NY Comic-Con signing for BALTIMORE

[ChristopherGolden]

***Woops. Those of you who've already read this, please note that the times have been changed, and a second signing has been added.
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Very cool news. The promotional efforts for BALTIMORE, Or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire--the novel I've written with Mike, who also provides 150 illustrations and the cover--is getting geared up early.

For anyone attending New York Comic-Con, Bantam has created THREE limited edition promo posters for the book. Mike and I will be signing them at the Random House/Bantam booth (booth #458) on the Friday of the show (Feb.23rd) at 4pm and Sunday at Noon.

Hope to see you there.

The novel hits in hardcover on August 28th. Bantam will be doing an even cooler promo for San Diego.

[Maija]

ACK! ACK! ACK! :eek:

Damn, I wish I was going to be there. I'm really excited about this project.

But on the bright side, "even cooler promo for San Diego" you say? I take it that you are going to be there as well?

[ChristopherGolden]

I will definitely be in San Diego this year. It's been eight years or so since I attended one, so I'm very much looking forward to it.

[Maija]

See you there then! :)

[Mike Cross]

D'oh! I totally missed the last sentence..boss was looking at me so i was trying to type quickly too. Totally looking forward to this project!

[Petersen]

Very cool! Hope to get at least one of the posters!

[Maija]

Psssst, Mike, read his first post again. ;)

[absenter]

Christopher! This is exCITING! I've been waiting anxiously for more info on Baltimore.

But let me admit something. I'm a con-virgin. Though blessed and cursed with a life-long love of comics, I've never been to a comic-con and I am very uninformed about protocol. From reading others' posts, it seems like cons are the greatest place to pick up original art and I would love to pick some up as (admission #2) I don't have any. From the NYCC site, it appears that Mignola will be at 'artist alley' and I assume this means that he'll be exhibiting work for sale, but I'm not sure of that.

If I could both pick up new o.g. art and pick up a poster I would love to attend and would probably be willing to maybe pick up a few extras for the greater good, but I can't figure out from the site if this is possible. Are 'artist alley' and this promo both happening on friday? How many posters can one get? Please! Any help is welcome and could net you a poster fellow posters...

Further, would it be advantageous to be a volunteer?

[parrish]

That sounds really cool. I am looking forward to the novel.

Any Hellboarder want to pick me up a poster?

[absenter]

Maybe I wasn't explicit enough in my previous post, but I would be willing to pick up a few posters for folks that can't attend if someone can inform me about possibly picking up original art as well. If anyone is aware of whether Mike will be selling art and if that will happen on Friday, please inform me as this would defenitely seal the deal for me to go.

Feel free to PM me as well.

[CBM]

Hi I figure that I needed to clarify something...the NYCC put Mike down in artist alley for reasons unknown to us. We never asked for it. Mike will not be set up there. He is going to this convention to promote Baltimore and the Animated Hellboy DVD... he will not be selling anything. Sorry for the confusion...
CBM

[absenter]

:(

Oh. Thanks for...sniff...clearing that up for me. Guess i threw out that Van Gogh poster and...sniff...mopped my wall for nothing.

*puts head in hands and weeps for all that should of been, but never was*

[ChristopherGolden]

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! The time of the Friday signing has been moved to 4pm and we've added a Sunday signing at noon.

I don't know how to change the title on this thread, but obviously the time is wrong.

[jnapper]

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! The time of the Friday signing has been moved to 4pm and we've added a Sunday signing at noon.

I don't know how to change the title on this thread, but obviously the time is wrong.

I will delete all times in title--

[ChristopherGolden]

Thanks Jonell!

[Neil Hill]

Could NYC Con possibly be vying for SDCC's piece of the exclusives pie this year? *scratches chin quizzically* Methinks foul deeds are afoot.

For all of those going, please come back with stories to tell and pics to share! I beg of you, please! :)

[Brisco]

This is fantastic news! Thanks, Christopher! It's great to get an update on this book. It's the co-Mignola project I'm looking forward to most right now (and have been for years, since it was announced), even moreso than Darkness Calls, so I'm very glad to finally have a definite date to set all my hopes and dreams on. And earlier than I thought, too! For some reason I thought it would be fall. I'm glad you'll both be in San Diego, and I can't wait for whatever's "even cooler." In the meantime, I guess it's Ebay for those NYCC posters...

