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Dear Readers
I have lots of news for you. First, if you’re going to San Diego Comic Con (SDCC), please come find me and say hello! I’ll be on two panels, both on Saturday July 27th (details below)!!!
Second, if you’ve been following the news about AI and art, then you know that artists of all flavors have been leaving certain platforms in droves to go to sites such as Cara that have some tools in place to at least try to prevent/limit AI from vacuuming up their content for “learning” purposes. Unfortunately, WordPress, which underlies this site, at least at this time, does not have any means to prevent AI learning.
What this means is that I’m not going to finish posting I Do I Don’t: How to build a better marriage here. I will be running a special for the digital version on Amazon to gather short reviews that pop (examples: “Even my husband will read this!” Or “The traffic light tool changed my life” Or “You don’t just read this book, you work it.”), so if you’re interested in participating in adding a review, please email me, and I’ll let you know when it’s happening.
Thirdly, I may have told you before, but I’ll say it again. I have chronic migraine. It’s an invisible neurological full body disorder, that wreaks havoc in people’s lives. I am doing much better right now. Phew! What it means is nearly daily migraine for months at a time. And last fall when I’d been in that brain fog and haze for a few months already, I’d been researching comic cons and how to get to San Diego, which is the top comic con (at least in the US). Everything I read said to start small and local, and have shows to list on your application. So I did. But it all came to nothing, and I didn’t have the focus or energy to keep going at that point, what with my other work and responsibilities at home.
Well apparently—and likely because my motto is, “If you don’t ask, they can’t say Yes”—I did keep going. I put in a proposal to SDCC to be designated a “Professional” for which one is supposed to have at least three comics, and I have one. I knew from my efforts thus far, that it was a long shot. I was supposed to hear back in 12 weeks, and I didn’t think about it at all after that. Imagine my surprise when FIVE months later, yes five months, I got an email from SDCC recognizing me as a professional in the comics world!
Long story short, I have met many amazing people along this journey, and have been invited to speak on two panels.
Since this has gotten quite wordy for a Graphic Novel writer (and believe me, it is harder to write short than long), I think I’ll share further news with you next time.
Here are the details of the panels (feel free to share with others):
Creators Assemble: Comics Camaraderie, A Networking Event
Saturday July 27, 2024 4:00pm – 6:00pm PDT
Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
The original “speed dating” style networking event is back with new and returning participants, including Alex Antone, Andrew Aydin, Arune Singh, Avi Ehrlich, Barbra Dillon, Brigid Alverson, Bryant Dillon, Cecil Castellucci, Chandrama Anderson, Charlie Stickney, Chris Miskiewicz, Christie Shinn, Corey Salter, David Avallone, David M. Booher, Gamal Hennessy, Jeromy DeChant, Jessica Judd, Liz Frances, Mathias Lewis, Meghan Fitzmartin, Niall O’Rourke, Sean Von Gorman, Shanee and Shanelle Gibbs, and Tom Breygogle. Moderators are librarians and teachers who work with comics, including Matthew Atherton, Joel Bakker, Joe Barrette, Moni Barrette, Kelly Dunn, Elias Campos, Atlas Guo, Sophia Juarez, Jack Phoenix, Christina Taylor, and Valentino Zullo.
How Comics Support Critical Thinking Improvement
Saturday July 27, 2024 7:30pm – 8:30pm PDT
Room 10, San Diego Convention Center
How does sequential art help in the creation and improvement of critical thinking skills both inside and outside of the classroom? Ken Rolow (host of Comic Banter) and Laurence “LT” Tan(educator), Chandrama Anderson (author, marriage and family therapist), David Winnick(freelance writer, educator), Elizabeth “EJ” Gilbert (librarian and educator), JPG (pop culture educator and consultant, InterMyth), and others discuss building interpersonal skills through comics reading, how conflict resolution skills can be found between the gutters, and what the construction of panel storytelling does for a reader’s anticipation abilities.