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With Laurell at Conestoga, I thought I would take the space to answer some questions we are getting about Comic Con in San Diego.
We are in the IP Pavillion, booth 2005 with Dabel Brothers Productions.
If you come by the booth wearing an Anita or Merry shirt, either from the fan club (https://www.laurellkhamilton.com/Goodies.html) or Cafe Shops (hhtp://www.cafeshops.com/lkhprem), we will have a little prize for you, until I run out. It may be a coupon for a discount on a purchase from the fan club, a free shirt, free duck, free Sigmund, free fan club membership or free jewelry. You will get to choose a slip out of the box and that will determine your prize.
I was going to have bookmarks for everyone that came by, but the printer had a catastrophe and I will not have them. Sorry! They just couldn’t get them printed in time.
Yes, we will have shirts for sale: Brett Booth’s: Jean-Claude, Anita Wearing Zombies Are Cool, and Anita Wearing I Vant To Peck Your Neck. We will also have a special limited edition Anita Blake Does Comic Con 2007 t-shirt with original artwork by Brett. We only ordered 2000 of them. So come by and get yours soonest!
We will have the fanged rubber duckie, Sigmund, Anita charms and silver fangs for sale. (You can see it all at https://www.laurellkhamilton.com/Goodies.html). It is also the debut of the full color catalog. You can get the Laurell cover for $5.00, it comes with a $2.00 coupon for your next purchase, get it for free if you spend $50 or more. Spend $100 or more and get the group cover for free. I have far fewer of the group covers, than the Laurell. The interior of the catalogs is the same, only the cover is different.
I did not ship all the catalogs since so many asked about getting one who were not going, so I will be putting them up on the website after we get back. If there are any special shirts left, I will make those available too.
Sigmund is going to make the rounds of the convention and we will post pictures of all the folks he got to see when we get back. So stop by and say Hi to Sigmund.
There will be line tickets for the signings. But no one explained how that was going to work, so you might ask when you check in and get your badge how that is being handled.
A little bird told us, okay it was her agent, that Sherrilyn Kenyon will also be attending. I know she has a signing on Friday at the Marvel Booth. So take a minute to say hi to her too! She really is cool.
This is the schedule as of now, we are trying to fit in some more signings. Please check with the sponsor of the signing on their requirements. SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE SEE COMIC CON PROGRAM BOOKLET FOR LATEST INFO.
Thursday July 26th
PANEL:
2:00-3:00 Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance: Sub-Genres Readers Love?Where are the borders between urban fantasy and paranormal romance? How did paranormal romance grow from a subgenre of romance to its current popular cross-genre status, and what does the future hold? Writers Laurell K. Hamilton (best-selling author of the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series), Jeanne Stein (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles), Laura Anne Gilman (The Retrievers series), Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Takes a Holiday), Marjorie Liu (Soul Song), and Samantha Sommersby (Forbidden: The Awakening) talk about love and monsters. Moderator: Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy. Room 5AB
3:00-4:00 Signing
Friday July 27th
1:00-2:00 Signing at Marvel Booth
4:00-5:00 Signing at Ballantine Books Booth
9:00-10:00 PM Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Dinner (You must have a ticket). See below. All funds raised go to the CBLDF.
Saturday July 28th
PANEL:
12:15-1:15 Spotlight on Laurell K Hamilton?With two incredibly popular book series going stronger than ever (Anita Blake, 15 books, over 6 million copies in print; Merry Gentry, 5 books, over 1 million copies in print), Comic-Con special guest Laurell K. Hamilton is one of the most popular fiction authors working today. Laurell tells us what?s next for Anita, Merry, and herself in this exclusive event. Room 6CDEF
1:15-2:15 Signing
When we get back, the last of the Wolf Howl video will go up. But Jon is handling that so I don’t know exactly when it will be up: http://www.youtube.com/user/jondgreen
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has a special offer
————————————————————————————-Dabel Brothers & The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund have a special offer for all of Laurell K. Hamilton’s fans on this email list. On Friday, July 27, the CBLDF will be hosting a gala benefit with Laurell at a secret location in San Diego. The internet price for the event is $500, but the CBLDF has generously extended 10 tickets to readers of this list at half-price if you reserve your space before Monday, July 23. So you can meet Laurell, support a great cause, and do so at a discount, for being a loyal fan!
This reception is strictly limited to 25 attendees, who will spend an hour with Ms. Hamilton at a secret location in downtown San Diego. All attendees will be able to meet Ms. Hamilton, and to get two items signed while enjoying an open bar and gourmet hors d’oeuvres. Attendees will also receive a commemorative signed print, limited to 26 lettered pieces and only available through this event, as well as a one-year membership in the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Event details such as time and place will be emailed to you after your purchase.
“The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund works to defend the rights of readers everywhere to enjoy all kinds of comics, and we’re thrilled to bring Ms. Hamilton out to support their very important work,” says DBPro’s Sales/Project Development Manager Derek Ruiz.
Laurell K. Hamilton is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two series that mix mystery, fantasy, magic, horror and romance. Her Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novels from Berkley Books began with Guilty Pleasures (now a hugely successful graphic novel from Marvel/Dabel Brothers – the first sexy paranormal comic ever!), and continues with the recently released The Harlequin, number fifteen in the series, in which Anita’s complex personal and professional relationships with a master vampire and an alpha werewolf continue to evolve. There are now more than 6 million copies of Anita in print worldwide, in 16 languages. Hamilton’s Ballantine series features Fey princess and private investigator, Merry Gentry and there are now five novels exceeding one million copies in print. Mistral’s Kiss, the fifth in the series debuted this past December. Ms. Hamilton is thrilled to be attending her first Comic-Con. She lives in St. Louis County, Missouri with her husband, daughter, two pug and two part pug dogs.
To reserve your space, go to: http://cbldf.safeshopper.com/20/cat20.htm?119 and enter the code: LKHFAN in the memo blank to redeem this half-price offer.
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Darla