Hey Grovers! A bit of a news flash for anyone interested in all things WordPress & Comicpress: WP & CP Guru, Philip M. Hofer (@frumph in the Twitterverse & frumph.net on the interwebs) will be making an appearance at InterventionCon September 10th – 12th, 2010, to hold workshops on WordPress & Comicpress!

Here’s the rundown of his workshops:

Beginners Workshops:
a.. Creating your website, understanding hosting and CMS’s (Content management systems)
b.. Setting up, Understanding & Configuration of your website with WordPress & Comicpress
c.. Understanding how WordPress and Comicpress works.
d.. Basic CSS understanding.

This is always great for those that are not beginners that would like a refresher on the basics.

Intermediate Workshops include:
a.. ComicPress/WordPress Options, Child Themes and getting the most out of your site. (there is *a lot* to this)
b.. Designing your site with CSS, understanding of the basic CSS concepts is necessary.

Advanced Workshops:
a.. Advanced CSS design,
b.. Child theme programming tricks,
c.. Getting the most from your site, ways to increase hits and readers.
c.. Advanced topics that are only available at this workshop.

If you are planning on attending InterventionCon which is being held September 10th through the 12th, 2010, at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville, make it a point to attend these informative workshops to either get your feet wet in all things WordPress & Comicpress or brush up your design-fu skills with Philip M. Hofer!

If you haven’t noticed by now, I’ve put out a book of Volume 1 & 2 as well as the 2009 Halloween Special along with some little extras. You can go here to buy it from my eStore, or go over to the ad in the left sidebar there by the comic. Either way, you can own your very own copy of my first book and read the story of Max & Bob being kidnapped the way it was written, as a graphic novel. Kidnapped Volume 1 is produced as a Print On Demand book from CreateSpace. So when you order it, it is printed and delivered to you. If this book sells well, then I can take Volume 3 & 4 and put them together into Kidnapped Saga – Volume 2 and have it printed by a real printer and sell you it directly from my inventory.

So if you love Willow’s Grove and the story line, head on over to the store and be a part of history & help me celebrate Willow’s Grove in print! Heh, it has always been my dream to be in print, what cartoonist doesn’t have that dream? Many thanks to you!

Back in July of 2009, I was featured in a podcast over at TGT Webcomics. It was a blast talking about Willow’s Grove, which was only 9 months after its return to the internet as a webcomic in the 3rd attempt to bring it too the masses on a regular basis. Well now, that podcast as well as Willow’s Grove is in a tournament, a Battle Royale, pitting podcast against podcast. Here’s your chance, Grovers, to help Willow’s Grove in this tournament! Go to The TGT Webcomics Tournament Page here, scroll down to bracket 15 and cast your vote for Willow’s Grove! There are many webcomic podcasts competing so if you would, please take the time and go through the many other brackets and vote for the ones you like. You can vote every day, once a day, so please, vote as often as you can and help Willow’s Grove make it through all the rounds!

If you haven’t ever heard of these podcasts or TGT Webcomics, now’s your chance to discover how great & informative they are! You can also follow Kurtis Sasso on twitter for updates on upcoming podcasts and events! Do it! Do it NOW! Many thanks, Grovers!