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ComicMix and the David Family invite you to join us in celebrating Peter David’s life and legacy at San Diego Comic Con 2025. You will have several opportunities to do so.

While you’re on the exhibition floor, stop by the ComicMix Booth (#2308), where we will be selling the new release of Completely Howling Mad. This is a numbered hardcover edition, and limited to 500 copies! Completely Howling Mad reprints Peter’s 1989 novel Howling Mad, and his novelette, Moonlight Becomes You. This is a Comic-Con 2025 exclusive, and all proceeds will go to the Davids. 

Over the course of the weekend, we will be hosting a silent auction at the ComicMix Booth (#2308), where you can bid on many items, including the following:

“Kolchak the Nightstalker: 50th Anniversary” art, page 12 of “The Enemy Within” by JK Woodward. Materials: Gouache on 12×18” coldpressed cotton paper.  

Hulk: “Future Imperfect #1” Color Production Art Page 11 (Marvel, 1993) by Tom Smith, with linework by George Pérez. Materials: 12”x15” illustration board, 9”x13” Bristol board, watercolors, acetate, ink. This piece features George Pérez linework on Bristol board, and Tom Smith watercolors. It is In Excellent Condition, and is autographed by both George Pérez and Tom Smith.

There will also be books signed by Peter and various comics scripts available. We are also gladly accepting contributions to the auction. Please leave your donation at the ComicMix Booth (#2308), with a card listing its description, along with your name and contact information.

Bidding for all will be in-person only, and will close at 2pm Sunday. All proceeds will go to the Davids. 

All weekend, there will be a guest book at the ComicMix Booth (#2308) for people to sign and leave their remembrances of the Amazing, Incredible, Spectacular, Sensational (and other licensed adjectives besides)– and dearly missed Peter David.

And at 7pm on Saturday, July 26th, we’ll be gathering in Grand 10 & 11 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina for a panel titled, “Peter David: A Celebration of His Life, Work, and Legacy.”  

We’re looking forward to gathering and sharing memories of the amazing “Writer of Stuff.” Panelists will include comic legends, friends, and collaborators, such as Paul Levitz, George Takei, Mark Evanier, Chris Ryall, J. K. Woodward, and Glenn Hauman, and moderated by Maggie Thompson of Comics Buyer’s Guide.

An Election Day special preview of Peter’s story, over at the Crazy 8 Press site.

Hi. Glenn Hauman here, itinerant webmaster, hijacking the blog to tell you that Peter David also has a story in the upcoming Crazy 8 Press anthology, Altered States Of The Union, debuting July 15th at Shore Leave and then available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the like shortly thereafter.

We’re taking pre-orders now, and Peter’s in the excellent company of writers like Russ Colchamiro, Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Brendan DuBois, Malon Edwards, G.D. Falksen • Michael Jan Friedman, David Gerrold, Robert Greenberger, Alisa Kwitney, Gordon Linzner, Sarah McGill, Meredith Peruzzi, Mackenzie Reide, Aaron Rosenberg, David Silverman & Hildy Silverman, Ian Randal Strock, Ramón Terrell, Anne Toole… and me.

To give you a taste of the book, here’s a snippet of Peter’s story…

In the year 1958, when Alaska was being considered for statehood, Texas governor Price Daniel strenuously objected. His reasoning was quite simple: He did not want there to be a state larger than Texas. President Dwight D. Eisenhower became so tired of Daniel’s protests that he threatened him. He told Daniel that if he did not shut up, he would divide Alaska in half, and there would be two states larger than Texas.

Daniel refused to stop complaining, not taking Eisenhower seriously.

He should have done so.

Eisenhower did exactly that and on January 3, 1959, North Alaska and South Alaska were officially declared states of the Union.

They did not get on well. There was peace between them, but an uneasy peace, and it was certainly not helped by the fact that the majority of the populace wielded guns. A frontier mentality gripped the separated regions and it slowly devolved over time. Since the two states were so far removed from the continental United States, no one really cared.

And then a new governor made it a lot worse, and it descended into war.

Want to see more? Go support Altered States Of The Union now!

 

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