revat Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Went to Sf Comic Con on Sunday of the HOTTEST WEEKEND in Bay Area HISTORY! But actually I went on Sunday when it was cooler. Disclaimer: Some pictures, but not too many, and no pictures of cosplay hotties. Started with breakfast of champions - egg scramble with spinach, Parmesan, and hummus. Drove to Daly City to take the BART, because who the eff drives into SF on a long weekend? Too many tourists, police, and parking is hella expensive. BART parking is free, and it was $6.50 both ways. Parking in the City would have been minimum $30 for the day. Probably adds about a half hour to my commute for the day, but saves stress and money. As always, weird art in the City... Didn't have a ticket, so I bought the Sunday ticket at the door, which was cheaper than online which had tax and fees. So that was good. The con was really well structured, spacious aisles, good layout, a ton of great art and comic based stuff. Lot of kids, a surprisingly high amount of people in wheelchairs or on crutches, and everyone was super nice and helpful. I really enjoyed it. A really professional con, very well done. Not too many comic dealers as a percentage of total vendors, but I thought prices were ok on the average, and I think the comic sellers generally did well. The next post will have some random pics, then I'll post a few short stories. TheRealVenom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 They had a cool arcade with classic games set up. GREAT idea. Celebrities: The celebs didn't seem too awesome, except Summer Glau and Sean Astin. But the lines were long throughout the day surprisingly. https://s5.postimg.org/4i8za7el3/IMG_8857.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Boy Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, revat said: Drove to Daly City to take the BART, because who the eff drives into SF on a long weekend? Too many tourists, police, and parking is hella expensive. BART parking is free, and it was $6.50 both ways. Parking in the City would have been minimum $30 for the day. Probably adds about a half hour to my commute for the day, but saves stress and money. Good to know something about the BART system. I had seen by information few times but not seen how it looks in picture. And thanks for the prices on both ways, at least I now know. You are right what you said about too many tourists. I was one of them when I visited SF with a friend there ... I think about 20 years ago? Parking prices were not too bad, but traffic was bit too much. Had visited the Rock and had great time looking around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 My favorite Cosplay I saw, Warriors Boba Fett Honorable Mention: No pictures, but there was a Black Panther and Snot Girl couple walking around that was really really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) Lot of great artists, lots of them doing commissions, obviously. But if you get the chance, you MUST check out Clayton Crain. His work is amazing. He does all the Carnage comics, and that really epic Xforce run from a few years back. Edited September 4, 2017 by revat TheRealVenom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 Bought a few 2nd prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 SF Hipster lunch at Tea Place next door Smoked Salmon with poached eggs, sauerkraut and brown rice. Matcha tea shake not pictured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 Harley Yee pics. Not a huge amount. He and Bunky had the best high quality stuff. House of Comics had a TON of great golden age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCohen Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I have to say I was somewhat disappointed in the lack of comic selling booths. I agree Bunky Brian and Harley Yee had the best by far but I felt like I just kept visiting the same 6 booths with books for sale. Are true comic conventions that mainly sell books dying on the vine while the industry explodes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 17 minutes ago, AJCohen said: I have to say I was somewhat disappointed in the lack of comic selling booths. I agree Bunky Brian and Harley Yee had the best by far but I felt like I just kept visiting the same 6 booths with books for sale. Are true comic conventions that mainly sell books dying on the vine while the industry explodes? Yah same booths over and over for comics but the comic related trinkets and stuff was really really good. So many creative people i should have taken more pictures of that stuff. SF is a very artistic area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCohen Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I do agree with the art and artists. I love the large framed character pieces by the artist couple from Cuba. Also some of the costumes were incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 1 hour ago, revat said: SF Hipster lunch at Tea Place next door Smoked Salmon with poached eggs, sauerkraut and brown rice. Matcha tea shake not pictured. Were you being punished for something? F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Long Beach show was the same weekend as this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Thanks for the report! Sounds similar to the Long Beach show. Odd the Bunkys went up north. Good for you guys though. Harley was actually in Canada. Almost a mirror image down south. Check my "Son of 50 year junk obsession"over in GA for my LB report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 2 hours ago, wombat said: 3 hours ago, revat said: Were you being punished for something? Its California. I have no issue with the food, my regret is not getting avocado. ygogolak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 And now, a word about Bill Sienkewicz (sp?). He's very gregarious and sociable, and I literally saw him become facebook friends with not one but two strangers in front of me in line. And there were only two people in line in front of me. The first guy was making Bill S. watch his son do skateboarding videos on youtube, and then they had an extended discussion about volleyball. Then things got interesting: There was a girl waiting quietly, mid-20's brown hair, wearing a beanie. Petite and cute in a mousy way. Bill S motions to me, I motion to the girl saying she's next in line. She walks up and says "I'm back, and I brought the girls" and sticks out her chest and points directly to her chest, she was wearing a black tshirt. Bill S leans forward and peers directly at the 'girls'. I'm a little confused and uncomfortable for a second, and then the girl starts pointing at her chest and talking. And she's naming various women's names while pointing. I'm trying to be polite and not look, and she says "Amara, Rahne, other names I don't recognize, Dani Moonstar, etc." It triggers to be then I look, and its ALL THE FEMALE NEW MUTANTS pictured and printed on her tshirt. Anyways, I had him sign a few comics, including my Swedish Moon Knight comic. He was not impressed. We are not facebook friends. badback83, F For Fake, Ssantoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Enjoyed the report, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 So Josh Middleton had a ton of people at his booth all day, so I thought he was really popular (which he should be), but it turns out is just friendly and talks to everyone. The guy in front of me in line (older Japanese dude, I suspect possibly a boardie), OWNED quite a few of Josh Middleton's covers. I brought just 3 comics to get signed by Josh, and he owned TWO of them. So as I brought out this comic, Josh cringed and tried to push it away. He apparently did not like it, as it was his first cover done for Marvel. It brought up how he started at Marvel and why he left Marvel, and his mutual respect for Ryan Sook (who was supposed to be there but doesn't do conventions on Sunday for religious reasons). This stories are part of the reason I go to cons to interact with creators. TheRealVenom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Probably my personal favorite of the artists there Mark Brooks. I bought a couple sketch books, he had a bunch sweet prints too. And his portfolio was also a drawing of his wife, who was there helping them. They were all very nice. Mark Brooks has been consistently putting out my favorite marvel covers for the past 5 years, and does it with good volume too. The pic below is from the sketch book, if you want to see more, you gotta buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Every time I see Alex Nino, he's talking real technical art with someone. If you really want to learn about it, you should see whats up and read his books too. There's not that many people who can come with comic art like this. Which leads me to the print I bought....BOOM Big.Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
