Behold the 2011 AJC-Decatur Book Festival poster!

It was unveiled this evening at Eddie’s Attic as part of our annual press launch. After a couple years of mayhem, Bookzilla has retreated to write his memoir and to blog. Here you see him in his writing studio. Follow his rants on facebook.

The DBF website is up. Check there for the roster of authors. It’s a great one–Terra McVoy has done a fantastic job taking over for Tom Bell.

“But what about the big announcement?”, you ask. I’ve been saying that this year’s keynote get’s one of two reactions: “Who?” or “Holy sh*t!”

If you are in the “Who?” crowd then you should feel relieved that you won’t have to deal with getting a ticket, because the “holy sh*t” crowd is going to have them out the door quicker than a beer fest ticket in a frat house.

So, after much delay–Carson Ellis and Colin Meloy are headlining the festival with their first young adult novel, Wildwood.  Carson is a great illustrator, best known for her work on the Lemony Snicket series, and for her cover artwork for The Decemberists. She’s also married to Colin, the lead singer/songwriter for that band. Don’t know The Decemberists? Their last album, The King is Dead, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s chart this spring, and they just headlined Bonnaroo. Yes, I just buried that lead as deep as I could. So, tell me, are you in the “who” or the “holy sh*t” crowd?

 

As his final act before being eaten, Daren Wang sent in this chilling video of Bookzilla arriving on Decatur Square – and rocking out to Blue Oyster Cult.

I don’t know about you, but I find Bookzilla slightly more disturbing than the Cloverfield monster.

Who’ll be sporting these pimped-out Chuck Taylor’s this weekend?

Click over to the AsianCajuns to find out!

As was prophesied by the DBF poster, monsters will wreak havoc on downtown Decatur starting today.  Wendy sends in this pic from the Square.

Sweeeet.  Game ON.