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Post by paulie on Sept 17, 2014 15:14:07 GMT -5
Went to Granite Con in Manchester, new Hampshire yesterday. They didn't have many well known artists, and by that I mean there weren't any. I dug deep into the vault, though, and found two comics for Gary Kwapisz to sign. No pictures at the moment, but I had him sign Conan the Barbarian #154 and Savage Sword of Conan #126. He told me the SSoC issue was his favorite ever, because he plotted the story. He wasn't happy that Marvel hired someone else (Larry Yakata) to do the scripting, as he thought it was just mediocre and he could have done better himself. He was a pretty jocular guy. He also told me that he didn't like being inked by Ernie Chan. He didn't like Chan personally or professionally, because he had caught Chan one time at a show erasing his pencils and redrawing the stuff himself. So after that, he only wanted to work with Chan if he was just giving Chan layouts, because he didn't want to waste his time with full pencils if Chan was just going to erase them. Additionally, he said that he really liked working with Chuck Dixon, but he thought that the stories that came out after he (Gary) left the book - and stopped co-plotting the stories - were bad. He envisioned Conan was a Western, with Conan being a Clint Eastwood type, and thought that the stories after he left the book were too simple, too mindless barbarian caveman violence in tone. It was certainly interesting! It's always cool to hear the creators talk about the books, but you don't often talk to someone so willing to air it out like that. Not that he was being mean about it, he just had strong creative opinions about Savage Sword and wasn't shy about sharing them. This is very enlightening. It is kind of the opposite of Vince Colletta. And it makes a lot of sense because like Tom Palmer Chan pretty much swallowed pencillers whole. Ernie probably needed someone to tell the story for him. I always liked his pencils but the issues he provided artwork on always seemed more dynamic when laid out by John Buscema or... Gary Kawpisz.
And he was right about Chuck Dixon too and half of the writers who wrote Conan after Roy Thomas left. A straight action hero with no nuance and no trace of REH to be found.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2014 20:03:31 GMT -5
Well I over the years a few comic I bought with out known they were signed . A conan the barbarian issue 9 was sighed by Roy Thomas on front page. Jon Sable issue 1 to 12 were signed on front page by Mike Grell . Recently I have Gotten Neil Adams to sign a copy of Iron Jaw # 1 ( never again will I get Neil To sign a comic). Cary Nord to sign # 0 of Conan . Richard Comely to sign # 1 Captain Canuck and Captain Canuck legacy 1 a 1b . Christos Cage signed a couple of Absolution fcbd issues . I bought a micronauts 2002 convention special from Mile high that was signed . More recently I have been getting local artist comics signed Mask of the Gargoyle signed by Dario Carrasco Jr , Max Henriquez , Reid Fisher and Jeff Macneir all signed it . As well as the poster . Fight comic issue 1 and 2 signed by Jason Mehmel . A excellent book to read 2 issue Cover done by Fiona Staples . Finally a comic called Futility issue 1 and 2 signed by Cam Hayden , and the rest of the crew R/H20 and Nam !
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Post by dupersuper on Sept 17, 2014 20:20:36 GMT -5
When I was living in a different city several years back, my LCS had a contest there for all their bag-holders of which I was completely unaware. I got a nice surprise 1 Wednesday when there was a copy of Superman: The Wedding Album signed by Joe Rubenstien waiting for me. It even had the John Byrne cover I didn't have (I got the one with the white cover).
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Post by paulie on Sept 18, 2014 8:59:10 GMT -5
Well I over the years a few comic I bought with out known they were signed . A conan the barbarian issue 9 was sighed by Roy Thomas on front page. Jon Sable issue 1 to 12 were signed on front page by Mike Grell . Recently I have Gotten Neil Adams to sign a copy of Iron Jaw # 1 ( never again will I get Neil To sign a comic). Cary Nord to sign # 0 of Conan . Richard Comely to sign # 1 Captain Canuck and Captain Canuck legacy 1 a 1b . Christos Cage signed a couple of Absolution fcbd issues . I bought a micronauts 2002 convention special from Mile high that was signed . More recently I have been getting local artist comics signed Mask of the Gargoyle signed by Dario Carrasco Jr , Max Henriquez , Reid Fisher and Jeff Macneir all signed it . As well as the poster . Fight comic issue 1 and 2 signed by Jason Mehmel . A excellent book to read 2 issue Cover done by Fiona Staples . Finally a comic called Futility issue 1 and 2 signed by Cam Hayden , and the rest of the crew R/H20 and Nam ! Neal signed my X-Men omnibus at the beginning of the summer. He was quite the charmer, shook my hand, and posed for a photo. But I've heard horror stories. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 19:05:50 GMT -5
It was the first time I had asked any artist for a signature and did not get any for a few years later . A few other people had the same reception I got at the same show . I quess he had a off day . I know we all do . But when it cost so much to go to a show and have that happen it kinda ruin the morning . Had planned on getting Neil to sign a few other comics but ended up just getting one done payed for it and walked away from artist lane . Glad to here you had a better time paulie .
