This Friday, August 28th, is the deadline for comics professionals to vote in the final round of the Harvey Awards. Thanks, no doubt, to your earlier voting effort, I am very flattered to be nominated in two categories: “Special Award for Humor in Comics” and “Special Award for Excellence in Presentation” (for my book Beards of our Forefathers). This round of voting is to choose the final winners from among the nominees.

Any professional in the comics industry — publishing, web, or retail — is eligible to vote, and if you feel so moved to do so, the info’s all at harveyawards.org. Again, the deadline’s in just a few days. Thanks!

Two of my comic strip collections, Beards of our Forefathers and Clever Tricks to Stave Off Death, are widely available via whatever venue you like to buy books — Amazon, your local independent bookstore, wherever. But my first collection, The Annotated Wondermark, isn’t in major bookstores and it isn’t on Amazon. I’m pleased if you’d like to buy it from me, of course (as many of you have recently), but I’d also like to extend a special thank-you to the independent bookstores and comic shops who’ve decided to stock it. If you’re local to any of these shops, please patronize them, knowing that they’re supporting li’l folks like me. And, of course, help move their stock so they’ve got to re-order!

Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen St.
Brooklyn, NY

The Book Table
1045 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL

Comic Relief
2026 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA

Comix Revolution
606 Davis Street
Evanston, IL

Domy Houston
1709 Westheimer
Houston, TX

Forbidden Planet
840 Broadway
New York City

House of Secrets
1930 W. Olive Ave
Burbank, CA

Jim Hanley’s Universe
4 W 33rd St
New York City

I’m going to append and refer back to this post as the book is stocked in more and more stores. If you’re a buyer for an indie store and would like to stock my books, contact my sales rep Tony Shenton (if you know him) or contact me directly. Thanks!