Japan Thanks, Connecticon Reminder, Mail News

Well, I'm back from Japan and eyeballs deep in the backlogged work.  Fortunately, I'm starting to dig myself out a bit and am making progress one painting at a time.

I want to take a moment to thank everyone for the Nagoya Pro Tour event.  Thanks to Ron Foster at Wizards for giving me the opportunity in the first place, for the help he provided in my subsequent travels, and for all the good times.  Thanks to Matt Danner who made an unreasonable number of trips to the Circle K, found me a garbage can, and made sure that I wanted for absolutely nothing while I was there.  Thanks to Toby Maheras, Mark Purvis and everyone else at Wizards.  I really had a great time (TOO good a time some might argue), and appreciate everything.

I'd also like to thank the fans who were awesome, as always.  I continue to be very fortunate to have folks who seem to dig what I do for some reason or another.  Truth be told, if it weren't for the fans, I wouldn't have a career in illustration and I am very grateful for their continued support and kind words.  Thanks a ton!

Finally, I'd like to thank a few folks in particular for the gifts.  Thanks to Seishirou, Ohkubo, Masaobu Kondou, Yuusuke Yamamoto, and Junji Tsukamoto for the shadow box art they made for me.  Thanks to Dalibor for the bookmarks and the tasty treats from Mexico.  And thanks to all the rest of those who bestowed me with gifts whose names I failed to catch.  I apologize for missing your names, but greatly appreciate the fan and the delicious deserts.  I don't know what I did to deserve any of it, but I really am thankful for all of it.

Now, just as a reminder my next appearance will be July 8-10 at Connecticon in Hartford, Connecticut.  As before, here is the pertinent information for that con: link.  Unfortunately, I will not be at GenCon this year and after Connecticon, will likely only be at one further event this year which has not yet been finalized.  Should that change, I'll be posting the information here.

Finally, I want to let you know that I will be opening my mailbox back up to mailed cards as of July 15th.  I should finally be on top of everything by then and my travel schedule will have eased significantly.  As was the case before, I will require that you email me before sending any cards so I know to expect them and so I can help you avoid sending things when I won't be home to receive them.  Also, as before, I will require that a self-addressed stamped envelope be included in the package.  So, in just a couple weeks feel free to send away!