{"id":1351,"date":"2014-07-21T10:43:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2017-08-29T20:22:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T20:22:55","slug":"comicon-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2014\/07\/21\/comicon-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Comicon Is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like I just got back from France and Switzerland&#8230; maybe because I just did&#8230; and now San Diego Comicon is on top of us.<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;ll be there for the whole weekend, doing promotion for HBO, Bantam Spectra, and my various other publishers.&nbsp; Flying in Wednesday, departing on the following Monday, so if you&#39;re going to comicon, you should have plenty of chances to see me, hear me, and get me to scrawl illegibly on your book, graphic novel, Blu-Rays, or body parts.<\/p>\n<p>My schedule:<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday evening, 6pm to 7pm, I will be doing a signing at the AVATAR PRESS booth, autographing copies of the SKIN TRADE graphic novel and IN THE HOUSE OF THE WORM comic.&nbsp; (Only those, please.&nbsp; There will be other places and times to get my other stuff signined).<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 2:30 to 3:30, I will be appearing in the main autograph area (the Sails) at Table 3, with DONATO GIANCOLA.&nbsp; The two of us will be signing copies of the 2015 Ice &amp; Fire calendar, which will be making its debut at the convention.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 4:00 to 5:00 pm, you can catch me in the Indigo Room, where I&#39;ll be joining William Christensen of Avatar to talk about THE SKIN TRADE and IN THE HOUSE OF THE WORM.&nbsp; (No signing here, this is just a talk).<\/p>\n<p>Friday, we have the GAME OF THRONES panel in Hall H.&nbsp; I&#39;ll be there, with showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss and various members of our cast.&nbsp; This year CRAIG FERGUSON will be moderating.&nbsp; Hall H seats 7,000 people&#8230; but of course 150,000 people attend comicon, so if you want to see the panel, best get in line&#8230; ah&#8230; now.&nbsp; Afterward I will join the cast for interviews and a poster signing and more interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 11:00 am to 12 noon, I return to the Sails for a Random House autograph session.&nbsp; This time I will be at Table 7.&nbsp; This is the time and place to get your books signed.&nbsp; Copies will be on sale in the autograph area, if you don&#39;t want to drag your old ones to San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm, I&#39;ll be in Room 6A for a panel on epic fantasy, part of an all-star lineup of panelists with Patrick Rothfuss, Joe Abercrombie, and others.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 12:30 to 1:30, back to the floor for another signing.&nbsp; This time I will be signing copies of the HEDGE KNIGHT and SWORN SWORD graphic novels at the ComiXology booth, on behalf of Jet City Comics.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 2:00pm to 4:00pm, I will be judging a costume contest sponsored by Courtyard Marriott.<\/p>\n<p>Monday I go home.<\/p>\n<p>Given the sheer numbers of people in San Diego for comicon, I regret to say that I will sign autographs ONLY at the designated signings.&nbsp; There are, you will note, five of them, which means I&#39;ll be scrawling my name for five hours at various points through the weekend.&nbsp; That&#39;s about all I can manage.&nbsp; So if you should happen to see me walking the floor, riding a pedicab through the GasLamp, having a drink or eating my dinner, feel free to smile or wave or say hi, but PLEASE do not ask me to sign anything.&nbsp; I can only do so much, and I do need some time just to enjoy the con and chill with friends.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>See you in San Diego. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like I just got back from France and Switzerland&#8230; maybe because I just did&#8230; and now San Diego Comicon is on top of us. 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