MR. WILLEMS AND MR. WARBURTON AT THE ERIC CARLE MUSEUM

So remember when you said you were

planning on stopping by the

ERIC CARLE PICTURE BOOK MUSEUM

in Amherst, Massachusetts

one of these days?

Well, I've got the

PERFECT

day to do it:

September 23, 2017

That's when 

Mo Willems

and

I

will be there to promote

THIS:

I'm STILL not sure how 

Mo managed to promote

EVERYONE IN THE WORLD

(except me)

to co-author on the front cover.

But I at least got drawn as a pig

on the back cover:

Regardless,

we're gonna be at the museum

from 11:00-3:00

doing readings,

showing films,

hanging out with Elephant and Piggie,

and I'll even be doing a fun 

KND workshop with the kids:

I 

really

really

REALLY 

wanted to do a 

Muppet Babies

presentation.

But Disney PR 

feels it's a 

LITTLE

too early 

to show anything.

So we'll rock KND instead!

And it'll be a blast!

For a complete schedule of all the

Willems/Warburton

action,

head over

HERE!

Hope to see you there!

OOPS! I TRIATHALONED AGAIN

Well, it's been a little over a week 

and I haven't died of

residual effects from the

2016 MALIBU TRIATHALON.

You'd think I'd have keeled over

after having to get up at 

2:30 A freaking M

to drive down to Zuma Beach with my

sooper-powered neighbor

Darren Turbow.

But we weren't the only ones:

I got marked up

with my bib number

(in case you die and they need to identify you)

And then got my gear set up in the transition area.

It turned out to be a misty day,

which was delightful since the last two years

were stoopid hair dryer in your face hot.

After a beautiful performance of the National Anthem by Rachel Platten,

(and a moving rendition of her hit, The Fight Song)

it was time to go!

And after all was said and done,

I thought I had a really great race!

I knew my swim wasn't as good as last years.

The mist made it hard to keep your bearings and I 

had to stop alot to make sure I was on course.

But I thought I 

MURDERED

it on the bike and run.

I ended up going 

two hours, 10 minutes,

which seemed

AWESOME!

Then I realized I did a 

2:07 last year.

Oops.

Still--

I'll take it.

I mean,

I tied my personal record of 

NOT DYING,

right?

Here are the official times:

I was a minute over on my bike

and a minute under on my run.

The extra time came on my swim.

But next year I'll beat that

2:07.

If I don't die, that is.

Thanks,

Malibu Triathalon!

THE 7D PANEL AT COMIC-CON 2016

As mentioned last post, the Disney TVA THE 7D/ PENN ZERO  panel at Comic Con 2016 rocked pretty hard. There was a  KILLER  crowd:

And powerful panelists:
From L to R: Tom Ruegger - Exec Producer of The 7D David Wright - Supreme Leader of Disney TVA Casting Jerky McJerkpants - Jerksville, Jerksylvania Sam Levine - Co-creator of Penn Zero Kat Good - Director, Penn Zero Adam Henry - Director, Penn Zero Parry Gripp - Musician, The 7D
After Sam and friends, talked about all the awesome  stuff coming up on Penn Zero, Parry Gripp got our part of the panel kickstarted:

Here's what things looked like from my point of view:
Mr. Ruegger and I blathered on about all sorts of 7D stuff and showed all sorts of fun sneaky peeks:

Here's one of the clip reels we ran:

And then it was off to sign posters for 

everybody!

But not before everyone got a cool set of pins:

Another successful 

Comic Con 

panel with

NO INJURIES!

HOORAY!

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BYE- BYE COMIC CON 2016

OOF!

My trip to the San Diego Comic-Con 

this year was a bit of a whirlwind.

I almost didn't go because

my parents were having a luncheon to celebrate

 their 50th wedding anniversary

on Saturday, July 23rd

in Philadelphia.

SIDENOTE:

I was born on my parents 2nd anniversary,

therefore making me the 

sooper bestest best anniversary present

FOREVER.

Disney TVA was planning a joint panel with

The 7D and Penn Zero on Friday the 22nd

so they begged/threatened/cajoled

me into doing the event and then taking a red eye 

to Philadelphia that night.

And being dumb,

I did it.

But it was totally worth it.

Because I would have hated to miss

Comic-Con.

Because

AWESOME:

It was,

of course,

gihoogic as ever:

I was totally going to buy this 

Frank Frazetta painting:

But then I saw the price:

I couldn't afford this car, either.

Or this:

And my oldest sooper hero

 was lucky enough to get invited to 

his first-ever con by a good friend

so we got to walk the floor 

and nerd out together for a while:

One Piece toys rock!

GAH!

Good thing I took the train:

And as was to be expected,

all of San Diego was

RAINING

Poke Lures:

Which made it fun to catch

stuff like this:

One of my favorites things about

 Comic Con is the cosplay.

I mean, check out this guy dressed as

Maxwell Atoms:

So much good stuff:

And even though it was a short trip,

I still made time to pose for my annual

Yugioh token card:

Next up,

I'll tell you about 

how the 7D panel went!

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THE 7D PANEL AT COMIC-CON 2016

You're going to Comic-Con this year, right?

I know...

silly question.

You

ABSOTIVELY

POSOLUTELY

wouldn't miss it,

would you.

Well, while you're there

you gotta stop by

Disney TV Animation's

PENN ZERO AND THE 7D 

panel!

I'll be up there on stage with

executive producer

Tom Ruegger

(Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Pinky and the Brain, etc etc etc)

along with 

Sam Levine

and his 

Penn Zero: Part Time Hero

cronies.

If you get there early enough,

you can even grab a set of these

killer 7D buttons:

Here are the official stats:

Friday, July 22nd

2:30pm
Disney XD’s Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero and The 7D
Join the creators of Disney XD’s animated series 

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero and The 7D. 

Panelists include show creators Sam Levine (Penn) and friends, 

Tom Warburton and Tom Ruegger (The 7D). 

See exclusive clips from the shows. 

The panel will also feature sneak peeks of 

brand new animated shows coming soon.
Friday July 22, 2016 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Room 5AB

And we'll all be doing an 

autograph session 

afterwards at 4:00!

So I'll totally see you there!