Been going to Comic Book shows since about mid 80's. Creation Conventions here in New York...at the old Omni Hotel to the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC. Met many a creator/writer/artist. Here's a list of my favorite meetings...not in any particular order:
Walt Simonson ... By far one of the most Genuine and Most Likeable person you'd ever meet. I met him when my friend/comic guy was having him for a signing for X-Men/Titans. Almost 20 years later and numerous run ins at shows he stops me in the middle of the Sci-Fi comic show at MSG a few year back and asks me if I'd like to see the last story that Archie Goodwin wrote and he drew for Manhunter...completely blew me away. Just a great person to have a chance to meet.
Frank Cho...Liberty Meadows is still in it's run and he's between jobs. Asks if me and my bro want to see a Tarzan story he was drawing for Dark Horse...Hell yeah...sad to say, never materialized. A person that is excited to be an artist...very cool meeting.
Dave Cockrum...again, like Walt, met Dave at my friends/Comic Guys store for a signing. I think it was during the Brood Storyline in X-Men...just before Futurians I think. Met him on and off through the years if going to the shows. One of the last shows before he passed he and Patty were telling me of the early days when Dave and Jim Shooter were roomies in NYC. Both he and Patty...very cool people. We Miss you Dave:(
Murphy Anderson...what can I say...He's MR. HAWKMAN in my eyes. No one went up to him at the show that I met him at. Sad that people used to crowd around jerks like Rob Liefeld and the Image crowd...but here's a living legend in the Comic Industry and no one is even near his table. If you see one of the good ole guys at a show...just go up and talk to them a little...if it wasn't for the legends like Murph...there wouldn't be any comics today.
Jim Shooter...I have to admit, when he was running Marvel I couldn't stand him....Met him at a Legends show up in White Plains here in NY and I talked to him for almost an hour. Got his view on the Comic Industry...the man knows what he's talking about. It's no wonder that he was writing for DC at the age of 12.
There are more, and they will come to me...anyone else have any great or even bad experiences at comic conventions??
Walt Simonson ... By far one of the most Genuine and Most Likeable person you'd ever meet. I met him when my friend/comic guy was having him for a signing for X-Men/Titans. Almost 20 years later and numerous run ins at shows he stops me in the middle of the Sci-Fi comic show at MSG a few year back and asks me if I'd like to see the last story that Archie Goodwin wrote and he drew for Manhunter...completely blew me away. Just a great person to have a chance to meet.
Frank Cho...Liberty Meadows is still in it's run and he's between jobs. Asks if me and my bro want to see a Tarzan story he was drawing for Dark Horse...Hell yeah...sad to say, never materialized. A person that is excited to be an artist...very cool meeting.
Dave Cockrum...again, like Walt, met Dave at my friends/Comic Guys store for a signing. I think it was during the Brood Storyline in X-Men...just before Futurians I think. Met him on and off through the years if going to the shows. One of the last shows before he passed he and Patty were telling me of the early days when Dave and Jim Shooter were roomies in NYC. Both he and Patty...very cool people. We Miss you Dave:(
Murphy Anderson...what can I say...He's MR. HAWKMAN in my eyes. No one went up to him at the show that I met him at. Sad that people used to crowd around jerks like Rob Liefeld and the Image crowd...but here's a living legend in the Comic Industry and no one is even near his table. If you see one of the good ole guys at a show...just go up and talk to them a little...if it wasn't for the legends like Murph...there wouldn't be any comics today.
Jim Shooter...I have to admit, when he was running Marvel I couldn't stand him....Met him at a Legends show up in White Plains here in NY and I talked to him for almost an hour. Got his view on the Comic Industry...the man knows what he's talking about. It's no wonder that he was writing for DC at the age of 12.
There are more, and they will come to me...anyone else have any great or even bad experiences at comic conventions??
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