Hi Everybody,
I hope to see many of you this weekend at C2E2 in Chicago; I’ll be at Table E-1 in Artists Alley!
Before I forget to mention this, if you’re not already watching HAP & LEONARD on the Sundance Channel (Season 1 is on Netflix), please check it out. My author friend Joe R. Lansdale wrote this really fun, pulpy series of books, all of which I’ve read, and he is executive producer on the show. It’s pure genius in its acting, casting and execution. I hope it never ends. (Joe’s steampunk series is really fun, too. Can you tell I’m his biggest fan?)
If you haven’t heard already, I’ve been doing live paintings on Facebook Live. I plan to expand this to Twitter’s Periscope and YouTube eventually, but here is a link to my most popular one so far, of me painting Darth Maul. According to Facebook, it has gotten 56,633 cumulative views so far! The visitor stamp you see at the bottom is how many folks were watching it when I actually did it live. I am honored by your time and attention. (If only I had 50 cents for everyone who watched it!)
DAVE DORMAN CONVENTION SEASON SCHEDULE
I wanted to let you know my schedule, booked thus far, for what I affectionately call “Convention Season.” I will add updates as more shows get added, but here’s what I know now:
April 21 – 23: C2E2, Chicago, IL — Artists Alley, Table E-1
April 27 – April 30: Calgary Expo, Calgary, Canada — Table # TBD
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May 19 – 21: MotorCity Con, Novi, MI — Table # TBD
May 26 – 28: Alamo City Con, San Antonio, TX — Table # TBD
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June 3, 2017: Star Wars Day, Joliet, IL (World’s Largest Star Wars Public Library Show)
June 16 – 18: HeroesCon, Charlotte, NC — Table # TBD
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July 19 – 23: San Diego Comic-Con, San Diego, CA–Booth #4500 (End cap booth facing the lobby, first row in, between Doors F & G, closer to Door F.)
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October 5 – 8: New York Comic Con, NYC, NY — Table # TBD
October 18 – 22: IlluxCon, Reading, PA — Table # TBD
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SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDBACK: With social media, I’m always listening. Sometimes the feedback is rather unpleasant, like this exchange below. That being said, if I’ve ever come across as unpleasant to any of you, I want to take this opportunity to apologize to you, as I did to these gentlemen. From what I gather from their latter remarks, these two gents haven’t ever actually personally interacted with me, but if this is the current zeitgeist on me, I’d like to nip it in the bud. Shows are exhausting and physically taxing, and you may see my occasional grimace, especially with my current sciatica and neuropathy issues, but I don’t ever want any of you to feel like I don’t want you to approach me or that I don’t value your friendship, feedback and encounters, because I do. Without your feedback, good or bad, my work doesn’t feel complete. You all help me to “close the loop.”
Some disgruntled observers.
Dave Dorman 