Alpha Flag

Renee and I will be at APE this weekend at half of table 752 (the other half will by occupied by our friend Dani Graves/Shilanes). APE is Alternative Press Expo at CONCOURSE EXHIBITION CENTER • SAN FRANCISCO, CA • OCTOBER 12 & 13.

Here’s a map of where to find us inside the center!

Last year, before seeing it again after a few years away from it, I described it as a small show. It’s no longer a small show! It’s still pretty neat. Great if you love indie comics.

Alpha Flag issue 3 just arrived in the mail today, so we’ll have issues 1-3 of Alpha Flag, Charlie pins, reprints of issues 1 and 2 of my science fiction minicomic, SF, as well as the third, Adults-only (lots of nudity, swearing, and just a touch of sex) issue Untitled SF3: wstyd. SF3 ended up being 23 pages of comics, so it’s only a minicomic in dimensions!

I’ve got a few friends that’ll be there for you to check out–namely Mat Heagerty and JD Faith of Just Another Sheep fame.

We hope to see you there!

If you’re in the San Diego area, you can now buy Alpha Flag issues 1 and 2 in a few, select (and really fantastic-looking and friendly) stores:

Villainous Lair Comics
3371 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
A great store with a second location down the street specializing in games. Also, a really cute store rat!

Rising Sun Creations
1620 Camino De La Reina
San Diego, CA 92108
A rare type of comic store that has a focus split equally between American and Japanese comics. Super friendly! (Coincidentally, also a great place to go for tax advice!)

Southern California Comics
8280 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. #124
San Diego, CA 92111
A bigger, warehouse-style store that’d be your best bet to find a bunch of decades-old back issues for cheap. It’s a bit hard to find. Kind of tucked away at the end of a business park.

Comickaze Comics, Books and More
5517 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92117
A store packed with goods, run by a fellow comics creator.

Now that Foxtrot and issue 3 have wrapped, Renee and I have something totally different and new for you for a couple months before we start running issue 4’s first chapter, Golf. It’s called…

The Only Thing I’m Really Afraid of is the Thought of Dying Here Alone and Forgotten

…and it’s both colored and drawn by Renee! Still written by me, though. It’s a little different than the main Alpha Flag story in tone and content, being more of a fairytale, but I have confidence that you guys will totally dig it.

I’m really excited that Renee asked to draw a story I wrote as her return to drawing comics after her hiatus because, as you will see over the coming weeks, she’s really great at comics.

Alone and Forgotten begins today with the lovely cover as seen above and will continue weekly.