So, just over a month ago I attended the HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC and had a totally awesome time.  Hung out with a slew of very cool people- some were old acquaintances but I met quite a few new comixers.  I’d love to write about all the people I connected with, however I’m in the middle (or the 4th/5th) of completing a new Blink story (see page below).  One person I do want to mention is Matt Wiggins.  Why?  Because he’s one of the very few people to write me a an honest-to-gosh letter (well, email… but whatever…).*  Also because he works at the awesome store, Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find and that he is an Ohio State University graduate!  What are the odds??  So, anyway- he wrote me this letter…

Hey, Max!

I’m the Heroes employee who talked to you about Columbus and Ohio State and all that when you were at Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find during the HeroesCon, just about a month ago. Finally had a chance to catch my breath a little and catch up on some reading which included Barefoot in America, Breakfast in the Park. Good stuff! I really enjoyed it and it was great to go back “home” for a little while. I read the other one you gave me, forget the title right now,** second but I could see the art progression from that one to BiA,BitP. And the squirrels, gotta love the OSU squirrels. We used to tie strings to peanuts and throw them at the squirrels but wouldn’t let them grab them until we wound the string in and the peanut was about an arms length away. Then we’d let the squirrels grab the peanut and we’d lift them into the air. It was hysterical and passed for cheap entertainment back then Well, still passes in my book. Anyways, thanks again for the books and best of luck with your continued comic booking and hopefully we’ll see you back down here for the next HeroesCon!

Matt

Yeah, the squirrels in Columbus are something else.  (Especially the Buckeye squirrels.)  I had a lot of fun drawing them (and writing their dialog) in BiA, BitP.

Okay… now I’ve really gotta get back to work on finishing my newest Blink comic for Bob Corby’s Oh, Comics! (in which Blink reveals her real name!)

* There were a couple of very cool people I know who did mention me in their reports on the Con– in fact, some of them even reviewed Blink!  That is freakin’ awesome.  Sorry it took me so long to get around to mentioning that.

** The book title Matt blanked out on was my Free Mini-Comic Let It Be As It Is.  I dropped off about 20 in the freebie area of the store and Matt said that they’ve all been taken.