What is Batton Lash doing at the con? A lot.
New book: Tales from the Vault: An Anniversary Special
This is the 15th anniversary of Exhibit A Press (publishers of Supernatural Law comic books and trade paperbacks) and the 30th anniversary of Batton’s characters Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre; this book has samples of material from all incarnations: the original weekly newspaper strip that appeared in The National Law Journal, the one-page magazine stories, the comic book stories, and the webcomic—including a previously unpublished five-page comic book story featuring Wolff & Byrd’s intrepid secretary, Mavis. It’s 64 pages for a mere $7.95.
New trade paperback: The Soddyssey
This is the “missing” volume (#2) in the Supernatural Law trade paperback series—now available at Comic-Con for the first time!
New T-shirt:
This shirt, with an image inspired by monster movie posters of the 1930s, was produced by Graphitti Designs. it’s a must-have item, available in all sizes!
New Archie collection: Archie Freshman Year
The miniseries Batton wrote has been collected into a trade paperback. It will be available at the Exhibit A booth, including during a special signing at 1:00 on Saturday, when the artist (Bill Galvan) and Archie Comics reps will be on hand.
New Radioactive Man: The Best Radioactive Man Event Ever!
What happens when a comic book company builds a big event around its main superhero? Find out from Bongo’s big summer crossover event, running in issues of Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson, and Simpsons Super Spectacular. This big event was written by Batton, with art by Tone Rodriguez and Andrew Pepoy and covers by Bill Morrision, all of whom will be at the booth for special signings. Bongo will also be selling a Comic-Con-only trade paperback collecting these three landmark issues!
Plus: Batton will be drawing at the Cartoon Art Museum Saturday morning at 11:00 and appearing on several panels: He’s interviewing Lew Sayre Schwartz on Thursday at 5:00, talking with Leonard Starr Saturday at 4:00, and roasting Lloyd Kaufman Saturday at 6:30.
Batton is one of the best in the biz. Supernatural Law is an inspired body of work, and his work on Archie and The Simpsons will cement his standing in the hearts and minds of today’s youth, and generations to come.
Seconded. Lash is a giant talent and deserves greater recognition for his many years of top-notch work.
The Radioactive Man crossover was great! And the ending! What a shocker!
Thanks for the plug, Heidi! I appreciate it. And thanks much, Christopher, Marcus and Torsten! Hope to see you all next week!
A friend is picking up a copy of Radioactive Man Trade at the Con.
Why is there not a Bongo Comis website yet?
Using the Wayback Machine at http://www.archive.org to search the http://www.bongocomics.com domain indicated that a Web site was “under construction” from July 2001 to January 2008; the URL still brings up an “under construction” page. There’s anecdotal evidence that 20th Century Fox was reluctant to approve the use of Simpsons material.
SRS