Let me get the bitching out of the way first. I mentioned it last time, but I really think they have outgrown the current venue. Saturday you hardly wanted to stop at and dealer's table because if you did you were going to get jostled every 3-5 seconds by people walking by. It is just too cramped in there now. Artist Alley is another mess. Tim Sale was there, but I never even saw him the first day. They put some of the other celebrities in the Alley on Sunday. Sean Patrick Flannery was one of them, and the organizers put him right in the middle of the hall. So now the already congested area is even more so, and his line complete cuts off on of the little halls that more tables for creators are set-up. I was glad I accidentally got there and hour early on Saturday or I would have struggled for a parking spot.
Okay, that is over with, lets get down to the good stuff:
Almost as soon I walked in I found a dealer who had all of his trades and collections at half off. I instantly picked up 3 of the EC Archives (half off? no thinking about it). Those were all gone in about an hour.
I also saw another dealer who I pester every time I see him to see if he has any New Funnies issue 108 or earlier. Simply because I am fascinated by the Lil' Eightball stuff. It's like a part of comic book history you never hear or read about. I am sure you can imagine what kind of comic it was by the name. After I bothered him about that I filled out some of the itch I've been having on DC war comics, and after I bought them he grabbed another handful out of his boxes and just gave them to me. I never turn down free comics.
I got an almost literal ton of dollar comics. If I had made the effort I could have gotten everything from every major crossover from the last three years for a buck I think, but really Marvel Two-In-One and Superman Family is a better deal isn't it?
I talked to my friend David Hopkins for a while. I bought his new mini-comic, and learned he is now writing his second comic strip for a local paper. I was very happy for him.
One of my favorite's Tone Rodriguez was there as well. I don't just say that because he remembers me. What I did learn from him during our conversation: He played a killer in the second season of Dexter. He also has some regular involvement in the show, as he designed the big knife that Dexter currently uses. I got a Radioactive Man trade from him, and he did a quick sketch for me in there. Truly one of the nicest guys around
I also chatted up Jim Mahfood a bit. I bought one of his Mix Tape books which he also did a quick sketch in. I also picked up a CD that a friend of his did of old funk 45s (it is awesome).
Outside of that I got a couple of sketches done in my (Mostly) All Legion Sketchbook. Plus, a new bit I thought up with a friend. No one ever has writers like write a page of dialogue so they get kind of left out. Well, Matt Sturges was there and I just had him write something along the lines on "Long live the Legion!" in my sketchbook, and he was down with that, and actually found it funny
I can't wait until the next one. i just hope it is in a bigger place.
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I like that idea. I suppose it would take writers even longer to do that than a quick sketch by an artist...but maybe not. Not if they kept it simple. Let's try it out on Warren Ellis and see what happens!