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Upcoming Shy Creatures Artwork Auction

David Mack has kindly shared a scan of artwork featuring The Shy Creatures. According to Mr. Mack, the piece will be sold during an auction at the Association of Booksellers for Children's Not a Dinner and (Mostly) Silent Auction, which will be held on Friday, May 30 from 6-9:30 pm at The Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California.

MC Chris is Dead CD Pre-Orders Shipping

According to an email from IndieMerchStore.com, pre-orders for MC Chris is Dead, which features a David Mack cover, are starting to ship.

Video of Lisa Furukawa Singing "Kabuki"

David Mack has kindly reported that a video of Lisa Furukawa singing "Kabuki," a song that appears on her album "Reaching the Dragon" and is available for download at her website, was posted to YouTube.com.

David Mack Mentioned on Comic Geek Speak

Comic Geek Speak episode 432, show co-host Jamie D mentioned David Mack as one of the contributors of Comic Book Tattoo (29m:56s).

David Mack Mentioned in CAPE Review
From The-Trades.com:
	I have always wanted to read Kabuki, David Mack's epic, but have never been able to track down all the issues of any one arc real easily. I hope to get my hands on the trade paperback versions soon. But I enjoyed his work on Daredevil, especially the Echo character he created during Brian Bendis' run. I was glad to finally meet David and spend a few minutes chatting about his work. I love how in this industry folks find the smallest little bit of minutiae and run with it. It proves that you can't overlook anything in a comic. In one of his Kabuki issues there's a character reading a book called The Shy Creatures. David went a step further and actually produced that book as a children's book! It's in some ways styled a bit after Dr. Seuss, but that's certainly not a bad thing, but it's very much in line with David's phenomenal design sense. I may even give it a read myself--the Dr. Seuss classics are still my favorites, and if The Shy Creatures is even slightly in that vein it will be enjoyable, even at my age.

MOBA News Bytes
From WizardUniverse.com:
	Wizard #141 (June 2003) The Bendis Bunch (466 kb) by Michael Avon Oeming Here's the story of a lovely lady, er, writer, featuring art by his pal Oeming who dropped Bendis into the center square normally occupied by Alice The Maid from "The Brady Bunch." Now, if the Powers artist had to compare the two, he is quick to point out that "they both look good in a dress." And that's much more than a hunch.
Brian Michael Bendis provided commentary for Secret Invasion #2 at WizardUniverse.com. Also, below is Mike Oeming's latest email newsletter:
	POWERS PRINTS AND ART FOR SALE! There are four - this one seems to be the most popular POWERS PRINT HANDBOOK Retrogirl signed by Oeming BENDIS - eBay (item 200221780833 end time Jun-04-08 09:01:54 PDT 11x17 signed POWERS prints and all kinds of art for sale! OEMING EBAY STORE- COMICS AND ART! EMERALD CITY COMIC CON I'll be there with fellow artist Taki Soma and Neil Vokes this weekend and we'll be doing sketches and and signing. I'll also be doing watercolor sketches this show. Emerald City ComiCon HEROES INITIATIVE At ECCC I'll be doing a fundraiser for the Initiative ... check them out! Heroes Initiative VOTE FOR THE EISNER AWARDS May I suggest 24/7, an amazing anthology by Ivan Brandon in friends? It contains the best story I've ever painted called 7 Nation Army. Vote for the 2008 Eisner Awards!

Release Date Anniversaries
The Scarab: Lost in Translation hardcover (regular and signed editions) was released six years ago. Also, this weekend marks the release date anniversaries of the following projects:
	Friday, May 9 · Swamp Thing #15 - seven years Saturday, May 10 · Kabuki - Vol. 6: Scarab #4 - eight years · ToyFare #107 - two years

Auction Spotlight

Visions #4 (SRP: $5.95) is available on eBay (Buy it Now: $4.95).

Webmaster's Note

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