Good morning, Baltimore!

Last weekend I visited one of the top east coast comic-cons - the Baltimore Comic-Con!  I spent the weekend chatting with fans, signing and selling books, attending the Harvey Awards, eating crab cakes, and having a great time.  Thanks to everyone that I saw over the course of the weekend!Here are some photos from the weekend:

For Your Consideration: Harvey Awards

I just realized that the deadline for the 2012 Harvey Awards nominations are due this upcoming Monday (April 16th).  If you are a comic book professional and have not submitted a form yet, you can do so by clicking on the image below.  Please consider us in the following categories:

BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES

BEST ARTIST (Andy Belanger)

BEST WRITER (Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col)

BEST COLORIST (Ian Herring)

BEST LETTERER (Chris Mowry)

BEST COVER ARTIST (Kagan McLeod)

Last year we were nominated for BEST NEW SERIES and it was an incredible honour (we sat two tables away from Stan Lee!) .  Hopefully we can return to the awards show this year again.

Harvey Award Voters: For Your Consideration

To all comic industry professionals,The Harvey Awards are coming up later this month and voting for this year's recipients is open until August 6th.  If you have not voted yet, please consider KILL SHAKESPEARE for Best New Series.

We are so incredibly honoured to be a nominee this year (especially amongst such great titles) and it has already helped us out with recognition.  As you are probably aware, it is incredibly challenging to launch a new title in today's marketplace and we're quite happy with the early success that we've received.We have been thrilled to receive profiles in the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, BBC, CBC, NPR, Fangoria, Aint it Cool News, Newsarama, ComicBookResources, BookList, and a range of other spots.We've been thrilled to be nominated for a Shuster Award and be listed on YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens List and Great Comics for Kids.We were thrilled that our first two issues sold out and that we're onto a second printing of our first trade collection.We're thrilled that a series of new comic readers are entering the comics space because they were first exposed to the medium with KILL SHAKESPEARE.Topping all of it off with a victory at the Harvey Awards would be fantastic.If you have not had an opportunity to read KILL SHAKESPEARE yet please let us know and we will ensure you can do so this week prior to voting.  You can email us at tobeornot@killshakespeare.com (our contact info is here).  We guarantee that you will be entertained by our take on the Bard.To vote, simply click on this link and follow the directions to do so.Again, please consider us, and spread the word to anyone else you may know.Thanks!

Issue #12 released August 17th!

We've had a number of people inquire about the release date of our final issue, #12. The original release date was to be yesterday (July 27th) but due to some problems beyond our control the release date has been pushed to August 17th. We apologize to anyone - readers, fans, retailers - that were expecting to pick it up yesterday.The August 17th release date is perfect as it will be just before the Baltimore Comic-Con where we are nominated for Best New Series.

We are currently reviewing the preview PDF copy and are quite proud of the issue.  It's definitely something worth the wait!