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Excelsior! Heroes Con 2012 Aftermath
13 years ago
Best Heroes Con EVER. My pet-sitting job paid very graciously, so I finally had a better budget to go on yesterday. I went with my big sister and bro-in-law, and we spent the first half of traveling to Charlotte chatting about nostalgic pop culture moments. Right as we walked in, I got a photo made with some guy cosplaying as an awesome Deadpool. There were also a LOT of kids either cosplaying as Finn or Fionna from "Adventure Time", and girls cosplaying as Black Widow from "The Avengers" (I snapped a shot of a smokin' hot one while we were in line to meet Stan Lee BTW).
Because the fan demand of Stan Lee, it was CROWDED (totally worth the wait, though). You could either get your photo taken with Stan or get an autograph. Autographs are one thing, but a photo with the living legend himself? That's what we settled on. After the line FINALLY zipped by, it was my turn. I kept what I wanted to say to Stan short and simple, and he was just the nicest guy. I told him that it was an honor and pleasure to meet him at last, that he's been a major influence on me as a comic writer, and that he was great in "Mallrats"- that latter statement made him chuckle. After I told him thanks, he said, "No problem, have fun and take care, buddy!" After we picked up our photos, it was pretty overwhelming; to meet Stan "The Man" Lee and get a photo with him was an extreme high point in my life.
There was a bit of a crowd for the QuickDraw contest, too. It wasn't so bad, though, because on the way there, these cute girls with Red Bull outfits and backpacks were giving out complimentary Red Bulls and keychains. They ran out of seats, so I just sat against a wall and pulled out my art box. We had 20 minutes to draw ANYTHING we wanted and I ended up doing a drawing of two spur-of-the-blue-frick-moment characters that I wanna recycle now: the Human Ectoplasm and Frank the Toast (stop laughing; I couldn't think of anything else). We would've heard the results, but we went ahead in got in line to meet Stan Lee (again, extreme high point in my life). We had to give our phone numbers and e-mail addresses to them, so maybe something will come out. Whatever, though, it was fun, either way.
This year, I buckled down at long last and brought a small portfolio of some of my best works from both 2011 and 2012 (mostly "Quacktown"-related pieces and at least three fanart drawings). I showed it to Dusty Higgins, the artist/co-creator of "Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer"- he complemented me on having a unique style and to keep it up. Mike Mignola, the creator of "Hellboy", signed my copy of "Hellboy: Wake the Devil" and after looking at some of the "Quacktown" pieces, he said, "A duck and a dog who fight monsters? Cool!" Since I got an issue of "Beasts of Burden" signed by the writer/co-creator, Evan Dorkin, last year, I brought it back with me and got Jill Thompson, the artist/co-creator, to sign it as well (Mr. Dorkin had drawn a little golem and Miss Thompson drew a little doodle of Ace the husky, my favorite character from the series). I mentioned that Ace was an influence on Tyrra, and after I showed her the filler strip where Tyrra was singing "Flesh 'N Blood", she told me that Tyrra was cute- that made me smile.
Got some cool swag that day as well. I got a few comic TPBs: "Jingle Belle: Grounded/Top Cow Holiday Special", "Hack/Slash, Vol. 3: Friday the 31st", and "The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye", not to mention "Watchmen" at long last, all for great deals. I also got a Hellboy movie action figure (with Ivan the corpse) and a Kenner Boba Fett action figure. Oh, and I bought a sword. It's a black-&-white steel katana (now I need to get or make a nice sword rack to display it on). Other than those goodies, I finally bought some original artwork from some awesome artists: I bought a print of a cartoon evolution of Darkwing Duck by James Silvani, a drawing of Rainbow Dash as a Sailor Scout by Amy Mebberson (she really liked my Rainbow Dash/TMNT Tank piece BTW), and a print of Scrooge McDuck with Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey & Louie, Gladstone Gander, and Gyro Gearloose as characters from "The Lord of the Rings" by the great Don Rosa (gonna get all three of those framed hopefully soon). And it all ended with each of us getting snapshots with the Carolina Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 outside the building.
