did i mention that i'll be in seattle this weekend?

Wil Wheaton's Geek Tour 2008 rolls into Seattle this weekend for the Emerald City ComiCon!

From my original announcement:

I am so excited to announce that I'll be going to Seattle next month for the Emerald City ComiCon!

This is an awesome show, with a focus fucos on indie books and publishers. I think I'll feel right at home, if I can keep myself from totally geeking out too much. (Yeah, who am I kidding?)

The schedule hasn't been finalized, but I'll be doing a performance from Happiest Days and maybe Just a Geek on Saturday, and I'll be doing a more general Q&A about blogging, writing manga, being a geek, the burdens of being awesome, and writing humorous panel descriptions on Sunday.

I will have a booth to hang out in when I'm not empaneled, so I'm bringing copies of all my books, pictures to sign, and my glasses and my shoes, so I have them.

Details:
May 10-11
Emerald City ComiCon
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
Seattle, Washington.

Since then, my schedule has been finalized, and it looks something like this:

Saturday
2:00pm - 3:00pm WIL WHEATON PERFORMS THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES
   
Before Wil Wheaton was a writer, he was an actor. He combines the two disciplines in this hilarious performance from his latest book, The Happiest Days of Our Lives. The Happiest Days contains the stories Wil loves to tell, because they are the closest to his heart: stories about being a huge geek, passing his geeky hobbies and values along to his own children, and vividly painting what it meant to grow up in the ’70s and come of age in the ’80s as part of the video game/D&D/BBS/Star Wars figures generation.

Sunday
1:00pm - 2:00pm GET YOUR GEEK ON WITH WIL WHEATON
   
Wil Wheaton (Author, Actor, Gamer, Geek, Blogger, Raconteur) invites you to get your geek on during this hour-long Q&A. There may or may not be punch and pie (most likely not).

The rest of the time, I'll be hanging out in my booth, blasting my quads and blowing out my lats.

Slight little bit of not-so-great news: I am nearly sold out of Happiest Days. I have, like, 40 paperbacks because the second printing hasn't arrived yet. My experience so far is that I tend to sell between 80 and 100 books at cons, depending on their size, and since ECCC has huge tracts of land, it's unlikely that I'll have enough for everyone who wants them. (Wow, don't I sound like a douche there? "Hey, look how popular I am!" Sigh. I hope you know what I mean.)

However! I have some hardbacks, and I've planned all along to bring 50 copies to each con I attend this summer, as a sort of This Convention Only kind of deal, so I'll have those. I will also have copies of the Star Trek manga. As always, I'm happy to sign whatever you bring me (within reason; keep your pants on, guys) and I will have a few other trinkets and whatnot. Like this cool Aqualad thing. Plus, as I said in my original announcement, all my glasses and my shoes, so I have them. Sadly, uncle Freddie will not be coming with me, because he's dead.

OH! OH! OH! And you know what rules? Jeph Jaques from Questionable Content and Scott Kurtz from PvP will be at ECCC! I am so totally going to slime them.

Next week is Super-Con in San Jose, for those of you keeping score at home. Hopefully the new printing will arrive in time, or I may arrive with stone tablets and a mule. (Not The Mule, mind you. That would cause a Seldon Crisis for sure.)

Comments

[vbacon]

puh-lease come to the east coast.... specifically DC.

[Gandalfe]

You were already exceptionally high in Geekiness. And then you bust out the Foundation reference. And don't even cite it, because you're too cool for that.

You should seriously challenge Joss for King of the Geeks now.

[angie k]

Have a good time! w00t. That's so awesome that you're almost sold out of your first printing. Way to go!

[PunkJr]

I'm SO excited to get to meet you this weekend! =D

If you've got time, you should swing by the 501st Legion booth so we can get a picture with you... We'd LOVE that!

[Alicia]

And on your way to DC, as per vbacon, would you puh-lease come to the NJ/NY area?? Huh??

-Alicia
allywag67@aol.com
www.thewagband.com

[Anna Harriman]

And between DC and the NJ/NY area, could you make a stop in Pennsylvania...Pittsburgh, if at all possible? Lotsa geeks here in Pittsburgh that would love to see you, I bet!

[J]

Could you bring order forms with you?

[C.E. Sum]

Kudos on the Foundation reference there, Wil.

Salvor Hardin would be proud.

