWO FREE PASSES TO MARBLE CITY COMICON UP FOR GRABS!

The passes

Marble City Comicon​ is coming up April 25 - 26 in Knoxville, TN. I have 2 free passes for the con so that means it's contest time. Email me or send me a private message on social media with your name. I'll put it in a hat and draw 2 names on April 18th. Each person will get 1 free pass each. Please, only put in your name is you can be in Knoxville April 25 -26. 

www.marblecitycomicon.com 

Good luck and I hope to see you at the con.

Bobby

MEET LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER AUTHORS’ SEAN TAYLOR AND BOBBY NASH AT CONNOOGA THIS WEEKEND!

Bobby and Sean
at ConNooga 2013

The Ruby Files creators and authors, Sean Taylor and Bobby Nash will be guests at ConNooga this weekend (February 21 - 23) in Chattanooga, TN.

Always a fun show, the ConNooga Literary Track is incredible and Bobby and Sean are honored to once again be part of it. Their panel schedule was released today and is posted below. If you’re at the con, please stop by and say hello. They will also have table space somewhere in the dealer’s room with books to show off and sell.

BOBBY NASH'S CON NOOGA 2014 PANEL SCHEDULE:
4:00 PM Fri Con Center #15 Panel: Writing Believable Dialogue
10:00 AM Sat Con Center #15 Panel: Writing for Graphic Novels
1:00 PM Sat Con Center #15 Panel: Pulp Fiction - What is it?
5:00 PM Sat Con Center #15 Panel: The Writing Life and What it Takes
8:00 PM Sat Choo Choo  Gallery B  Plot or Die! It's a no-holds-barred Plot Off!
11:00 AM Sun Con Center #17 Panel: Writing Opening Lines and Hooks

SEAN TAYLOR'S CON NOOGA 2014 PANEL SCHEDULE:
10:00 AM Sat Con Center #15 Panel: Writing for Graphic Novels
1:00 PM Sat Con Center #15 Panel: Pulp Fiction - What is it?
8:00 PM Sat Choo Choo  Gallery B  Plot or Die! It's a no-holds-barred Plot Off!

Bobby, Andrea Judy, and Sean
on a panel at ConNooga 2013.

All of these sound like fun panels. The highlight of last year’s con was the Saturday night “Plot or Die!” panel. Doing a plot off with the other writers in attendance was the most fun and most laughs had the entire weekend, especially once everyone started trying to one up the others. If you can join us for that, I promise you will not be disappointed.

You can learn more about ConNooga here. Plus, keep up with them on Facebook and Twitter. The Con Nooga Lit Track can also be found on Twitter as well.

See you there.

Convention Review: Memphis Comic And Fantasy Convention

On November 5 - 6, 2010 I was proud to be one of the guests on hand for the first Memphis Comic And Fantasy Convention in Memphis Tennessee. First year conventions are always a mystery when deciding whether to do the show as a guest. Like most first time shows, this one had a few first year bugs to work out, but they were minor. The guest list was impressive and I had a wonderful time. The set up was well done although I would have preferred to see more events happening in the main hall of the Cook Convention Center. Along with the open main hall there was a dealer's room, artist alley (where I was set up), and a panel room.

The convention was very family friendly and I was excited to see a lot of kids on hand. Which brings me to the highlight of my weekend. The show opened to the public at 1 p.m. on Friday. However, before that, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. the convention, in conjunction with local schools brought kids to the show on a field trip. There were Q & A sessions with actors, artists, and writers as well as demonstrations, cartoons, video games, movies, and costumed heroes and villains all signing autographs. I was excited to see all of the kids on hand. Not only was their enthusiasm infectious, but it was great to see them looking over the comic books and art. If I had known about the field trip beforehand I would have made sure to bring some Life In The Faster Lane cards to pass out. Still, everyone who stopped by my table got a Lance Star: Sky Ranger postcard, which the kids seemed to enjoy.

Guests for the weekend included Star Trek: The Next Generation's Denise Crosby, wrestler and comic book artist Jerry (The King) Lawler, Actor and comic book artist Arne Starr, along with artists such as Billy Tackett, Martheus Wade, Gary Friedrich, Mitch Brietwiester, Jason Craig, Mitch Foust, and more. Also on hand were writers like myself, Sean Taylor, Allan Gilbreath, Kimberly Richardson, and more.

I had a great time at the first Memphis Comic And Fantasy Convention. I certainly hope there is a second show in 2011 and that they invite me back again. You can learn more about the convention at http://www.memphiscfc.com.

Photos from the weekend can be found on my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=573923&id=625160511&l=b22ef141ce (photos can be viewed even if you don't have a Facebook account).

Bobby