Big Planet Comics Bethesda hosted creator John K. Snyder III on July 14 for a signing for his adaptation of Lawrence Block’s Eight Million Ways to Die, published by IDW.

There was a steady crowd throughout the two hours, including several friends stopping by to say hello to Snyder, who lived in the area for many years.

Eight Million Ways to Die is getting good reviews so far, including from Publishers Weekly and The Oregonian. While it’s been out in comic shops for few weeks now, it hits regular bookstores tomorrow, July 17.

While that’s Snyder’s most recent release, I was happy to have him sign my copy of the collected edition of Fashion In Action, released last year by Bedside Press after a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Now, if you know a few things about me, you probably know them in this order: I like comics, I like music, and I like clothes. This is a delightful intersection of all those things and I, of course, love it.

Snyder gives us a great collection of heroines that are thoughtful, complex and powerful. True to the name, there is a lot of great fashion and action, but there’s also an exploration of fame and mortality.

That may make it sound heavy, but it’s not — it’s also so much fun with a great post-punk sensibility. It’s clearly a product of the ’80s but it feels surprisingly relevant now.

(I may actually own a few issues of Scout where some it originally appeared. Or I may have just meant to buy them and never did. I should go through some more boxes.)

Fashion in Action is fun and I’m glad it’s in print in such an accessible format so more people can read it.