Unless you can get me one, Absenter... I'd be most grateful for that!

Brisco

[absenter]

If i go i'll certainly pick up as many extras as I can, but as of now I'm not sure if I'll make it or not. I might be in the same boat briscoe. I'll keep you posted...

[Ming]

i'm only going saturday:(

[Catlin]

I will definitely be in San Diego this year. It's been eight years or so since I attended one, so I'm very much looking forward to it.

Hurrah! *dances* I've been waiting for you to come to San Diego for years :)

[ChristopherGolden]

Wow. I got a dance. :) I'm honored.

[Xequals10]

That sounds really cool. I am looking forward to the novel.

Any Hellboarder want to pick me up a poster?

Parish, YGPM!

[DoctorDoom]

Just wanna know...are you allowed to digital/tape record at the con, or are you just allowed to snap regular pics? Obviously, I know not at the screenings, but I mean just the regular panels and stuff. Thanks.

[Jawa]

I will be there Friday, and am very much looking forward to meeting you and Mike!

I am also hoping to be posting here on the Hellboy forum more again ("more again"?). I used to post a lot a couple of years ago, tried to get back in a few months back but time just didn't allow. Being married, starting a new business, and working on having kids just doesn't give you a lot of time for the silly stuff ;)

[Neil Hill]

I will be there Friday, and am very much looking forward to meeting you and Mike!

I am also hoping to be posting here on the Hellboy forum more again ("more again"?). I used to post a lot a couple of years ago, tried to get back in a few months back but time just didn't allow. Being married, starting a new business, and working on having kids just doesn't give you a lot of time for the silly stuff ;)

Come back with stories to tell and pictures if you have them!

[Jawa]

Come back with stories to tell and pictures if you have them!

I will do so, I promise :)

[rhboyd]

Crap.

I've been sleeping... missed this thread....

what's going on!?! Stuff deleted?!? Exclusives?!?! When's the book hit the shelves?!?

SO excited by it...

thanks gang,
-r!

[ChristopherGolden]

Now with free books! :)


For those of you who are going to New York Comic-Con...

Friday, 4-6pm: Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden signing limited edition promo posters for BALTIMORE at the Random House/Bantam/Del Rey booth #458

Friday, 7pm: Panel, Breaking into Fantasy/SF Publishing
Description: Ever wonder what it takes to get your first science fiction or fantasy novel published? Get tips from the authors and their editors who know. Join Ballantine/Del Rey editor Chris Schluep, Del Rey author Drew Bowling (Tower of Shadows), Bantam Dell senior editor Anne Groell, Bantam Dell author Christopher Golden (The Myth Hunters and Baltimore), Tor associate editor Liz Gorinsky, and Tor author Brian Slattery (Spaceman Blues: A Love Song) as they discuss the sometimes long, sometimes bumpy, but always rewarding road to publishing your first SF/fantasy novel.


Saturday, 5-7pm: Christopher Golden signing at the Random House/Bantam/Del Rey booth #458...a limited number of copies of THE MYTH HUNTERS will be given away.

Sunday, 11-12: Christopher Golden signing at the Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster booth...a limited number of HELLBOY novels will be give away.

Sunday, 12-2pm: Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden signing limited edition promo posters for BALTIMORE at the Random House/Bantam/Del Rey booth #458

[rhboyd]

oh man....

sounds so great... I'm too far away... :(

Can anyone snag a poster for me??! Please?!?

I'll pay shipping...

:(
-r!

[Jawa]

I'm really looking forward to meeting you guys there! I want to ask, though, before I accidentally come off rude: would Mike be willing to sign other stuff, as well as the posters? Not that I'm gonna bring my entire Hellboy collection or something LOL But just a comic or DVD or whatever else I might want to have signed? If not, it's cool, because it'll be nice just to meet the both of you :)

[Jawa]

oh man....

sounds so great... I'm too far away... :(

Can anyone snag a poster for me??! Please?!?

