Head’s up, fans of Stephen Colbert and comic books. You are one and the same. Colbert will be at the New York Comic Con this weekend! My buddy Dennis will be there too, although mostly to see Stan Lee. I’ll be right here. Starting work on the taxes. 🙁
Stephen Colbert is the Emmy Award-winning host of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report. He will be at NYCC on behalf of Oni Press in support of his new 5-issue comic book miniseries, Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen, which will arrive in stores on March ’07. The series is written by John Layman and Tom Peyer with Jim Massey and illustrated by Scott Chantler with others. It is a full color, 32-page comic book that will retail for $3.99. Colbert will be autographing on Friday, February 23 at 4:30pm.
Insert Tek Jansen here: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” That’s OK, Dougie, as long as you guys have a good time. Stan Lee was recently interviewed on the late-night talk show Coast to Coast AM. You have to be a subscriber to listen to the archives. Art Bell, the former full-time host, now only does weekends, but is known for doing a lot of “edge” topics lot quantum physics, parapsychology, UFOs, ancient cultures, etc. His book with Whitley Strieber, “The Coming Global Superstomr” was the basis for “The Day After Tomorrow,” but they never got proper credit for it. The producer/director openly admitted to having reading the book and being affected by it, but somebody else did the screenplay. At the last second, he invited Whitley and Art (with their spouses) to the Hollywood premiere, so he wouldn’t look bad.
I’m sure it’s going to be mobbed, with people trying to see Colbert. But, alas, I shall not be one of them.
You know, of course, that I will ask you to get an autographed picture of Stephen and/or Tek Jansen! Of course, you may not be there when he is; let me know ASAP! I can add him to my “Celebrity Wall of Shame!”