Six Shooter Jesse James Comic book Rants: The Awesome MAD-ZEN Party!

   ...And that's just what it was. A party of epic awesomness. My streak of being the first artist on the scene has been broken (thanks Caleb!) but that's alright. I was the second on set and ready to rumble. After setting up my merchant's tent, I helped out with the locals area to make sure they were all comfy. You have to look out for one another, right? I think next time I'll have some water bottles for ya. Anyway, local greats such as Jeff Pina, Spazdog Press' own Matt Goodall, Jacques La Grange and Shawn Demumbrum, the always lovely Madame M and Sir Glen Curren, Alfred Trujillo, Jolene Houser, April Reyna, Shelby Roberston, Lessa Michelle and Brieanna Brock, Jean Arrow, Caleb Bishop, Mike Kessler, Christian Villaire along with the guys at Evil Robo (Zip, Eric Schock and Henry Barajas) started to trickle in and get themselves set up with pencils, pens, brushes and markers in hand ready to take on any blank comic cover and sheet of paper that stood in their way. There was even a DJ already set up and cranking the tunes for all the people that came on by to get their Jesse James Comics variant cover to Zenescopes Myths & Legends #2. If you haven't picked up your copy already, you need to get there now as there was a few left when the party wrapped up, but I'm not going to make any promises that there is any left now.

   Pictures being taken, laughs filling the rooms and comics going to good homes, the morning was a blast. Could this get any better? Sure it could. Before the question could be asked or even thought of, the heavy-hitters of Zenescope make there presence known. Raven Gregory, Eric "ebas" Basuldua, Mike Debalfo along with his wife Mary Debalfo and Nei Ruffino walk through the front door, ready to feed the hungry fans waiting with stacks of Zenescope titles in their hands. The group still isn't complete though. Everyone is called out to the DJ table out front as we eagerly await two more guys from Zenescope. Joe Brusha (President) and Ralph Tedesco (writer-in-chief) pull up with a warm welcome, everyone cheers and claps as they get out of the car and walk up to the store. Now the party can really begin..

The Comic Cave was all set up with super comfortable couches that when sat in, you didn't want to get back up to get to your table again. All the artists signed the Comic Book War Room to show that we were there and then you grabbed some pizza and cookies and anything else that was back there that I somehow missed (Thanks everyone at Jesse's for the grub!).

   Thank you to everyone at Zenescope that made it down and as always my brothers and sisters in the local scene that continue to kick some ass and make every fun and the fans that make every event worth coming to. It is you guys that are the best!

   If you made it down to meet the guys that give you the Grimm Fairy Tales, Charmed, The Waking and the other many titles that you love, then that's great for you. If you didn't make it, then you missed out! These guys coming from Pennsylvania and California for this release party. You normally have to be at a Comic Con to get such a group together at once. It was business and fun wrapped all together to make this day memorable.

   For a look at what else was going on, head on over to the link posted below for photos.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=173628797190&aid=279370

-Andy Bohn (AB)