WonderCon Wrap-Up!

First of all, let us say that it is commonly known throughout the land that the only way you can get away with a picture like the one below is if you are in a "comic-book rock band". It's as if if you don't have a picture like that...then something is wrong with you. ;)



We had a freaking blast at WonderCon! Taking what we learned worked (and didn't work) at NYCC, we had a better idea heading into the weekend and what it would take to learn the masses about "The World's First Comic Book Rock Band".

Specifically, we had 2 listening stations this time instead of one and answered many times questions about the hygienic state of our headphones. Kyle's mom was a house cleaner so you all do the math on that one. Yes they're clean! NO, you won't get earwhigs!


All the podcasts and blogs highlighting KK that have been released since NYCC also really helped a lot as many folks came up and knew who we were without our introduction. ROCK! Having hundreds of folks listening to your album right in front of you everyday gives you a little better idea of what folks like...and even after that there is really no rule! You think you know, but then an 85 year old woman decides to buy 3 albums based off of listening to "Zombie Apocalypse"....WHA?!?
In NYC, the popular songs were "One Of The Guys" and "Marvelous Girls". In San Francisco, "Up, Up, Down, Down" proved to be the winner and as usual the ladies love "Naked Wii". It will never cease being creepy asking a cute girl if they want to hear a song about "playing Wii naked". We learned that we need to enunciate a little better though as more than a few times the words were relayed to us as sounding "play weed naked". Oh man...

When we weren't living at the con we were meeting fun people and once again hanging with TOP COW man Filip Sablik and a new friend in the form of "THE DARKNESS" artist Michael Broussard. We all went out to a restaurant one night called "The Stinking Rose" which left us smelling like roses...if roses were garlic.

Later that night we met up for a Tiki Bar tour with the iFanboy guys and hung out with THE BOYS artist Darick Robertson, a great guy.

Most of the other nights were spent with good friends Kandrix and Laurie B. As mentioned in earlier posts, Laurie B. is an amazing artist that specializes in "pin-up" versions of your favorite heroes. Be careful when approaching her table as you might get a little flustered and potentially fall in love with her uber-sexy Zantanna and "Slave-Leia" depictions.

On the final night, we spent the evening palling around with the DC comics crew and made the mandatory stop at IN-AND-OUT burger as well as stopping in Mel's Diner for pie...for the 4TH NIGHT IN A ROW. Yeah, we love our late night sweets. Time to start working out again.


On the final day we saw that having friends in unique positions rules as we received backstage tours of both ILM and PIXAR. So cool to be in the hub of such adventurous creativity and to spend a day actually taking a look at San Francisco outside of our route to the con everyday. That's work though, right?


Our next stop will be EMERALD CITY COMIC CON, and we can't wait to share the cool news with what we have planned for that!

BTW, tomorrow is your last day to get your entry in for the "Name Yourselves!" contest! Read the previous link for details and send your ideas in!


Now you can find KK on Amazon! Click here to be taken directly...

Thanks for reading, listening, and for being all around hustlas!

Kyle and Jim,
Kirby Krackle

WONDERCON!

Hey KK fans, we decided it was time to put down our comics and guitars and start packing for WONDERCON this weekend in San Francisco!

WONDERCON will be our second con appearance and our first on the West Coast...WESTSIDE!!!

We'll be setting up shop and selling our self-titled debut for all 3 days of the con...2/27-3/1 so please come by and introduce yourself! :)

So, we've been emails from fans asking what they should call themselves as newly crowned fans of KK. That's normal, cause as you know even dogs need to know where they fit in the pack. Not calling anyone a dog...but...ok.

That said...IT'S CONTEST TIME!!!!

Booyah, that's right. This is a kind of "name yourselves" contest as we're putting the future of KK fans in the hands of, well...FANS! Are you called "Kirbys"? Are you called "Krackles"? Are you called "Krackheads"?!? That's Kyle's favorite, but he's not making the decisions...YOU are!

Winner gets a signed album and signed 11X17 poster from the band to hang in your office, above the fireplace, jail cell, etc...

Deadline for this event is gonna be MARCH 11th with the winner selected and announced the following week so get those ideas rolling. We're currently getting our merchandise up and going as well so who knows? Your idea could make it on a T-Shirt, Freeway tag...the options are really endless. :)

Looking forward to the entries and see you at WONDERCON in S.F.!

Jim and Kyle
KIRBY KRACKLE

CROSSED.

Hey KK Fans! Besides being a band that writes songs about dating crazy girls found wandering your local comic shops, you gotta know we're fans first. That said, besides writing about our con appearances and shows we're gonna write about the stuff we love just as much...and that's comics and games.

We're big Garth Ennis fans and especially his run on the PUNISHER: MAX series over the past 4 or so years. Just when we thought we couldn't be hit with anything else that Ennis could write that would make us ashamed to tell our Grandmas he goes and releases CROSSED. Honestly, we couldn't even tell you what this book is about. We do know however that this is the closest thing to hell that we've seen in a while and at the same time leaves us hungry for more. It would be Un-American to say anything spoiler-esque about this book when it needs to be discovered by the individual reader straight up, but we will say that we're never gonna become Kindergarten teachers. It's a dangerous profession in ways we never knew. Well, mostly we won't cause we have problems speaking English...and it's not our 2nd language. Damn.

Go and get CROSSED at your local shop today!

Kyle and Jim
KIRBY KRACKLE

New York Comic Con Recap! Album Out Now!

Hey KK Fans! It's been a week since we returned from NYC and the New York COMIC-CON!


NYCC was the convention circuit and industry debut for KK after we had our CD Release in Seattle where Kyle performed the album's full-band arrangements in a stripped down acoustic setting at the shop Jim co-owns, THE COMIC STOP.

In a nutshell, the con was a blast and NYCC greeted us with open arms. We had the opportunity to stop by MARVEL and unload a backpack's worth of albums to in-house artists, writers, and staff including Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada. He had gotten a hold of some advance MP3's before the album was fully complete and loved what he heard so we were more than happy to take him the final product. Kind enough to help out a band from Seattle who writes about his company's characters, Quesada pimped KK that afternoon on his TWITTER blog which resulted in many con-goers approaching us that weekend excited to pick up the album. We also met the fine folks that run Marvel.com! Completely AWESOME. For an annoyingly detailed recap of the con, check Kyle's individual blog at www.kylestevensmusic.blogspot.com
You've been warned...




We met a lot of new fans, made new friends, and enjoyed seeing the excitement in the eyes of fellow nerds as they discovered, "The World's First Comic Book Rock Band".

Enjoy the pictures, and please help pass the word about KK! Besides selling our album on our Official Site (www.kirbykracklemusic.com), we are now available for download on iTunes, Digstation, and CD Baby.

Next stop on the KIRBY KRACKLE train will be WONDER-CON in San Francisco! We'll be there all three days and hope to be performing during our stay as well so make sure you check back before the con to get the details...


Keep it real mang,

Jim and Kyle
KIRBY KRACKLE


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