Hi! For those wondering why DMD vol 2 doesn't work on the TP website I heard from editor and there seems to be some good news if you will all be patient! Beleive me- I'm dying to see the book too! I never did get to see the final art! I'm not kidding! So I want to read the book really badly! But it looks like you'll also be able PURCHASE HARD COPIES!!!1 Yay!!!!!!!!!!

At the Tokopop creator summit Stu said they would be working to put a print-on-demand feature on the website so that the online only comics could also be purchased as a book. And now it looks like they are adding the feature.

Here is the e-mail Troy sent me

"Hi Che--

Because of the coming POD program (which we’re still in the process of setting up) we’ve pushed back the release dates for many of our online manga releases. DMD 2 will likely go online Jan. 2010. Though that’s not set in stone, this is where it’s currently falling.

So pls tell the fans we apologize for the wait, and to hang tight, as they’ll be getting their DMD fix soon!"

Hello all! My art can now be purchased in the form of clear acrylic rubber stamps! I'm the newest designer at Queen Kat Designs! You can check them out at [link]

I even have my own section! [link]

So this is my first step into the world of liscensing! I get a royalty for every stamp sold! So buy them and use them! They are cute!

So here is my paperdolls which won the Innocent Seraphim contest.

Lately I've been thinking of makng more paperdolls and submitting them to Dover which is one of the last places on earth that publishes paperdoll, sticker paperdolls, and the like.

Well, I'm back from Comic Con. It was good. I got swag which is cool and I got into a lot of panels I wanted too see. The only one I missed which filled up before I could get in the room was the RiffTrax Live panel. But I was totally almost first in line for Syfy (pronounced s-if-ee) Fridays. I was glad everyone booed the SciFi Channel name change. A couple cast members from Warehouse 13 where int he audience and it was cool to see them but they didn't talk or anything.

Panels I did get into: Family Guy, Cleveland Show, Vampire Diaries (barely!), Futurama, Supernatural, Smalleville-but only because it was before the Supernatural panel. Apparently the guy who plays Superman NEVER goes to cons but he was here this year, live and in person. The BEST AWESOMEST SUPER BESTEST panel I got into was the Watchmen LIVE Directors cut with LIVE comments by Zack Snyder! OMG! It was the best thing ever! I couldn't stay for all of it because the friends I was with left after the masquerade but I can assure I am going to buy the directors cut!!! OMG! I totally love that movie!

Swag- I got some free books. But I have to say I think the publishers were a little stingy. On Sunday they were handing books out only to kids! WTF? Oh well. I just like free books! I mean after I got some last year I thought the bounty would continue! I think they are getting wise to that though. Still- stingy! >

I got a Smalleville ballcap, a Tokyopop t-shirt going from going to the TP creators summit- which was NOT as lame as you might thinking! I'm serious! I mean they still aren't my BFFs but if they CAN accomplish some of what they are talking about it will be really good. One of the things they are working on is a partnership with a POD publisher so that the web manga- like Dark Moon Diary vol. 2!!! will be available in a print format for a slightly higher price than their regular books.

Further swag- an unknown t-shirt which is black and has something on it but I can't tell what. AND a Suckerpunch t-shirt. Suckerpunch is Zack Snyder's new project and there were minions handing them out at the door when I left.

Vampire Diaries is AWESOME! I can't wait for it on CW! It's gonna be a great show and I hope it lasts!

Purchases- half off manga! Yays! I bought a bunch of yuri from Seven Seas- who I normally boycott on the basis of 'i can write for them but they won't hire me/don't know i exist'. And I got Jon's Beastman! The Mattel booth was swamped! Holy cow! But I got lucky.

The Family Guy panel was cool and they showed a long clip from their Empire Strikes Back parody episode. SOOOOO FUNNY! OMG!

Pitched to Yen Press. Mara sent me some of the material from Witch-Ever! and I showed it to the Yen Plus editor. She said it was hard to tell just from the samples I showed her, but she also DID NOT SAY NO! So that's promising.

And there is more of my talking and crap here [link] good stuff hahaa!

Anyway, there's probably lots more to tell you all about but I'm tired of typing... Feel free to ask questions

For starters I won the Innocent Seraphim Paper Doll contest!!!!!! Yays! I worked hard in Photoshop to do my best and it paid off! I get a free membership! If I can get to Bellevue! *SOB* They are also giving prizes to the contest winners at the opening ceremony! The super lucky winer of the BJD Photo contest wins a doll! So congratulations to the! Here's a link to the InnoSera page so you can check out all the winners [link] I'm going to see if anyone I know is going to the con by car to see if I can hitch a ride. I'm also check airline prices on Orbitz just incase I can get up there cheap. Last will be the train. Its cheap but takes like one whole day, maybe two to get there and I'm just too dang old to sleep in seats.

Second thing of AWESOME was that I jogged for 9 whole minutes! Yeah! Not super fast, 4.8-4.5 but still awesome! For me that's a real acheivement! I've never been much into jogging or running, but I started to feel like I could do it lately so I've been working my way up a minute or so at a time for the past month. And I just got a pair of New Balance running shoes! I hope I bought the right shoes! I tried them out today and the soles of my feet hurt. I feel they don't have the cushioning I'd like in a running shoe but running in them was a lot better than my Sketchers sport which is what I normally wear to the gym. I also have a lot of problems with heel pain and I'm not sure what to do about it. I've seen braces and stretching equipment which is supposed to help but I don't know what to buy.

And I'm getting ready for San Diego Comic Con! Yeah! I'm gonna go get my train ticket and start writing a packing list. I need to make food and take it with me too! Which means tons of tiny grilled cheese sandwiches. Enough for six days of lunch/diner. I'm also going to the Tokyopop Creator Summit. I KNOW it will be stoopid but I'd like to see if Troy (my former editor) is there and meet Armand Villevert which I've swapped a few e-mails with. Mara introduced us. I'll also get to meet Gabe Hernandez who is working with me on a comic to submit to Zuda.