Sad news for the super-villain community: Ricardo Montalban, known for playing Star Trek's Khan, has died at the age of 88.

[E! Online]: Ricardo Montalban, who presided over TV's Fantasy Island as the all-knowing, vaguely mysterious Mr. Roarke, and menaced Captain Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as the film's chest-baring villain, died today. He was 88.

Montalban's death was announced by a city council member from Los Angeles, the city the Mexican-born actor had worked in, and starred in, for more than 65 years.

Montalban won one Emmy, for the 1978 miniseries, How the West Was Won, and was presented with the Screen Actors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994.

The unofficial kick-off to the convention season starts in just four, short weeks. New York Comic Con is coming up Feb. 6-8, and, for me, it can't get here fast enough.

I'll be at my booth in the Small Press area -- booth number 2442 -- exhibiting under the Evil Inc flag. And, to sweeten the deal, my pal Scott Kurtz will be making a rare East Coast appearance as he hangs out at the Penny Arcade table.

I'll have copies of all three Evil Inc books, as well as the How To Make Webcomics book, sketches and originals. If you want me to bring something specific, drop me a line and let me know.

And, finally, I'll be sitting in on a panel about doing newspaper-style comic strips on Sunday at 1 p.m.

It's gonna be a blast, and I'm hoping to see you guys there!