Just to remind me, if not you: I will be showing my face in Columbus, Ohio this weekend at the annual Mid-Ohio Con, which is run every year there by Roger Price. I don't go to a lot of cons these days because, frankly, I've been to too many boring, generic ones. But every time I can make it back to one of Roger's gatherings, I do. The others I've attended have all been enormous fun with a fine, friendly atmosphere and enough stuff to see and do that you never get bored.
I'm hosting two panels there. On Saturday afternoon at 2:30, my pal of many decades, Tony Isabella, and I will be interviewing Gary Friedrich, Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe — three men who did an awful lot of comics for Marvel, teamed and apart, in the sixties and seventies.
Then on Sunday morning at 11:30, I'll be interviewing Al Feldstein. I may ask Al about his stint as writer-editor of EC Comics, creating things like Tales from the Crypt and Weird Fantasy. Or I may ask Al about his longer, more lucrative stint as editor of MAD Magazine, turning it into the best-selling humor publication in the history of Mankind. Or I may ask him about both.
The rest of the time, I'll be wandering around. If you're anywhere in the vicinity, come on by. See the panels. Check out the Dealers Room. Heckle Tony Isabella. And say howdy.