Yet more [mis]adventures at Emerald City ComicCon.

The last day of ECCC.

As per my previous journal post, I had in my head the idea of getting my newly picked up Avengers 257, which featured the first appearance of Nebula, signed by Karen Gillian. She was only going to be at the show on the Sunday, so everyone was keen to get there early and the queue was packed. I soon got talking about the signing to a group of people whilst we waited and being new to conventions, I was a little surprised when someone mentioned she was charging $70 for a signature and immediately started to re-evaluate. Whilst it would be good to get the signature of the person playing the character of Nebula in the movie, as someone in the line mentioned, it is always better to get creators signatures on a book. It also gave me a renewed appreciation for all of those comic book creators who for the most part, sign comic books for free for fans and so with that in mind, I decided to shelve the idea and enjoy the last day of the show.

As I wondered the show, I saw a blank variant of the fantastic Image title, Black Science by Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera and instantly picked it up as a fan of the fledging series. With my new book in hand, I made my way over to Matteo Scalera's booth where back on the first day of the con, I'd put myself down on his wait list for a sketch. Initially I'd dropped off a blank variant of Rick Remender's new Captain America Marvel NOW! series and requested a half figure sketch of Cap. However over the weekend I'd revisited his stand a couple of times to see if he'd be able to fit it in and it was looking more and more unlikely as the hours ticked away.

When I arrived Matteo was sketching, so I spoke with his rep explaining that I'd found the Black Science blank and wondered if I could change my sketch. Matteo overheard, looked over and asked what character I'd like, I responded by saying he could draw whatever he wanted as it was his baby, he knew the story and I trusted him. He gave me a little grin, nodded to his rep and went back to sketching - I was in! Elated, I handed over book and the rep told me to come back in a few hours.

Still buzzing I wandered the show and picked up #1 of the new Silver Surfer series which I'd been convinced to try after meeting Mike and Laura Allred a couple of days beforehand. I decided to revisit them to get it signed and once again, the signing experience was ultra cool. They both take time to chat individually to each visitor and Mike shares some very cool stories, which show how deeply passionate he is about his chosen art form and comic book history, which I really appreciate.

Shortly after I checked back with Ed McGuinness' at his booth to see if he'd been able to complete my sketch and it was ready. So I headed back with CGC witness accompanying me and picked up my newly created Nightcrawler (and Bamf) sketch that you see below. To say I was happy with the result is an understatement, but the best was yet to come...

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