I expect to be showing my face at more comic conventions than usual in 2008. I'm a special-type guest at the WonderCon in San Francisco from February 22 through 24, and another special-type guest at the Comic-Con International in San Diego, which is July 24 through July 27. (Actually, it opens with Preview Night on the 23rd.)
Registration is now open for the 2008 convention in San Diego and if you're thinking of attending, it wouldn't be a bad idea to sign up now. They sold out of memberships last year and everyone will be very surprised if '08 doesn't sell out long before it occurs. I understand the current plan is to not even be set up to sell admissions at the convention. Memberships will probably be scarce enough that someone will be selling them on eBay for a goodly amount. That is a prediction, not a joke.
Also, there's a progress report out that will (one hopes) kill the oft-heard rumor that the convention is moving to Las Vegas or Anaheim or L.A. or Dubuque. We keep telling you here that they're staying put and somehow, no one believes us. The con has signed to be in the same place through 2012, which is as far ahead as any convention ever plans, farther than most. Hotel rooms may be as difficult to procure in '08 as they were in '07 but I'm hearing that after that — for a number of reasons, including new hotels opening — things should get a lot better.
Of course, I'm always at the San Diego con and usually at the San Francisco one, as well. What'll be different next year is that I'll be doing a lot of new (to me) ones, especially after my book on Jack Kirby comes out in — they tell me — late February. I'll also be doing a couple of brief book tours and I'll tell you all about these when plans are firmer.