FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CRIME NOVELIST BRINGS BUDDIES FROM GOTHAM TO SANTA FE

Santa Fe, NM - May 28, 2004 - Light up the Bat-signal. True Believers Comics & Gallery is pleased to announce another visiting artist weekend Friday and Saturday, June 11th and 12th, 2004, featuring writers and artists from DC Comics' Batman-related monthly, "Gotham Central."

Writer Greg Rucka, who enjoys a parallel career as a mystery novelist, has written the monthly adventures of such pulp heroes as Batman, Wonder Woman, Daredevil, Elektra and Wolverine. He has also written award-winning, self-published, original comics.

Along with fellow "Gotham Central" partners Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark, Rucka will make the following free, public appearances:

Friday, June 11, 7-9 p.m.
General discussion, Q&A, novels vs. comics, indie vs. mainstream, self-publishing, breaking into the biz, etc. (Hotel Santa Fe)

Saturday, June 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Art portfolio reviews by DC Comics artist Michael Lark. Make an appointment early through True Believers Gallery. (True Believers Gallery)

Saturday, June 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Storytelling workshop with writers Rucka and Brubaker. Submissions must be made through True Believers Gallery prior to the event and meet certain criteria. (Hotel Santa Fe)

Saturday, June 12, 3-5 p.m.
Reception with Rucka, Brubaker and Lark - autographs, meet-n-greet, raffle, door prizes. (True Believers Gallery)

Ed Brubaker (who's father - last we checked - lives in Santa Fe) has also worked with Michael Lark on the DC/Vertigo series "Scene of the Crime." Lark has also drawn for Grant Morrison's subversive spy epic "The Invisibles." Brubaker also recently helped re-launch the "Catwoman" character for DC Comics.

Please contact True Believers Comics & Gallery for appointments, submissions or with any questions concerning the event. They are located at 435 S. Guadalupe, Suite "C," across from Tomasita's in Santa Fe. Summer business hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m., except Sunday 12-6 p.m. (505) 992-TRUE.

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RUCKA'S RULES

Submissions for the storytelling workshop must ~

1) be no more than eight (8) pages in length,

2) either be in prose format or script format - sorry, no poetry,

3) NOT have any reference to DC characters (i.e. Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.)

4) be neatly typed and/or printed,

5) in the case of prose work, MUST be double-spaced, and finally.

6) be free from typos and obvious grammatical errors (if you can't manage this one you have no business seeking professional feedback anyway).

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Press contacts ~ Chris Diestler, TBCG press agent (505) 984-0624; D. Jerrett Boynton, TBCG store manager (505) 992-TRUE; Laura Marsh, TBCG owner (505) 455-0145. Please call one of the above if you wish to contact the artists directly. Images available upon request.