*I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH THIS BLOG…
you gotta scroll way down the page to get to it. eh, whatever…
[Webguy note: This was an issue with an update at Blogger.com, and they documented a fix. This was NOT Keef’s fault. It was the technology’s fault.]

*SAN DIEGO COMIC CON, NEXT WEEK!!
i’m pretty psyched. me and the ol’ lady will be driving down…and camping along the way. hope a dingo don’t steal my baby…

again, i’ll be in the SMALL PRESS SECTION-BOOTH M-15. and i’ll also be on TWO panels. one will be my own 10 year K Chronicles Retrospective, on Thursday, July 14th at 5pm in room 4. here are the details:

5:00-6:00 Keith Knight’s The K Chronicles: Ten Years and Counting—Help award-winning cartoonist Keith Knight celebrate ten years of The K Chronicles, his self-syndicated alternative weekly comic strip. Expect a slideshow retrospective of favorite strips, hate mail, rejection letters, bizarre censorship stories and, of course, sheep. As the cover of his latest book states: If you weren’t offended before, you will be now. Room 4

And then i’ll be doing “Minority Retort” on Sat., the 16th: here are the details:

2:30-3:30 Minority Retort—Jeremy Love (gettosake.com, Fierce), Keith Knight (KChronicles.com), Laurenn McCubbin (Rent Girl, Kitchen Sink), J Torres (Scandalous, Teen Titans Go!), James Lucas Jones (Oni Press), and Travis Johnson (Variance Press) engage in pointed discussion about working in comics and how to bring their own flavors to the world. Possible yelling about the Man keeping folks down will be kept to a minimum, thanks to moderation by Dan Evans (Jetix/ABC Family). Room 8

Oh, it’s gonna be a busy week…

*SAW THE FANTASTIC FOUR..
..for free, of course. like everybody who was in line at the free preview screening, i was saying that i wouldn’t pay actual $$ to see it. it just looks so bad in the trailers. the effects look cheap..the dude playing reed richards just looks wrong…and let’s face it: the fantastic four is too old school and outdated. i think it would’ve worked a lot better if they had the budget to set in the fifties…sensibility-wise, setting it then would work a lot better.

with all that being said, the movie was all right. they were a lot of cheesy bits, but they really didn’t take it seriously…and the guy who plays johnny storm is really good/funny. i would never pay full price for it, but a matinee with low expectations is a good way to go with this film. waaaay better than daredevil and catwoman. better than electra. not as good as the first two blade flicks. two stars.

*MY HEART GOES OUT TO..
..the victims in london. shit. and r.i.p. to luther vandross…i saw him in 1983 with debarge at the orpheum in boston. i was there with the girl i took to my prom. luther came onstage pulling a six foot tall bucket of kentucky fried chicken (this, i swear!!). he recently died of complications from a stroke he suffered a few years back. he was 54.