I'll pay shipping...

:(
-r!

To be honest, I'd be willing to consider it, but the only issue is that it's kinda hard to carry posters around at a con and not have them end up getting beat up in some fashion. I'm gonna be working hard enough to keep mine from getting trashed by the mob LOL

[rhboyd]

Selfish interest aside... there are GREAT cheap plastic poster tubes available at art stores.. they adjust to different sizes... and sling over your shoulder. I would definitely pick one up if I were you... to ensure that your poster won't get dinged.

http://tranzporter.com/tubes.asp

quick search turned up these... but I know there are lots out there...

;) I'll happily trade some sort of original art too, if you like!! :D
-r!

[DoctorDoom]

Man I can't freakin wait til next week :)

[Jawa]

Selfish interest aside... there are GREAT cheap plastic poster tubes available at art stores.. they adjust to different sizes... and sling over your shoulder. I would definitely pick one up if I were you... to ensure that your poster won't get dinged.

http://tranzporter.com/tubes.asp

quick search turned up these... but I know there are lots out there...

;) I'll happily trade some sort of original art too, if you like!! :D
-r!

Thanks for the advice :) And honestly, if I can come back with an extra poster or two (I don't want to be greedy and bug Mignola and Golden), I promise you'll be the first I'll get in touch with :)

[Jawa]

Man I can't freakin wait til next week :)

Yeah, it's gonna be a fun show, I expect. Did you go last year?

[Ivar_L]

Isn't it so that there will be not one but 3 different posters?
Oh, I'd like to get them too, especially if they are ca 1/4 from the normal movie posters and this way much better for framing... But it's probably too late to beg/ask, and everyone will have enough their own stuff to carry around and to worry about. And it will be unfair if someone in the line will not get them because person before him takes several of them...

But, please, post the scans!

[DoctorDoom]

Yeah, it's gonna be a fun show, I expect. Did you go last year?
No. This is my first convention EVER,

[Tad]

There will be a DVD signing too. At San Diego he signed two other items besides the promotional poster. It really depends on the line. Every show/signing is different.

[Jawa]

No. This is my first convention EVER,

Very cool :) We're bringing a friend along who has never been to a convention, either. I'm just as excited for her as I am for myself. Your first comic book convention is always a blast, it's all so new and thrilling in that geekgasm way :) I hope you enjoy yourself, too!

[Jawa]

There will be a DVD signing too. At San Diego he signed two other items besides the promotional poster. It really depends on the line. Every show/signing is different.

Thanks for the heads-up, Tad :)

[DoctorDoom]

Very cool :) We're bringing a friend along who has never been to a convention, either. I'm just as excited for her as I am for myself. Your first comic book convention is always a blast, it's all so new and thrilling in that geekgasm way :) I hope you enjoy yourself, too!
Thanks , I know I will. And hae a great time yourself :)

[Neil Hill]

oh man....

sounds so great... I'm too far away... :(

Can anyone snag a poster for me??! Please?!?

I'll pay shipping...

:(
-r!


I second this request. Anyone willing to snag a poster for me, I'll pay shipping also. Please PM me if you'd be willing to do this. Thanks in advance!

[absenter]

Who loves ya?

These posters. They're beauty. Like seriously I'm going to frame them and put them up next to each other in my basement whenever I happen to get a basement. Also in this future basement, I will have a bar, but that's niether here nor there.

Similarly cool, but not in that hang-them-up-in-my-basement kind of way, was meeting Mike and Chris. The illustrations look amazing and the prose actually on the poster is that extra touch, an indication, I think, of how great this collaboration is going to turn out. Thanks for your time guys; If I seemed a little 'special' it's because I was kind of overwhelmed with the whole thing. Anyway...

I came through pretty big! :D I've got five extras and I'm just gonna go down the line chronologically by request. You'll get a PM from me...;)

[Timaximus]

I would love one of those posters. I'll send you a SASPT (self-addressed-stamped-poster-tube), or just paypal you the postage+packing.