And say, why the hell hasn't anyone written a decent screenplay for a multi-film adaptation of the Foundation series yet?

I've been wanting to see something like that since I was 10.

[Kelly]

I'm in New Zealand, so I don't expect I'll get to see you at a con in person anytime soon - but have fun, willya?

I LOVE the Foundation reference. Thank you!!

[Mad Monk]

*The monk sips his beer and nods and smiles, giving a thumbs up at Gandalfe, C.E., and Kelly, as if he too were in on the Foundation reference...*

[chadwpalm]

Your blog about the new trek movie is featured on trekmovie.com

[wittyenough]

While at the con, go find Jennie Breeden's booth, The Devil's Panties (not satanic porn), and tell her loooong time reader Laura said hi, the woman that sent her a picture of her pirate! And, if you wear a kilt, maybe she'll treat you to the leaf blower treatment. You could end up in her "Men in Kilts" calendar.

[Joe Rybicki]

Nice reference there, sizzlechest. Hadn't thought about those guys in YEARS.

[Joe Rybicki]

And HOLY SHIT Mort Goldman actually IS John Brennan, rather just a flattering imitation. MAN I love finding out stuff like that.

[Rick Gregory]

Ah, cool. This weekend, eh? And I'll be in town too. Any plans for readings at bookstores? Like... for example... this really nice one a mile from my house? :P

http://thirdplacebooks.com/

[lioness823]

Hmm...Since there seems to be a few of us in the Mid-Atlantic I thought I would suggest Shore Leave 30. But it appears they have booked the guests for this year already considering the con happens in July.

Anyway, you can visit the con's home page: http://www.shore-leave.com/

I haven't been to this con in ages so I can't speak to how it's currently being handled.

[dostrow]

Wil:

What are your plans for Super-Con? Doing a reading or just signing and such? Will certainly come by to get something signed though...looking forward to it.

[markmier]

Wil, if you're going to have any free time outside of the Comicon, I'd love to meet you somewhere for a beer or three. Pike's brewery or Elysian Fields or Hales or...

[Troy]

Hey Wil, we'd love to see you up here in Toronto some day! I know I'm not the only one that has recommended a visit to Toronto. And while you're here I know the guys at pure pwnage (www.purepwnage.com) would love for you to do a cameo - I talked to them and your name came up.

[Rayzilla69]

Any chance you are gonna do Major Nelsons show while you are up there? We are looking forward to that show. Thanks for signing our books at the LA Times Festival of Books.

Ray, Lennon and Savannah.

[yiftach]

I'm so overdosing on you right now, Wil. Listening to Just A Geek audio in the car, following on Twitter, and reading the blog, having just finished my freshly signed copy of Happiest Days (and already having passed it on to my sister-in-law, who is an aspiring writer/new blogger in her own right).

Well, better ODing on your geekiness than on the junk those kids were selling on the campus I work at (yes, SDSU, and no, I won't link to anything; look it up, you lazy bums, it made national news).

I've been trying to find an apt place to post or write you how happy you've been making me over the last week with your writing and reading. I'm sure I'm not the first guy to tell you this, but I feel like in much of your reminiscing you're describing MY life as much as yours. We're about the same age, both grew up geeky in LA, and tons of other similarities. So I find myself finishing your sentences in the book, anticipating the references you make, and laughing out loud, often. God, the laughing.

Thank you. So much.

Jealous I won't be in Seattle this weekend, but in addition to the comics guys you mentioned, you should also check out Dave Kellet, who creates Sheldon, and his How to Make Webcomics pals.

You, sir, rock.

[Soo]

If I were on the West Coast, I would bring you pie and punch for your geekfest.

Sadly, I am on the East Coast, that lonely land bereft of Wheaton. *sigh*

Wishing you a superb con!

[Brujah1969]

Wil, Can't wait to meet you. Still think a USO tour would work well for you. Big coffee fan? Get directions to the Wayward Coffeehouse ( not the Wayward Cafe ), it's a Browncoat friendly place. http://www.waywardcoffee.com/

Joe Haight
USN

[layarda]

Yay, I can't wait to go! So excited!

See you there, man. :D

[davidl]

Hi Wil,

Have a good con! Is "break a leg" appropriate for public speaking?

Can I ask if you've got plans to produce a podcast of your performance? My iPod Shuffle hungers for more live HDOOL goodness (and a TNG review, perchance?).