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Welcome to The Genre Traveler! Please sign up using the form to the right so that you'll get all the latest updates to the site. You also might want to sign up for the RSS feed, which you can do via email or your favorite RSS Reader. I can't believe that the New Year and two weeks have passed without a single post from me! Yikes. Worst yet, I've been sitting on info you could have been using. Mea culpa. Anyway, better in at the last minute than never, eh? The following art show ends tomorrow. Go to hyaenagallery.com for more information. The following event is happening this weekend in Orlando, Fla. Go to www.osc.org for more info.

Wow. I'm so sorry for not posting for the past week or so. I've been insanely busy and last week I didn't feel so well because of all the smoke from the fires near L.A. It's amazing how much an intensely sore throat can wear you out. Anyway, here are a bunch of things coming up at the Hyaena Gallery in Burbank, Calif. (www.hyaenagallery.com): This Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007: Queenie (Pocket Full of Posiez) will be holding her Signing and Release Party for the new "Pansy the Pirate" Doll. Queenie will be on hand signing both her “Pansy” and “Lyllionia” Dolls. 6-8pm, Free Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007: A one-night-only exhibit, "Don’t Do Anything Illegal" – Authentic True Crime. This special exhibit features highlights of W. Shafer’s True Crime collection and includes pieces by Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, James Earl Ray, Kenneth Bianchi, and Jim Jones. 8pm-midnight, Free. Friday, Nov. 23, 2007: Author Jim Wirt will be signing his book, Coloring Book Land, an irreverent adult-themed coloring book packed full of hilariously inappropriate material. 6-8pm, Free. Oh! And

Happy Halloween!

Then you might be interested in the annual Hugo Award Base Design Competition. Although the silver rocket stays the same every year -- identifying the award as a Hugo -- the base upon which the rocket is mounted changes with each Worldcon. If you're interested, you better hurry with your design. It is due by midnight (MST) Dec. 31, 2007. For more info, visit www.denvention3.org/hugodesigncompetition.php.

The spooky art of Ben Strawn will be on display at Hyaena Gallery Oct. 1 through Oct. 15. "Strawn has been making a name for himself with his ink illustrations and painted work, offering a unique voice with a nostalgic flair," says gallery owner Bill Shafer. The exhibit is called “Welcome to Bedlam” and the opening reception will be held Oct. 5 from 8pm to midnight. For more information, visit www.hyaenagallery.com

Opening tomorrow, is an interesting art show featuring the dark and visceral work of Chuck Hodi. Known primarily for his portraits and prolific commission work, Hodi has a collection of darker work inspired by emotional subjects matters such as love, hate, pain, void, decay, life. For a preview of this work that reminds me a lot of HG Giger's work, visit www.hyaenagallery.com/corrosion.html. DETAILS What: Corrosion The Artwork of Chuck Hodi Where: Hyaena 1928 W. Olive Ave. Burbank, CA 91506 When: Sept. 1 -15, 2007 Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 1st 8pm to Midnight