SPOTTED IN THE WILD!!!

At The Earth's Core Art by Jamie Chase

I popped into Galactic Quest​ in Buford, GA yesterday and was thrilled to see ‪‎Edgar Rice Burroughs'‬ ‪At The Earth's Core‬ graphic novel on display. This one is by me and Jamie Chase from ‪Sequential Pulp Comics‬ and Dark Horse Comics​. I was so excited to see this on shelves.

At Galactic Quest Buford

I was also thrilled to see Zombies Vs. Robots: No Man's Land from IDW Publishing​ on display as well. This volume features my story, "The Wall" plus many other great Tales, including one by ZVR creator, Chris Ryall​ It's good stuff. Thanks, Galactic Quest.

At Galactic Quest Buford

I've also visited a few other stores recently where I've found the book and would like to give a shout out to Richard's Comics and Collectables in Greenville, SC and The Rock Shop at The Mall of Georgia in Buford, GA. I do so appreciate the support and I hope the books do well for you. I plan to vitis more shops in the near future.

At Richard's Comics and Collectables

If you see At The Earth's Core (or any of my books) in the wild, feel free to share a photo with me. I'm happy to give the store a shout out.

At The Rock Shop Mall of Georgia

My only regret so far is a personal one. I was so excited to see one of my books in Barnes and Noble and/or Books A Million, but all of the ones I've visited so far have not had it on their shelves. Getting a book with my name on the cover and spine in one of the big book chains has long been a goal of mine. I admit, I was a little disappointed that I can't find one there. It's still a goal so the search continues.

Have a great weekend.

Bobby

Sent in by my friend, Brandon Barrows at his local shop.

BOBBY'S FREE COMIC BOOK DAY WRAP UP!

Bobby Nash is ready for Free Comic Book Day to begin.

I spent this year's Free Comic Book Day (FCBD for short) at Richard's Comics and Collectables in Greenville, SC. As I discovered last year when I also spent FCBD in Greenville at Borderlands, Greenville's comic fans come out in droves for their FCBD events. Although I didn't have any work appearing in the comic books that were available for free to customers, I decided to spend the day doing free sketches for whoever wanted one. Richard even had pre-printed FCBD sketch cards made, which added a professional look to my scratchy scribbles.

My day started early. I was up at 6 a.m. to get on the road from Atlanta to Greenville, which takes between 2 - 2 1/2 hours depending on traffic and speed traps (tip: slow down when you cross into South Carolina). I arrived a little earlier than I needed to be there, but that was okay. I watched the store's parking lot transform into artist alley as the tents went up and tables slid into place. As much as an hour before the store opened, the fans started showing up and the line wrapped along and down the side of the building. It was great to see the fans who came dressed in costume as well. There were many photo ops.

I started drawing almost immediately after setting up my table so I could show off my books. The drawings I did are pasted below. I'm not the fastest artist, but I think the cards came out well. I drew non-stop from a little before 11 a.m. until a little after 7 p.m. I think I got up once or twice to stretch, but otherwise I was right there doodling away. I don't know how guys like George Perez do this week in and week out at conventions. I definitely have a new found respect for artists sketching at cons.

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And now, without further ado, Welcome To Free Comic Book day 2012.

Welcome to Richard's Comics and Collectables.

Lining up before the store opens.

Bradd Parton

Steven Prouse

A few friends stopped by.

Sketch #1 (from Steven Prouse's book)

Zombie

Zombie and friend.

In Brightest Day...

Green Lantern and friend.

Supergirl

Supergirl and friend.

You know his name.

Batman and friend.

I feel the need... the need for speed.

Flash and friend.

A young lady asked for the Invisible Woman.
--so I handed her a blank page.
We laughed.

Then drew this.
The caption is based on our conversation about Sue and Reed.

The Invisible Woman and friend.

They call me Mr. Kato.

Kato and friend.

Another Kato

Kato and friend.

I'm Batman!

Batman and friend.

Hawkman

Hawkman and friend.

Hulk Have Anger issues

Hulk and friend.

Deadpool

Deadpool and friend.

Bullets and Bracelets

Wonder Woman and friend

Never let the Black cat cross your path!

Black Cat and friend.

Avengers Assemble!

Captain America and friend

Green Hornet

Green Hornet and friend

This might be the first cowboy I've ever drawn.

Cowboy and friend.

Request was for someone being punched.
I'd just drawn Green Hornet so he was elected. 

Green Hornet and friend

We were talking about the upcoming movie where they're aliens.
Hence the comment.

Turtle and friend

This request made my day.
My first TARDIS drawing.

TARDIS and friend

She asked me to draw something awesome.
This is what popped into my mind.

Thor and friend.

Another first - Shade: The Changing Man

Shade and friend

A cool zombie

Zombie and friend

Another Deadpool.
I like the way the smoke curls into a skull.

Deadpool and friend

Another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

Turtle and friend

A pizza munchin' Turtle

Turtle and friend

In Brightest Day...

Green Lantern and friend

Candid shot. Dropped the camera and took this when I caught it.

Captain America

Captain America and friend

I'm Batty

Batman and friend

Spider-Woman

Spider-Woman with a couple of tweaks.

Spider-Woman and friend.
She was doing the voice of the girl from Resident Evil.
"You're all going to die down here."

Wonder Woman

And that was Free Comic Book Day 2012.

I had a blast. I hope you did too wherever you celebrated.

You can learn more about Richard's Comics and Collectables at www.richards-collectables.com.
You can learn more about Free Comic Book Day at www.freecomicbookday.com

Thanks again to Richard Morgan and the cool folks I met at the event. It was a lot of fun.

Bobby