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ROBERT SCOTT: Hi, I'm Robert Scott, we're at Comickaze: Comics, Books, and More. And
we're in Clairemont just off the 805 and we're here today to celebrate the release of the
"Monsters Meet on Court Street," which is Batton Lash's first new "Supernatural Law
Collection" in four years.
MICHAEL HAMERSKY: I'm Michael D. Hamersky of ComicBookCollectors.com. I'm here at Batton
Lash's release party for his newest book, it's the sixth book in the "Supernatural Law"
series. It looks pretty good and it's a good turnout here today.
BATTON LASH: I'm Batton Lash and I am doing a signing for my new book, "Monsters Meet
at Court Street." "Supernatural Law" is about my two lawyers, Alana Wolk and Jeff Bird,
who are counsels of the macabre and their practice consists of the supernatural and
the supernaturally afflicted. So who's scarier than Dracula, his attorneys. "The Monsters
Meet at Court Street" is exactly what it says, there's a lot of monsters in here including
a mad scientist who finds the perfect woman but in another dimension, the only problem
is the zoning laws are preventing him from continuing this relationship so this is where
Wolf and Bird come in. And here, everyone loves a talking gorilla, here is Wolf and
Bird have a gorilla client, the proverbial 800 pound gorilla, who's unhappy with the
legal services, and the name of that story is "The Appeal of the 800 Pound Gorilla."
So as you can see we have a lot of fun with the series.
ROBERT SCOTT: I think it's really important, one for the creators to meet the public and
see who's reading their work. It's also I think important for the fans to be able to
put a face to the names on the credit pages. A lot of people still think that comics are
made automatically from computers or something like that so it's nice for them to actually
see all the people that are doing the hard work.
BATTON LASH: Events like this are very important and I think we hooked in a few newbies.
MICHAEL HAMERSKY: It brings in people that normally would not go into a comic book shop,
that are buying these basically online, it helps bring people into the local comic bookshops.
ROBERT SCOTT: It's great to be able to put a hometown hero spin on things where people
don't realize that maybe their next door neighbor is working in an industry that they enjoy.
BATTON LASH: The comics industry it's very much what Dickens once said, "It's the best
of times, it's the worst of times." I think there's probably more quality material out
there in comics than ever before that's the good news. The bad news is sales are just
not what they should be everyone, I think people, cartoonists, whether they are writers
or artists, are compelled to create so they do what they can to get going but it's an
industry that's been hanging by its thumbs for years now and I think personal events
at comic book stores and conventions are very important because when the general public
comes in they just see the wealth of material that the comics medium offers, I mean there's
a comic for every stripe, every age, I mean every topic, and the more people find out
what a really wonderful medium this is, I think they'll be hooked.