Getting Ready to Go

Will be heading tomorrow to Crescent City Convention in New Orleans. That’s one of the reasons I won’t be coming to the Wizard Chicago Convention (the other being that, well, they never asked me to.) The nice thing about CCC is that it’s pretty much an SF con. I’m starting to get invited to more of those. That’s pretty cool.

Next convention after that will be Dragon*Con in Atlanta. Should be an exciting endeavor.

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Wow. Madrox would make a cool movie

I’ve come to this conclusion having taken Ariel to see “Sky High.” There’s a character in there named Penny who basically has the same power as Madrox…to split into replicas of herself. It’s used to hilarious effect in the film since she serves as the entire cheerleading squad of the high school.

It’s a fun film, by the way, including the brilliant casting of Lynda Carter as the school principal. That’s actually what I would have liked to see: The entire faculty cast with actors who played superheroes. Adam West, Van Williams, Lou Ferrigno, Dean Cain. But if it could be only one, I’ll settle for Wonder Woman. The end of the film was fairly foreseeable, but overall it was a pleasant enough addition to the growing body of films that are superhero-related but not comic book related.

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Okay, that’s done

Just finished the manuscript for the next “New Frontier” novel, “M.I.A.” The book around about 10,000 words longer than the previous one.

Moving on: I’m working on two more books: One on how to write comics, and the third in the “King Arthur” series, entitled, “Fall of Knight.” And hey, kids…check this pull quote for the book on writing comics:

“I can’t think of anyone better qualified to give advice on comicbook writing than the multi-talented Peter David. I’ve been a fan of his for years and will be first on line to buy his book. “–Stan Lee

Cool, huh. Some days I love my job.

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