Hello web denizens,
Balticon is done already. Can you believe it? Those were four fantastically short days. I didn't get to meet Neil Gaiman, however, I did meet Marc Hempel, the artist on Sandman and Lucifer as well as Mad Magazine. In the up coming months I will be featured on two pod casts. More details on that as I find out more.

So, as luck would have it, I got nominated for my first serious award, the N3F or Neffys as they are called and I didn't find out until after the awards were given out. This weekend at Baycon they supposedly announced the winners of the Neffys. I will announce the winner as soon as I know. However, here's the dirt I do have:

I was nominated for a 2006 N3F (National Fantasy Fan Federation) award for best Fan Artist. Nominees are: Lynn Masamitsu, Marc Schirmeister, Steve Stiles, J Andrew World, and Hugo award winner Frank Wu.

I just wrapped up the first of what I hope to be many art classes. If you missed it, that is ok. I figured out my mistakes and this summer will be Science Fiction & Fantasy Illustration v2.0. First there is a free session at the Howard County Central Library running June 13th through 15th. Then June 22nd I will be back at Cosmic Comix; 8 weeks for $100, I provide in-class art supplies. Look for flyers in the Baltimore area.

Attending conventions is not cheap and although I am often a guest, I still have travel and accommodations expenses to contend with. So that means I have to scrimp and save. That means I need you to buy swag or even make the odd donation at my paypal account. If you donate $10, I will send you an autographed print; a $25 donation will land you an original sketch; and $50, a black and white piece. Also, don't forget to visit my webstore.

***IN PRINT***

Issue 14 of Nth Degree is out now, it's very purple! Johnny Eponymous wrote a nonfiction piece that is very amusing, and there are several other pieces of fiction that are great reads. Issue 15 will be out after Ravencon.

A small volume of short stories called Mazes by Michail Velichansky is out. Velichansky is a talented young writer whom I know you will hear more about in the future. I did the cover for this great collection of stories! If you would like a copy of this book, please send me $5 with $2 shipping & handling.

If you would like a copy of the James R. Stratton book, Mens Rea, please send me $5 with $2 shipping & handling. Mens Rea is a collection of short stories. My favorite stories are "Meatbag" and "Damn Near Dead."

***IN PERSON***

Capclave 2006 October 20-22nd, 2006 Silver Spring, MD (http://www.capclave.org/) Kim Stanley Robinson is the author guest of honor and Tom Whitmore is the fan guest of honor. I hope to have a dealer's table at this one, so come by and say hi.

Astronomicon 10 November 10-12th, 2006 Rochester, NY (http://www.astronomicon.info/) Catherine Asaro and Julie Bell are the writer and artist guests of honor respectively. Also, Boris Vallejo, Tee Morris, CJ Henderson, Tony Ruggiero and many more will be attending.

Philcon 2006 November 17th-19th, 2006 Philadelphia, PA (http://philcon.org/2006/) Nothing has been announced just yet.

Ravencon 2007 April 20-22nd, 2007 Richmond, VA (http://www.ravencon.com): Writer guest of honor Robert J. Sawyer, Artist guest of honor Steve Stiles, and Fan guest of honor Wombat (Jan Howard Finder). This will be the second one and it was an absolute blast this year!

Are you running a con? Need an artist as a guest? Contact me and I will be happy to help make your convention a success. Plus, I will list you in this section every month up to the date of your con.

***ONLINE***

http://www.jandrewworld.com Next step is to figure out how to update it! My thanks to the talented people at Illusion Creation for their involvement in the design.

http://www.nthzine.com has the cover of Issue 9 on the web page. You can find it by going to the art section and, from there, going to the cover gallery.

Also, Mike Pederson, publisher of Nth Degree, has started an ezine called (here is a shocker) Nthzine. The first issue is online and guess what? It's free! You can check it out here: http://nthzine.com/NthZine/nthzine001.pdf

http://www.livejournal.com/users/jandrewworld Find out what's happening, as it happens, and read con reviews.

http://sfrevu.com/Review_id.php?id=2927 is a review I wrote for the book Men of Tomorrow.

http://www.sfrevu.com/Review-id.php?id=2958 is my review for Howl's Moving Castle.

Check out Ravencon's Logo at either http://www.ravencon.com or http://www.ravencon.org.

***IN FILM***

I am currently writing and producing a documentary on webcomics. I will also be doing the graphics and probably some art as well. A website and comic is also in the works for this project. I will let you know about this more as the project develops. If you are interesting in hearing about news for the film you can join the group here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webcomicsdocumentary/

Coming soon: How you can become an executive producer!

***MERCH***

Make sure you visit my caf� press shops:

http://www.cafeshops.com/jandrewworld,

my official web store. http://www.cafeshops.com/nthdegree9cover: for the cover of Nth Degree 9, now available to wear! http://www.cafeshops.com/jawfrankenstein: the classic image of Frankenstein, now available to wear! http://www.cafeshops.com/jawspacegirl: complete line of clothes featuring the Space Girl image. http://www.cafeshops.com/shadowcatcher: to fill out your wardrobe, check it out! http://www.cafeshops.com/fishstickgirl: for fans of DaVinci's Notebook. Get your unofficial, yet authorized, swag today! Shadowcatcher prints and the books Mazes and Mens Rea are also available, email me for details.

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