Hi, guys-

I’m sorry to say I have to cancel my appearance at Heroes Con this year due to a glitch in the matrix. Somehow, things got scrambled around and it turns out I’m old and in need of a heart valve replacement. Nothing catastrophic—these days it’s an overnight stay in the hospital and they kick you loose. I asked my cariologist what the recovery time was and she told me she had a patient who ran a marathon on the third day. I guess I’m going to have to buy a pair of running shoes.

At any rate, I’m sorry to disappoint fans and friends who were expecting to see me in Charlotte this year. My in-house editor Jeff Messer will be there in my place and will have a number of exclusive items for sale, including our SABLE OMNIBUS  EDITIONS, WARLORD. LEGION OF SUPERHEROES and MIKE GRELL SKETCHBOOKS and his own brilliant graphic novel series SEX, SPIES & ROCK ‘N’ ROLL.

After being skunked year after year hunting whitetails in Wisconsin, my oldest brother used to say e “Next year in Jerusalem” . Mom would say, “But you’re ITALIAN!”, so I’ll just say L’ANNO PROSIMMO A CHARLOTTE.

See you there.
Mike