Just a brief update today, concerning Fabler interviews as well as (unrelated) the upcoming Convention season.

We featured our first interview of the year a couple of weeks back with a profile of Gibson Twist, creator of Pictures of You, but otherwise the blog’s been slow to ramp up with 2010 creator features.

The start of a new year marks a renewal of responsibilities, and – in some cases- incites people to refocus their efforts on their work, so the slow ramp up wasn’t unexpected.  Turns out some artists and writers have their priorities out of whack, and talking to a relatively obscure comics blog about their work sometimes comes secondary to actually doing it.

Can you even believe the audacity?

Neither can I, which is why we’re churning out a bunch of consecutive interviews the next few weeks in place of typical blog-opinion fare. Not because I think you don’t want to hear me digress on the Kirby lawsuits or tirade meanderingly about classic characters from the days of early Pulps.

More because you would probably rather hear about the interesting lives of those who regularly churn out the content that breathes life into the industry of making Comics.

Wish fulfilled, Fablerites. Fablerers?

Speaking of interviews, if you’re doing something cool in comics, we operate a non-classist blog – drop me an email at kevin (at) thefabler (dot) com, and I’ll do my best to get back to you about potentially showcasing YOUR work/ideas/art on our little corner of the WWW.

Moving along through February, we’re also growing ever-nearer to the beginning of Comic Convention season. (Which I suppose doesn’t really qualify as a season per se, as the largest Comic Cons in North America take place over roughly a six month span – but if you say ’something season’ is coming, it’s easier to get excited about it. Like how the mere mention of ‘wabbit season’ was enough to get Elmer Fudd all frothy at the mouth, or how the phrase ‘Hockey season’ seems to infect most Canadians with an excitedly aggressive demeanor, and a heightened thirst for beer.)

Among the more significant cons in the next few months are the Emerald City Comic Con (March 13-14) in Seattle, Mega Con in Orlando (March 12-14), Wizard World’s Toronto Comic Con (March 26-28), Wonder Con in San Francisco (April 2-4), and – the festival that I’m most excited for -  the Toronto Comic Art Festival (May 8-9).

To date, we’ve featured no less than nine of the exhibitors appearing at TCAF 2010 in the past year on the Fabler Blog. That, and the ridiculously awesome list of additional indie comic/webcomic talent, makes TCAF our kind of scene. Check out the full exhibitor list here.

I would be remiss if I didn’t also mention our own upcoming event here in Calgary, the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo in April (on the 24th and 25th). I will most definitely be present and accounted for both days of the festival myself, so if you’re going to be attending, hopefully I’ll see you there.

Rumor has it the elusive Bruno Stepphun, creator of the Fabler and brains behind Zensoft Studios, will also be around.

Regrettably, there are no pending Comic Cons in Boise, but I’ll keep you informed if that situation changes.

-Kevin de Vlaming