New York Comic Con 2010 has come and gone, and I'm slowly recovering. It was exhausting, as is any large convention experience. I wasn't exhibiting this time, so it was more of a networking show, and a place to see old friends. It's always a pleasure to see the Oni Press crew and catch up. I even got a man-hug from Oni renaissance man Doug Sherwood, and lots of awesome people said nice things about me and my work, which I obviously cannot get enough of. Also, I got to finally meet one of the hardest working guys in comics - Jarrett Williams, who was signing his new book SuperPro KO volume 1. I also saw cartooning superstars Kevin Burkhalter, Hunter Clark and Chris Schweizer. Adam WarRock aka Eugene Ahn introduced me to Center for Cartoon Studies Librarian and Cartoonist Jen Vaughn, who was super cool.
I also got to take in a very exciting Gorillaz show at Madison Square Garden Friday night with a few comics buds. It was great! There were tons and tons of special guests of note. After the show, I met up with Agreeable Comics' Kevin Church and Benjamin Birdie, and we indulged in some fine, fine sushi. Also in attendance were the lovely Robin Kimball and Toronto cartoonist Eric Kim.
Saturday, apparently the convention was sold out, and it really showed. The floor was insanely crowded whenever I tried to navigate my way through. There was a whole separate section for Artist's Alley this year, and I managed to find Toby Cypress and snag a copy of his awesome new book Rodd Racer. Toby has been a big influence on me and what I do since he was my teacher at the Kubert School five years ago, and also has been a big supporter of She Died In Terrebonne since the start. I also spotted comics pal Ross Campbell walking around, and we caught up a bit and somehow we got to talking about bus bathrooms vs. airplane bathrooms. Huh? Wha? Shortly after I spotted USA Today Pop Candy blogger Whitney Matheson (!!) walking around and I introduced myself. Luckily, Kevin had a few Agreeable comics to hand over!
Sunday afternoon consisted of an official Agreeable Comics lunch with special guests Adam WarRock, Paul Horn and significant other Darlene, Robin Kimball, and some large Thai portions all around. It was a great end to my NY experience. One last sweep though the con to say some goodbyes and I was off! Until next time, NYC.
Special Thanks to Kevin, Kim, James at Oni for making my NYCC.
(( Con photo by Kevin Church ))
4 comments:
Missed you at the con, man! And hope you found a place fri. night (sorry I didn't get back to you).
Also got a copy of Rodd Racer!!!
Hey, yeah I found a place eventually. I think I missed a lot of people there. That's what happens when 99,999 other people are there I guess!
What? You're in my town and you don't say hello? Why, I never!!
Sorry!! I figured I'd see you if you came out for the show, but I thought It wouldn't have been your scene anyway. But yes, I should've called anyway. I saw Steve there too!
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