A week from tomorrow--July 4th--I'll be in Phoenix to sign Barack Obama: The Road to the White House at Samurai Comics, 5024 N. 7th Street, from 11 am-1 pm. The event is Samurai's "Independents Day," part of a full week of activities at various independent businesses promoting the idea of buying locally and patronizing independents rather than chain stores when possible. As an independent bookstore owner, the cause is obviously close to my heart.
There will be other books available at Samurai, too, so if you don't have your Desperadoes Omnibus or Graveslinger or Zombie Cop yet, you can probably get 'em there.
FiestaCon, which is this year's installment of the traveling convention WesterCon, will be taking place in Tempe that weekend. I was invited to take part months ago, and declined because I had no intention of going to Phoenix in July, or going anywhere until Comic-Con later in the month. Now that I'll be in Phoenix anyway, I'll try to swing by the con, but at this late date it might be impossible to get on any programming, which would make it kind of pointless. So unless there's a further update, the only certain place to catch me will be at Samurai on the 4th.
UPDATE: LocalFirstAZ, the organization of Arizona independent businesses behind Independents Week (June 29-July 5) has created a Golden Coupon good for 20% off at any of 80 participating businesses (including Samurai Comics, and many other great stores) during that week. The list of businesses is here, along with a link to view and print the coupon. Or you can use the one below. Or both--you can use 'em as many times as you want, you just have to print as many as you need and take them into the stores.
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