I'll post the photos in a little collage here either later tonight or early tomorrow (I'm still sore all over from walking).
Needless to say, guys, but going to such a fan event has reinvigorated me to get back on board with comics. I was feeling burned out, but now I'm insanely inspired and ready to get some artwork done!
For whoever I owe a request to, don't worry; I'm gonna get those done, too!
Because the fan demand of Stan Lee, it was CROWDED (totally worth the wait, though). You could either get your photo taken with Stan or get an autograph. Autographs are one thing, but a photo with the living legend himself? That's what we settled on. After the line FINALLY zipped by, it was my turn. I kept what I wanted to say to Stan short and simple, and he was just the nicest guy. I told him that it was an honor and pleasure to meet him at last, that he's been a major influence on me as a comic writer, and that he was great in "Mallrats"- that latter statement made him chuckle. After I told him thanks, he said, "No problem, have fun and take care, buddy!" After we picked up our photos, it was pretty overwhelming; to meet Stan "The Man" Lee and get a photo with him was an extreme high point in my life.
There was a bit of a crowd for the QuickDraw contest, too. It wasn't so bad, though, because on the way there, these cute girls with Red Bull outfits and backpacks were giving out complimentary Red Bulls and keychains. They ran out of seats, so I just sat against a wall and pulled out my art box. We had 20 minutes to draw ANYTHING we wanted and I ended up doing a drawing of two spur-of-the-blue-frick-moment characters that I wanna recycle now: the Human Ectoplasm and Frank the Toast (stop laughing; I couldn't think of anything else). We would've heard the results, but we went ahead in got in line to meet Stan Lee (again, extreme high point in my life). We had to give our phone numbers and e-mail addresses to them, so maybe something will come out. Whatever, though, it was fun, either way.
This year, I buckled down at long last and brought a small portfolio of some of my best works from both 2011 and 2012 (mostly "Quacktown"-related pieces and at least three fanart drawings). I showed it to Dusty Higgins, the artist/co-creator of "Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer"- he complemented me on having a unique style and to keep it up. Mike Mignola, the creator of "Hellboy", signed my copy of "Hellboy: Wake the Devil" and after looking at some of the "Quacktown" pieces, he said, "A duck and a dog who fight monsters? Cool!" Since I got an issue of "Beasts of Burden" signed by the writer/co-creator, Evan Dorkin, last year, I brought it back with me and got Jill Thompson, the artist/co-creator, to sign it as well (Mr. Dorkin had drawn a little golem and Miss Thompson drew a little doodle of Ace the husky, my favorite character from the series). I mentioned that Ace was an influence on Tyrra, and after I showed her the filler strip where Tyrra was singing "Flesh 'N Blood", she told me that Tyrra was cute- that made me smile.
Got some cool swag that day as well. I got a few comic TPBs: "Jingle Belle: Grounded/Top Cow Holiday Special", "Hack/Slash, Vol. 3: Friday the 31st", and "The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye", not to mention "Watchmen" at long last, all for great deals. I also got a Hellboy movie action figure (with Ivan the corpse) and a Kenner Boba Fett action figure. Oh, and I bought a sword. It's a black-&-white steel katana (now I need to get or make a nice sword rack to display it on). Other than those goodies, I finally bought some original artwork from some awesome artists: I bought a print of a cartoon evolution of Darkwing Duck by James Silvani, a drawing of Rainbow Dash as a Sailor Scout by Amy Mebberson (she really liked my Rainbow Dash/TMNT Tank piece BTW), and a print of Scrooge McDuck with Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey & Louie, Gladstone Gander, and Gyro Gearloose as characters from "The Lord of the Rings" by the great Don Rosa (gonna get all three of those framed hopefully soon). And it all ended with each of us getting snapshots with the Carolina Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 outside the building.
I'll post the photos in a little collage here either later tonight or early tomorrow (I'm still sore all over from walking).
Needless to say, guys, but going to such a fan event has reinvigorated me to get back on board with comics. I was feeling burned out, but now I'm insanely inspired and ready to get some artwork done!
For whoever I owe a request to, don't worry; I'm gonna get those done, too!
