– Noela Evans
Holy. Freaking. Shit…What a show! Dragon*Con was as good as its billing as the largest show of its kind. The place was SWAMPED! And the best part was the extraordinary amount of people in costume. Needless to say, it was a little intimidating to be releasing our first graphic novel, The Minions of Ka, at such a place.
Lucky for us, once we got there, a good friend of mine and producer of the Minions of Ka, Christian Beranek, happened to have a table in Artist Alley that he so graciously gave us a bit of real estate on. Crisis averted. Christian is awesome. So off we went! We shared a table with Christian and his Silent Devil properties like Dracula vs. King Arthur (great book) and Death Comes to Dillinger (awesome book). We also shared the space with the legendary Tony D (“Superfrat”, “The Simpsons”) and his lovely wife. It was one big happy dysfunctional family. Thanks again, Christian. Nearly 100 copies of Minions of Ka were sold!
But I would have to say my favorite experience came Friday night. My oldest friend and Minions co-creator/co-writer Michael Ahearn celebrated his birthday on Friday. While I won’t tell you how old he is, let’s just say he’s looks great for a 50-year-old man and leave it at that. Anyway, this was big for him because, while I’ve finished a number of entertainment projects over the course of my 13-year career, this was Michael’s first. So to have it come to fruition on his birthday was pretty cool. But it gets better than that…
I leaned over the table and said to Ahearn, “Did you ever think you’d be celebrating your birthday on the day you released your first novel while Gladys Knight sang you Happy Birthday and having dinner with an astronaut?”
To which he replied, “You know, when you put it like that, it sounds pretty cool.”
Zombies HO!
Oh, and before you ask, the best costume by far and away (in my opinion) had to be Darth Elvis. It was a guy in a legit black leather Darth Vader outfit complete with rhinestone lined cape, a pompadour, and the shades. It was reminiscent of fat Vegas Elvis’ comeback special and, without a doubt, one of the best things I saw all weekend.
You can get your own damn copy of Minions of Ka, not to mention sign up for your very own zombie strain and become part of the growing community of the undead, by hitting up Track the Strain right now. You can thank us later!
– Mike Furno & Johnny Butane