Later this month I will be attending the second annual ALAMO CITY COMIC CON (www.alamocitycomiccon.com) in lovely San Antonio, Texas. The dates are September 26-28 and I will either be at my table (C3) or hanging with my great friend and talented cartoonist, Jesus Correa (www.facebook.com/jdcorreasketchart) at table A15 as guests of CSA Comics LLC. I am opening a small list of commissions for the con. Please email me (cabaleiro.art@gmail.com)what you are looking to get done a

Central Florida residents and vistiors to the city Mickey built, I will be attending CONjure Con's inaugral Orlando-area event this upcoming weekend (August 1-3). The event is being held at the DoubleTree Hilton at Universal Orlando (across the street from the main entrance to Universal). Tickets are still avaiable at the door. For more details visit http://www.conjureflorida.com. I will also be part of a panel presentation titled Art Show 101 with local illustrator Timothy B

I'm a long-time comic book reader and collector. I always followed Overstreet Comic Price Guide on my grading of comic book conditions. One major no-no in the comic book collecting grading was any writing on a comic book. It automatically downgraded any comic to a very good/good/poor condition. In the ninties, when getting books signed increased their market value, I did not participate in that craze. I still saw it as degrading the comic. Then I discovered blank cover varian