Retirement: Online Art Workshops

Even More Comic Con pictures-

Photo of Jonathan Ross snogging Neil Gaiman:

Neil Gaiman at Stardust panel:

James Jean signing my book:

Tristan and I in Hell Hall trying not to freeze. He's sound asleep and I'm trying to hold his head up:
Jill Thompson!!
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And file under WTF, from today's Democracy Now:

NYC Proposes Strict Rules on Taking Photos or Video in Public
In New York, the city is proposing new rules to require many photographers and camera operators to obtain permits before taking photos or shooting video in the city. Under the proposal, any group of two or more people using a handheld camera in one location for more than thirty minutes would be required to have a permit and $1 million in insurance. In addition small groups using a single tripod for more than ten minutes would be forced to obtain a permit and insurance. On Friday over 400 people rallied in Union Square to protest the proposed rules.

• Civil rights attorney Norman Siegel: "We are a city and a country that values free expression and to say to people who have cameras that they have to get permits if they are there for a certain period of time or if they have a tripod seems to me to be trampling on people's first amendment rights and we in NY need to speak up and speak up now cut otherwise we will wake up and our rights will have eroded."

Over 6,000 people, including Michael Stipe and Patti Smith have signed a petition in recent days opposing the city's proposal.

And Ray Bradbury had the gall to say we are not under surveillance and that the current administration is doing the right thing...ARGH!!!!!!!!