A message from our sponsors: my C2E2 weekend Part I
Had a great weekend at the first C2E2 show in Chicago. I love having a comic convention inside Chicago city limits, and with Windy City Comicon on hiatus it's nice to have a giant replacement. I love my hometown of Chicago.
I sold really well in the first day and a half, so blew off the rest of the convention doing free sketches. So everyone who got a free sketch, here are the people who effectively paid for your sketches. Big thanks for their generosity!
First round to top art dealer Albert Moy, who bought every piece of artwork I had left at the show. If you're interested in my Batman: Widening Gyre #6 cover, or the covers to Irredeemable #6, or Authority: The Lost Year #7, #9, #11 or #12, he's the man you want to talk to. He's a great seller, with a huge respect for comic art and comic geeks. His website also has scans of work he sells for Jim Lee,Bruce Timm, Darwyn Cooke, and far too many other great artists to summarize here.
Two people bought my 'fancy' quality of sketch. I worked on these overnight in my studio to get them just right. Two more people to thank! This is why you got free sketches.
I met huge numbers of great creators at the con. Excellent mix of creators and editors. Got to say hi to Paul Levitz, who seems to enjoy life as a writer. A few short conversations with Bill Willingham about our Back Roads book.
Historic 1st handshake with Karen Berger, the editor
whose stable of DC books required the creation
of a whole new line, Vertigo, to contain it.
I've been sending her tryout letters for years,
and someday I'll do a book for her and Shelly.
My "Brother from Another Mother" Frank Cho,
and his Cho-girl looking childhood pal
whose name I can't remember...
He gave me some great advice on the business.
Ken Hite, who got a cover for being Ken Hite.
Great RPG writer and thinker.
Jann Jones, the blushing bride-to-be of James Robinson.
So she's going from Mrs. Jones to Mrs. Robinson,
she made the joke before I did.
The editor behind Tiny Titans, DC's best kids' book ever.
Dinner with Katie Cook, the Petersens and crew.
Look for me and Lowell Francis's 9 page story in
release date June 30, Diamond Order Code APR10 0733.
Katie's story is in #3, so you might as well buy the whole series.
Grim Gracey of the Dixie Derby Girls.
The 2nd most dangerous person at the
con, next to wanted man Mike Golden.
That's not flash red eye, her cybernetic
eyes really do glow red.
Writer Paul Tobin. Didn't get a pic of his wife,
artist Colleen Coover standing right next to him.
That's it for now. Next post, almost all the free sketches I did!
posted by Gene Ha at 1:38 PM
1 Comments:
Glad I bought the cover to Authority: The Lost Year #10 from you before Albert came around snatched them all up :)
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