We'll be doing a series of what I can only imagine will be epic, face-meltingly awesome podcasts from the Con, which you can follow here. I'll also post them to my Twitter account (AdaEngine), so you can listen there, too.

Now you might be thinking to yourself, Wait, no table means NO ROBOT DRAWINGS, right!?!?!? But you'd be wrong. No table means FREE robot drawings. If you can spot me and Stephanie at the Con, then yes, I will be happy to draw you the very finest robot punching out anything you like. And because I'm not a registered vendor, I'll have to give it to you gratis. ("That means 'free of charge'," explained Al Swearengen, as he tossed back a shot of Scottish rocket fuel.)

Happy Comic-Con, everyone! Hope to see you there.

We've got a new Emogician webcomic up this week, so check that out and check out the whole archive of pouty, miserable fun. As you may have noticed, we're actually doing this on a weekly basis now. Woo! That's right, we're here to reliably satisfy your need for bitter LOLs.

In other news, we're currently working on some kind of iPad/Kindle/eReader-type format for our comics, for those of you would like to ingest To the Power Against dipped in a delicious coat of modern technology. We'll update you as soon as we've got it all figured out. (And by "we", I mean Stephanie. I will be eating bon-bons during this process.)

Ok, folks, Stephanie and I will now withdraw into the misty, shadowy comics cave to continue our dark magical work. Cheers!

We'll be in our favorite spot, SP-03, just look for the Conjoined Comics banner. To help you out, here is a map with Pac-Man pellets* to lead you:

* Warning: Pac-Man pellets may not actually be present at the show.

Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, a translator, a gambler, a mathematician, a respected friend of Charles Babbage, and the author of the first computer program, all at a time when ladies were expected to be beautiful and polished, but were patently not encouraged to be scholars. Though Ada was largely forgotten for the next hundred years, her work was rediscovered in the 1950s, and in the 1980s the United States Department of Defense named the "Ada" programming language in her honor. Today, she is a feminist and steampunk icon.

We created the character of Catalina Jones and the story of To the Power Against so that gals might embrace a strong heroine with a solid mind, a stout heart, and a background in science. Cat is a tip of the hat to Ada, and to all women—past, present, and future—who grind out a life and a legacy in the worlds of mathematics and science, no matter the odds.

Today, you might feel inspired to Google ol' Ada and find out more about her life, or pick up a copy of The Difference Engine, or finally take a look at that Python tutorial you downloaded last month. But if I might make a suggestion, why don't you take time today to encourage the girls in your life to get involved in science and math. Your daughter, your niece, that kid with the pigtails who keeps parking her bike in your driveway, I don't care. Share a youtube of an awesome magnesium fire, hand out a soldering iron or three, or some batteries 'n' bulbs, or the guts of an old computer, or by golly, show them how they can use an innocent-looking jumble of code to shout out "HELLO, WORLD!" ok? Let 'em all know: NERD GIRLS WILL INHERIT THE EARTH!! (Actually, nerd girls will probably inherit MARS. You hear me? MARS. It will be freakin' amazing. Get it done, ladies.)

The cool kids over at Finding Ada have lots of information and links celebrating Ada Lovelace and the contributions of women in science and technology.

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We've added a Comics section to the site where we'll be posting something (cross fingers) weekly. To get it started off, we've posted the first two Emogician mini comics for your enjoyment. These have mostly been available at conventions, so if you haven't been able to pick them up, take a look... and weep magic tears.

To The Power Against issue #5 is underway! After that, we are one issue away from completing the first arc! Unbelievable, I know, considering our breakneck pace so far.

In show news, we have secured a place at Wonder Con, coming up on April 2^nd–4^th. We'll be in Small Press at table SP-03, under the mighty Conjoined Comics banner. We'll have To The Power Against #1–4 with a preview of issue #5 as well as copies of Emogician for anyone craving authentic Xerox mini comics. Carrie will most likely do sketches of a robot punching out anything you like and I will handle any non-robot-punching-related art requests.

Hope to see you there!

That's my boyfriend's Batman: Haunted Knight pumpkin on the left and my lopsided To The Power Against pumpkin on the right.

We are all packed and ready for adventures in San Francisco for this weekend's Alternative Press Expo. Well, ready except for the books. Those are currently on their way via aeroplane. BUT, they should all be here by tomorrow afternoon, just in time for us to sell them. To you.

Our table is #266, from the looks of the map, we're on one of the 'upper' levels of the show this year.

Stop by to get your copy of The Yeti, a wonderful yarn written by Carrie with a few illustrations by yours truly.

Our stand-alone book "The Yeti" has gone to print just in time for the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco next weekend. Stephanie came up with some outstanding illustrations and the cover is just awesome. The story's not too shabby, either. We'll also have issues 1–4 of "To The Power Against" and the usual heap of our sulky, samizdat' darling, "Emogician".

More info as the Expo approaches. Come see us!

Alternative Press Expo (APE) at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco, October 17–18.

I'm trying to get back into the habit of posting stuff regularly, so check over there if you like that sort of thing.

Check it out at Forbidden Panel's site: Geek Girls 04 - Comic Con »

Also, if you haven't noticed, To The Power Against #4 is now available on Indy Planet!

An awesome time was had by all at Comic Con and now we must return to a world where a Bob's Big Boy jedi knight won't stroll past at any second (Carrie dubbed him Obob-Wan Kenobi).

Ka-Blam is apparently still working on getting "To The Power Against" issue #4 up on our Indy Planet page.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and chatted or picked up books. Carrie will now retire from Robot Punch drawings until APE in October.

I might, uh, "tweet" (is that what everyone has decided to go with?) stuff from Comic Con. Sometimes I even take pictures and post them to TwitPic (or Flickr).

You can follow along here: http://twitter.com/stephanielantry.

Ka-Blam got swamped with Comic Con orders so "To The Power Against #4" hasn't made it up on to Indy Planet yet. We'll let you know as soon as it's there.

We should be easy to find, if you come in to the hall and then take Aisle 1700 towards the back of the room, you'll run into our row. We'll be near Oni Press (and Sideshow Collectibles if you navigate via cave troll).

They're in and ready for Comic Con. We should have the book up on Indy Planet within the next couple days for those of you who won't be able to stop by during Comic Con next weekend.

If you will be at the show, we will be at Small Press Table N-02.