nerdgasm, day 3

came in late today, and still had to be shepherded thru the holding area. WTFF??

anyway, still made it in good time; my choices haven't started signing yet. but that's only because ... i kinda put the DC booth on the low priority. the 3 PM Geoff Johns signing was the only one i intended to go to. unfortunately, George Perez was nowhere on the list, which pretty much made 4 big books in my backpack a little more than deadweight (thanks a lot, DC). i gotta change that.

Christina Strain, Sonia Oback and Mike Choi (the latter two are engaged ... as i suspected!)



Claremont: "let me pitch you this deal ... Wanda Maximoff goes insane and she wipes out the mutant population ... wait, i just got a better idea ... she remakes the world first in her dad's image ..."
Bendis: "...."



the Mackster


yes, he is. did he ever show up? he needs to sign my books, like, right now.



Two-Face: "Nightwing! Nightwing! get me out this glass cage, you snotty li'l punk!"
Nightwing: "let me think about it ... ummm, no."


Batman: "say, Dick, isn't that you down there?"
Robin: "the name is Tim, Mr. Wayne."
Batgirl: "i dreamed i was in a wheelchair ..."



"why so serious? it's not like i'm going to be able to make an acceptance speech or anything ..."


nobody watches the Watchmen ... fall over their own feet.


"dammit, guys! we shouldn't have volunteered for this Arctic mission. now we're not included in the movie!"


"ok, ok, i get it. i am blind, dammit? what do hell do i know about style and color combination?"



Colossus: "Kurt, come hug me, you little devil!"
Nightcrawler: "dumbkopf! that's your Ultimate persona, not your real one!"



"no, i don't like Tony Stark. and stop calling me Maria Bulldyke Hill!"



"Ms. Hill and I are just ... friends."




Tony: " .... "
Maria: "ummm ... what he said."



"how many Captains America i must kill before i become king of the world?"


Billy Tan, Juan Doe, Paolo Rivera


V for Vid Lloyd!


if you ever get entrusted with this ...

... be prepared to be charmed, whined at, receive dagger looks and spat upon. due to serendipity, i happened to see the master below doing sketches and ran to the end of the line, then suddenly the DC bouncer handed me the sign. wow. yes, the things i had to endure to secure Jerry Ordway's signature. i am still wiping away spit from my hair.

the weirdest team-up ever.


still my man-crush. wooohoooooo!!! (Ivan Reis in the background)


and there's Marv Wolfman, whose line got closed early and i couldn't get in ... because i was in the Geoff Johns line. ah, crap. that makes one out of three for my Crisis on Infinite Earths.


Eddy Barrows is a Titan


"seriously, Bendis ... you end Secret Invasion with a narrative???"



Todd DeZago, Guiseppe Camuncoli


Tommy Lee Edwards, Dex Vines, and the one and only Chris Claremont (who seems to be crying after hearing Bendis' comments about his pitch early in this post)


Mike Deodato Jr. (Frank Tieri in background ... and you can also see Dan Slott's lovely head much further back)

yay: my World War Hulk TPB is the clear winner in the signings sweepstakes as i got Pak, JRJR, Janson, and Christina Strain, and then ran into Chris Eliopoulos before i lined up for Deodato Jr. i just need David Finch for the covers.

bummer: no George Perez!!! if i knew beforehand that he was gonna appear only on Friday, i woulda brought my Perez books now, wouldn't i?? damn you, DC!

to save some pride, i got colorist Tom Smith for JLA/Avengers (and then completely forgot about Infinite Crisis), and Ordway for IC and CoIE. Infinity Gauntlet came home empty (it already had a Starlin signature from years ago). those four books were already like a third of my body weight.


another year, another Con. next year ... eh. we'll see.