SIZER COMIC E-NEWSLETTER 6-8-09

PAUL SIZER COMIC E-NEWSLETTER
June 8, 2009
Hello friends, fans and retailers.
OK, It’s officially summer time now, so break out the flip flops and frisbees and let’s talk about summer comic stuff!
B.P.M. “BEAT THE SUMMER” CONVENTION TOUR CONTINUES…
The summer convention schedule continues, so mark your calendars and stop by is you have the chance
Here’s the schedule:
KIDS READ COMICS CONVENTION, THIS WEEKEND, June 12-13, Chelsea, MI
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This is going to be a fun one as well, and I’m really glad to see all the advance hype on this small but really well planned kids-oriented comic convention! The guest list is amazing, and there is tons of great stuff here for young and young at heart. Jane and I will be there on Saturday only, but if you’re able, check out all the cool programming on Friday as well as Saturday! Well worth the trip, and well worth showing the next generation of artists and writers what’s so cool about the comics medium!
WIZARD WORLD/CHICAGO COMICON, August 7-9, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL
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One of my favorite “big cons”, as it reverts back to the Chicago Comicon and still promises to be 3 days of fan driven geekery.
B.P.M. GETS GREAT REVIEWS FROM BOOKLIST, FANS
Holy Cow! Just wanted to share this new review from BOOKLIST for B.P.M.:
From Booklist
“In his note to the reader, Sizer says his dual love for music and comics left little time for anything else. So it goes with his heroine DJ Roxy, slave to the rhythm, who gives up a girlfriend, sleep, and a social life in pursuit of her dream throughout this gorgeous graphic novel. Sizer infuses digital images into his drawings, amping up the hyper energy of New York’s nightclub underworld. Roxy’s renaissance opens with a caffeine jolt of light and sound coursing readers into Plush, a gay nightclub under the spell of DJ Atsuko, where Roxy merely observes in awe. She quickly comes off the sidelines, though, and we are introduced to her other DJ friend, Dom, and her Yoda-like mentor, Robie. Dubbed the “Caf