I recently discovered that Kevin Eastman (TMNT co-creator & owner of Heavy Metal magazine) plugged my book Wolves of Odin on his blog! Here's the link.

I hate to get all mushy and sentimental, but that is a HUGE honor for me. I spent countless hours as a teenager looking at the old black & white Ninja Turtle comics, doodling the characters over and over again in my school notebooks (we're talkin' old school -- all red headbands, people, none of this multi-color crap!). To know that Eastman read my book - let alone dug it! - is beyond flattering.

Special thanks to my pal Dan Mendoza for sending me the link. Dan's book "Zombie Tramp" was also given a nice plug by Eastman, and I know Dan loves the guy as much as I do, so it's like an early awesome Christmas present for both of us.

I've been behind on emails and commissions for some time now, and I plan on fixing that ASAP. From now until Christmas, I'm going into super soldier mode. I want to get caught up just as badly as all of you WANT me to get caught up. So lots of commissions - out the door - ASAP. Emails answered - ASAP. I'm gonna do my best.

I want to start 2010 with a clean slate. I want to restructure how I handle commissions. Good things on the horizon.

Another topic I wanted to bring up is the "Wolves of Odin" webcomic. You know, that thing that fizzled and died? : P Yeah, well, I still want to tell the story and it's still on my plate of things to do. I'm planning on relaunching it in early 2010, but I don't want to give a solid date or anything until I know for sure, and I want to make sure I'm not setting myself up for another fizzley death. So more info on that soon. I haven't forgotten about it. I'm just a busy man with lots of projects, and I really underestimated the amount of time a webcomic would take up.

I hope you're all having a great, safe, wintery weekend!

Lucasfilm has finally announced the date and location of the much-anticipated Star Wars Celebration 5 convention. It will be from August 12th to 15th, 2010, and will take place in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Click here to read the official announcement at StarWars.com.

I will definitely be at the show -- very much looking forward to it. I'm assuming we'll get to do official licensed prints again, but they haven't given us all the details yet, so who knows. I'll keep you posted.

As of right now, my convention schedule for 2010 is looking like this:
MN MicroCon, C2E2 in Chicago, (maybe HeroesCon), Celebration 5, MN FallCon, and Star Wars Fan Days in Texas.

As soon as everything's set in stone, I'll post up a list, but for now, those are the ones I'm shooting for. Lots of big changes from my usual lineup. No San Diego Comic-Con or Wizard World Chicago for me in 2010.

Read all about it.
Here's a link to my post about it at GrantGould.com.

Klutz, the publisher of the "Draw Clone Wars" kids' book by me and Bonnie Burton, is holding a contest right now -- You can win copies of the book, OR an original Yoda drawing by yours truly.

So head on over there, artists! Check it out.
Here's the link: klutzdesignchallenge.com