every fall, I take an English class to go see something Shakespeare at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland. It’s not Stratford or Kent-on-Swansea-Rye (ok, I made that up) but it’s usually good stuff. We dress up (sorta) and act sophisticated, then write papers and speak in iambic pentameter. They did a Hamlet a few years ago where the young grad student looked just like EA Poe.

ANYWHO so now my movie is going to play in the same theater. Just got the confirmation today. As part of Ingenuity 2009 and the Screaming Tiki Super-Con, it will play on Saturday, July 11 at 3 pm at the Hanna Theater. Not only that, but it will be followed by a really crazy historical event: for the first time in all of recorded history, the surviving members of the Siegel and Shuster families will be on one stage answering questions about Joe and Jerry. I’ll give more info as it gets closer (I’m debating twittering the event but I’m afraid that will make me a total you-know-what). For now: clear the weekend, get your tickets and come on down. The Screaming Tiki is going to be really something — lots of celebrities, stormtroopers, toys, and overall good geek vibes. Get your tickets now! There will be something for everyone. Oh, and ADAMA will be there too.

and LUTHOR.

Thanks to Peter, Jamie, Dick, and James, for setting this up.

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SCREAMING TIKI SUPER CON

INGENUITYFEST

so yeah LAST SON got into the SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON! The Geek Prom is a huge deal for a little film like this and I was really astonished it got in, for a long laundry list of otherworldly reasons. But no reason to dwell on that — this is a big deal, probably the biggest a DIY film about a freaking super-hero with no backers can get, so we are going to show up in force. No time yet, but looks like Saturday night around 7. So that’s great. If you’re going, let me know.

I’m also going to be chairing a really cool panel too, look it up as well. Some other announcements soon — for now: first day of summer, Father’s Day, yeah + yeah.

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june! school is out, time for bikes, water balloons, and popcorn movies. Or modern-day translation: my knees still hurt, work to do, world unrest, and it’s been rainy for days with millions of midges (the bugs not the Archie girl). But summer is summer (YES) so here’s a NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED Joe cartoon — it’s part of a really cool 4-panel piece he did while at Alexander Hamilton Jr. High (you can see it in the movie).