Got a lot on mind today and apparently I’m not the only one.

– Jorge

Thanks to my wife , who found this ad for the Senator John Heinz History Center over at racialicious.com.  The Buffalo Soldier legacy is a long one indeed.

 

Caught this over at Variety.com. Now can we get to talking about a Gunplay flick, Platinum?

Brandon Routh is returning to the world of comicbook heroes.

The “Superman Returns” star will topline “Dead of Night,” based on the bestselling Italian comicbook series “Dylan Dog,” for Hyde Park and Platinum Studios.

[more at Variety]

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I’ll be chilling at the Platinum/Arcana booth this weekend, May 10-11th, as part of Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Convention. Keep an eye out for Gunplay colorist, Nei Ruffino, too. She’ll be repping her folks over at the Zenoscope booth, though she secretly wants to hang with me at my table.

You can find more detailed in HERE.

That’s right, it’s that most specialest time of the year… FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Dom and I will be appearing at two locales tomorrow– Jetpack Comics in Rochester, NH and Larry’s Wonderful World of Comics in Lowell, MA.

We’ll be handing out tons of free Gunplay shwag at Jetpack from 10AM-3PM and then at Larry’s from 4PM-7PM.

Hope to see you there!

– Jorge

Hey, Geoff Collins gave Gunplay “4 out of 5 bullets” over at the Comics Bulletin Daily Review!

“I hope Jorge Vega is able to produce more writing for comics that’s this good… I can see Vega being a candidate for Wolverine a few years from now if he keeps up this work.“

Check out the full review HERE.

– Jorge

The doors are now officially open, folks. Platinum has updated the Comic Book Challenge site and added a new “Enter” page. Read the rules carefully (lots of changes from last year) and get submitting!

Remember, this guy? Could be you.

As always, if you’ve got any questions and want real answers, you know how to get a hold of me.

– Jorge

Man, I’ve been sick since LA. Weeks and weeks and WEEKS of coughing and hacking and pleghming. It’s been rough. But just when it seemed like it couldn’t possibly get any worse… I decided to throw in some idiocy.

I’d made some soup a couple of weeks back, in the early stages of my personal plague. Well, last Tuesday I decided to eat some of it. My wife calls me in Pittsburgh on Thursday, just after I’d landed, and says “Jorge, did you eat that soup the other night? Cause I just pulled the last of it from the fridge and it’s covered in moldy fur.” So that explained why one of the lymph nodes in my neck had swollen to the size of a small possum.

I kid you not… it looked like I had Kuato hanging from my neck.

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Well, even with an extreme neck melon hanging, the Pittsburgh Comic Con proved to be a blast. Dom and I sold a MESS of Gunplay trades, made lots of new friends and fans, and experienced one of the most raucous dinner parties of the year at DJ Coffman’s house.It started innocently enough– with spinach dip, ziti and quiet chit chat. Things really didn’t start sliding downhill until the Digital Pimps (Joe Dunn, Phil Chan, Irv Fabore) brought in the PS3 and ROCK BAND while Calista Coffman pouring libations for all the guests. That’s when the magic eagle landed.

Friday night’s performance of Bon Jovi’s “WANTED”

Jorge (lead guitar), Phil (drums), Bob (floor vocals)

Intense back to back rocking.

I’ll post more on the Pittsburgh trip later today. Gotta run and start getting ready for our FREE COMIC BOOK DAY appearances this weekend!

– Jorge

So, we’ve already discussed how hit or miss reviews can be. With Gunplay, I’ve been trying to read reviews cautiously– not wanting to get seduced by the good ones and bummed by the bad ones. I’m not ignoring them, just trying to look at them from a distance. But, damn, it’s hard to keep a distance from the first review of the full graphic novel!

Craige Reade got his hands on the full book this weekend and shared his thoughts with readers over at ComiXtreme.com.

“It is well worth the cost, and I have to admit that this is one of the best comic stories I have read this year. It is rare that a comic surpasses expectations - and this one did that and more.”

You can read the full review here.

– Jorge

While at Wizard World LA this past March, we filmed the 2008 Comic Book Challenge promo video; a commercial that’ll be airing all over the internet. It’s my first foray into the world of writing for commercials so I was a little nervous to see what the final cut would like.

Well, Dave dropped the entire cast an email yesterday and told us it was ready. So, without further ado, I give you this year’s CBC video!

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You’ll see me and the 2006 winner DJ Coffman featured and, if you watch closely, you’ll see a ton of other folks… Dominic, Jason Embury, Dave Collins, Ty Vasquez, Dan Forcey, Carly Wagner and a true juggernaut of entertainment, NICK ALAN JONES!

– Jorge