[THE REAL kirk]

Who loves ya?

These posters. They're beauty. Like seriously I'm going to frame them and put them up next to each other in my basement whenever I happen to get a basement. Also in this future basement, I will have a bar, but that's niether here nor there.

Similarly cool, but not in that hang-them-up-in-my-basement kind of way, was meeting Mike and Chris. The illustrations look amazing and the prose actually on the poster is that extra touch, an indication, I think, of how great this collaboration is going to turn out. Thanks for your time guys; If I seemed a little 'special' it's because I was kind of overwhelmed with the whole thing. Anyway...

I came through pretty big! :D I've got five extras and I'm just gonna go down the line chronologically by request. You'll get a PM from me...;)

Well done! Glad it was fun and exciting. What do the posters look like? That's great of you to snag some for those board members unable to attend. I love that about this place! I am hoping, as Chris hinted, that there will be more at the SDCC so I can pick up one (three) there. :) I was lucky enough to meet Chris at SDCC when his first Hellboy novel came out; helluva guy.

[Ivar_L]

I'l like to see how the posters look like... Scans or photos, please!

[Jawa]

The posters are quite nice, indeed :) We went home with three of them, signed by both Mike and Chris, who were very nice gentlemen. Mike was also kind enough to sign my ART OF HELLBOY book and do a little headsketch in it for me. Definitely a hell (no pun intended, honestly!) moment for me :) I had actually ran into him earlier in the day. I had completely forgotten where he was going to be signing yesterday, so when I saw him walking around, I figured I would just take a chance and go right up to him and ask. Mike was very nice and polite, shared the information, and we shook hands. It's nice to meet a creator like that, who isn't all just "Hey, I'm busy, why are you bothering to talk to me?!" :)

I also bumped into Tad, which I was very happy about because I figured I wasn't going to make it to the showing of BLOOD AND IRON today. Tad, you're the man, I hope you're having a great weekend at NYCC, good luck with the show today! :) Hope we get to meet again someday!

[absenter]

Wanted to clarify that right now, I have five requests already for posters, but should someone not respond, I'll take the next folks in line.

I didn't take any pictures. (I wouldn't be a very absent absenter if you could see me!) However, there were a number of moments I wish I had brought a camera, being that I must have walked around the show 15 times to make sure I saw it all. As previously noted, I was a little overwhelmed.

The first moment was when a small demon from the Darkness booth started shit with some cartoonime character I'm unfamiliar with that kept mooning him with a fake, plastic butt. Surreal.

The second, equally surreal moment was seeing Gary Coleman. I made it up to the second level late in the day and there wasn't any line for the 'celebrities'. Gary wasn't at his seat and there was a sign up on the wall behind him with his name on it. I got the urge to make a photo of myself under it with the "Whatchootalkinboutwillis" face on! Then I saw him talking to some girls, he was so small!, and who was behind them? The guy who played Chewie! Thinking about it now, I really wish I had gotten a photo with these two guys. Oh well...I'll just have to wait until the next time I'm in a room with Gary Coleman and Chewbacca.

[Xequals10]

It's pretty cool of you to do this. Congrats to those lucky five people. Personally I'm gonna keep checking ebay to see if any pop up. Hopefully they don't go for as much as the HB and the Pan's Labyrinth ones.

[absenter]

...just so people don't run off to ebay too quick, here's the list:

parrish
Nick W
Briscoe
Xequals10
rhboyd

[parrish]

Thanks for picking me up a poster, Absenter. Hope you had fun at the con.

[Brisco]

Thanks a lot for grabbing me a poster, Absenter! I really appreciate it!
Brisco

[Neil Hill]

...just so people don't run off to ebay too quick, here's the list:

parrish
Nick W
Briscoe
Xequals10
rhboyd

Uh, how come I didn't make it onto this list? I DID request to be included. :)

[rhboyd]

NEAT-O!!!!

What do I have to do now?!?! Is that posted somewhere?! Did you get one of the Mignola Silver Snail posters?!

