From: Larry Ernst (learnst@wizardent.com)
to: Scott Kurtz

Dear Kurt,

I hope things are well and business is good.

We wrapped up Big Apple Comic Con a couple of weeks ago and are now focused on our 2010 shows.

Our next show is in Toronto in March and then in Anaheim. The Anaheim dates are April 16th-18th. I have attached the form for reserving space in Anaheim and hope you can join us. As you will see, there are no drayage fees.

The celebrity list will grow substantially in the coming weeks but we have confirmed the attendance of Eliza Dushku from Dollhouse.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

All the best,

Larry

Larry Ernst
Sales Manager
Wizard Entertainment

Dear Larry,

First of all my name is not Kurt. It’s Scott. Scott Kurtz. It’s written right there in the email you just pretended to send me. Not that my name’s important or that you are actually aware of who you’re addressing. I’m a pioneer in my field and a “tastemaker” with a large podium, why would it be important to get my name right? Let’s not dawdle on such mundane details.

Your conventions are total horseshit, so it’s wise to stop branding them with the name Wizard. But no amount of polishing is going to make me want to attended any of the 5 turds your company is going to crap out in 2010, especially when you schedule them against other shows in some bullshit dick measuring contests that serves no other purpose but to fracture an already dying industry that I have nostalgic ties to.

Remember Mike Wieringo? Remember how you guys only cared about him when he was the “hot artist” for a window of time and then you quickly forgot his name despite the fact that he was producing some of the best work of his career on Fantastic Four with Mark Waid? And then remember how after he died you had the balls to name one of your panel rooms the Mike Wieringo room? I will eternally hate everyone associated with your company for that. For eternity. For Jack Kirby’s version of Eternity where the concept is embodied as a giant man made up of the universe. That’s me, hating you for the Mike Wieringo thing. Forever.

Maybe if you cared enough to actually get my name right, or maybe if you cared about creators like the late, great Mike Wieringo beyond what they can do for you THIS FIVE MINUTES, the entire industry wouldn’t all be anticipating your inevitable bankruptcy.

Give Dushku my best. She’s pretty hot and Dollhouse is alright. Otherwise, shove everything else up your ass.

Best.

Scott (Kurt) Kurtz
Cartoonist
www.pvponline.com

p.s. please take of me off the comp list for your retarded super-hero boobs magazine.

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The Fox and Hound
18918 Midway Rd., Dallas, TX
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Hope to see you out there.

Did you know that PvP had it’s own Facebook Fanpage? It’s true. And it’s becoming the big hotspot for the PvP community. Comment on the daily comic and blog posts, submit fanart, or just post on the wall. You can find it at www.facebook.com/pvponline.

If you’re not following me on Twitter, you should be. In addition to getting an inside look at all of the food I’m eating from day to day, I’m also using twitter to announce impromtu internet broadcasts and even special offers at the PvP store. You can find me at www.twitter.com/pvponline.

National Novel Writing Month, for those of you who aren’t aware, is a very real thing. It starts Nov 1 and lasts for the entire month. Participants are encouraged to write 50,000 words in a month’s time. To quote the official site:

Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It’s all about quantity, not quality. The kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.

It’s a cool Idea and I don’t know if I’ll do it myself. But I can certainly muster the courage to have my characters try it. How very meta.

Usually I don’t post about it on the site, I just twitter about it (you should really subscribe to my twitter feed btw). But today I recorded a part of my broadcast so that those of you who never get a chance to see me draw live can get a taste of what I do during the day.

Click here to check out today’s strip being inked and colored.