Lemme know!!! and THANKS!!!
-r!

[Maija]

Uh, how come I didn't make it onto this list? I DID request to be included. :)
It looks like you were two requests too late (Ivar L got a request in before you so he would have been #6).

Maybe these will be available at SDCC as well. Even if not there will be an "even cooler promo for San Diego", so there is still hope!

[THE REAL kirk]

That's what I'm hoping for!!

[Mikolaj]

For all these who just like me will probably never get to see this poster live:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mignola-art-Chris-Golden-signed-rare-poster-Hellboy_W0QQitemZ150096016174QQihZ005QQcategoryZ97 2QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's a real stylish thing, that one!

[hollow18]

For all these who just like me will probably never get to see this poster live:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mignola-art-Chris-Golden-signed-rare-poster-Hellboy_W0QQitemZ150096016174QQihZ005QQcategoryZ97 2QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's a real stylish thing, that one!

there were 3 posters the one posted on ebay- this one
http://www.christophergolden.com/baltimore.html

and one with a ghost- that i don't have a picture of. I went for the one on chris' site. i love Mignola's pirates and silhouettes. And i would have grabbed some posters for the board but they only gave one per person. sorry gang.

also picked up a sketch of Ilsa from Mike this time. Will post it soon.
M

[Neil Hill]

I'm just going to throw this out there and hope the God's will shine upon me. Did anyone come home from the NYCC show with an extra Baltimore poster they wouldn't mind sending my way? I'd certainly pay shipping. Please PM me if you do. Thanks in advance!

[absenter]

Just sent out the prints today so all those on the list please look for a PM.

Again, apologies to those I couldn't accomodate, but I was wary to ask for too many copies or too many signatures and I only had so many arms to carry and defend. If I ever do this again, I'll be more prepared.

Anyways, hopes and prayers they all make it safe and sound and that everyone got the one they wanted.

[Neil Hill]

Just sent out the prints today so all those on the list please look for a PM.

Again, apologies to those I couldn't accomodate, but I was wary to ask for too many copies or too many signatures and I only had so many arms to carry and defend. If I ever do this again, I'll be more prepared.

Anyways, hopes and prayers they all make it safe and sound and that everyone got the one they wanted.

Thanks for doing what you did do, Absenter. Even though I didn't directly benefit, I'm glad that some members of the board did. It's all good.

[Nick W]

My poster arrived today... thanks again for picking one up for me Casey (& I just sent you some cash through PayPal)! It really is a fantastic print & it's going to get a frame soon and hopefully some Mignola ink at SDCC. I also thought I'd share what was written on the tube... it made me laugh & I needed one after this very crappy Monday:

DO NOT STEP ON OR OTHERWISE TRAMPLE

DO NOT SPILL ON

DO NOT LOSE

N

[Neil Hill]

DO NOT STEP ON OR OTHERWISE TRAMPLE

DO NOT SPILL ON

DO NOT LOSE

N

I'm sure that you're no stranger to the USPS Nick, and aren't even slightly naive enough to think that these comments don't (on some level at least) help.

[parrish]

I also need to say a big thank you to Absenter for hooking me up.

Like I told him in the PM, I saw the same poster on ebay for 25.00, except the one on ebay wasn't signed by Mignola, just Christopher Golden.

[Xequals10]

absenter,

Thansk again man. I got my posters today (thanks so much for the Darkness Calls one). I laughed at the notes on my tube as well. It says:

"DO NOT BEND"

"DO NOT TREAT UNFAIRLY"

"DO NOT ENGAGE IN HORSEPLAY"

:D :D :D :D

[absenter]

Glad to hear they arrived ok. The Darkness Calls promos were free and I had grabbed a few of them when I first got into the show. They ended up becoming exellent buffers twixt my hot, little hands, various con-goers and those precious posters. They got a little beat up, but I figured they would make a nice bonus regardless. I had three and popped them into three random tubes so if you got one, it was luck of the draw.

However, everyone got an Absenter original packaging tube, custom made, each as singular as a snowflake. These are collectors items folks. Perfect for framing!:D