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 18, 2014 19:55:10 GMT -5
I refuse to pay for an autograph. It would ruin the experience for me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 14:09:17 GMT -5
Yah that was the only time I have paid and never again
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Post by JKCarrier on Sept 21, 2014 1:19:49 GMT -5
A few years back, at a Wizard Chicago show, I was digging through back issue boxes and found a copy of "A Night in a Moorish Harem", an erotic graphic novel where different artists drew each chapter. One of the artists, Colleen Doran, was a guest at the show. I've gotten to know Colleen a little bit from various shows and chatting on the internet, and I knew she was a little embarrassed about having worked on this book, so I thought it would be funny to get her to sign it. Sure enough, as soon as she saw it, she gasped in mock horror, "Oh no, you found my porno comic!". She signed the cover "To Kevin - Wish You Were Here", right across the heroine's bosom.  |
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 2, 2015 16:53:40 GMT -5
Another year, another batch of signatures. I'll have some photos and stories soon. First, though, here's the latest update on my Archie artist jam piece, which features Archie artists drawing the Archie gang as the cast of Ed Brubaker's Captain America. The latest addition is Cheryl Blossom as The Black Widow, as drawn by Jughead and Squirrel Girl artist Erica Henderson:  |
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 5, 2015 17:19:26 GMT -5
I don't have as many stories this time around, as I wasn't in a particularly talkative mood. But I did meet some cool creators and get some cool books signed at Boston last weekend, so here's what I have. Of course, the big one was Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. I pretty much couldn't narrow it down, so I ended up bringing 8 comics for him to sign instead of my usual 2. I had heard that he didn't ask payment, but instead would ask for a donation to charity. In fact, he didn't do that either, so no money was exchanged at all. Nor were many words; he was in the middle of drawing something, and while he was exceptionally polite, I didn't want to distract him any more than I was already doing. I shook his hand and thanked him for his work and his signature, and went on my way. Sadly, nobody else was at his table. That always gets me irritated, even though it certainly speeds things up for me. C'mon, people, the guy's a living legend! Here's a group shot of the books I got signed, along with a closeup of Wonder Woman #306, which was the runaway favorite in my poll to decide which issues to get signed:   After getting his signature, I went straight to Erica Henderson's booth, which was right around the corner. She is the artist for Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, as well as the upcoming Jughead reboot. I commissioned her to draw a figure on my Archie artist jam piece, which I already showed, and also told her how awesome Squirrel Girl is. She mentioned that she is currently halfway through pencilling Jughead #1, which makes me wonder if they're going to meet their September publication date. But here's hoping. Also, here's what I got signed by her:  My next stop was Frank Brunner. Here I had to wait in one of my only lines of the day, though it was just one guy who was looking at some really excellent pencil commissions. When he finally got done, I also let another guy cut in front of me - who turned out to be Andrew Pepoy, on a mission to laud Brunner for being so awesome, a sentiment I approve of. Once Pepoy had left, I got my books signed; Brunner's deal is that the first signature is free, and anything above that is $5. Seems fair to me; Mike Grell did the same thing when I saw him. The books:  From there I went over to Andrew Pepoy's table and had him sign several of his awesome Archie variant covers. I was going to commission him to work on my Archie artist jam piece, but Erica Henderson ended up taking so long that I didn't have time to do it. One thing that was interesting was that Pepoy had a bunch of original art, and when you buy from him, you get your moomey's worth, especially if it's a cover. I've never seen original art so large before. It wasn't the standard original art size; it was maybe another 40% larger. It was huge. I got to see the original cover for Archie vs. Predator #4 about as big as a poster. Pretty awesome:  More to come! |
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 6, 2015 12:10:54 GMT -5
The one person I had an extended conversation with was Rat Queens writer Kurtis J. Wiebe. I'm a big fan of Rat Queens, and wore my Rat Queens shirt to the con; there aren't a lot of these around, as they are made and sold by Wiebe's wife through their website, so I wanted to show it off. Kurtis was pleased to see it and took a photo of me to show his wife. I spent some time talking to Kurtis and the artist next to him about charging money for signatures; the other guy had paid $10 for a Steranko sig, wheras just a few years ago I was still able to get it for free. At Boston this year, Stan Lee was charging $100 for an autograph; 26 years ago I met him at a Boston show and got his signature for free. I don't begrudge anyone charging, but Kurtis thought it was a pretty weird trend. I had him sign the Image What's Next freebie which contains the first appearance of the Rat Queens, as well as Rat Queens #1 and 2:  Next up was Amy Reeder. She was pleased with my choice of Madame Xanadu #1 and #10, as they are thematically similar covers, both featuring a big X in the design. She told me that the creative team has specific places they sign these covers, and that if I track down the others, they will fill in their names in the appropriate places; she always signs on the right side, while Matt Wagner signs on the left. Who knows if I will ever meet the others, but it's pretty cool:  Weirdly enough, the longest line I stood in for any creator at the show was actually Dan Panosian. I think there was that one guy at the front who was monopolizing everything and just would not cede his spot to anyone else, so there was a backup. I ended up leaving and coming back later when there wasn't a logjam. Dan seemed a bit nonplussed when I handed him Avengers Annual #21, probably because it sucks to high heaven and nobody else would dream of wanting it signed. When I gave him the Captain America #400 to sign, he spoke some about penciller Rik Levins, who died very young; the guy sharing his booth had never even heard of Rik, which is a shame.  Finally, I don't really have any stories about these. Dan Parent is on the right; I've met him several times before and gotten things signed, so there wasn't much to talk about here, though I meant to ask him about his choice of background characters for this piece given that most of them don't have anything to do with Jughead. On the left is Yanick Paquette.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 21:00:36 GMT -5
This one started it of for me when my personal comic collection crossed about 250 books back in the late 90s.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 21:34:58 GMT -5
not my copy. . but I don't wanna dig it out to take a pic  (found on Ebay)  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 23:22:19 GMT -5
Here are some of them that I have pics already of... from Gem City Comic Con, Angel Medina signed 2 books for me...  and ...  Howard Chaykin signed this issue of Conan for me, plus a handful of others...  This is one of several I have signed by Mark Waid...  This was one I purchased not realizing it had been signed by Charles Vess...  Mike W. Barr...  more to come... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 23:29:05 GMT -5
by Kyle Hotz...  More Mark Waid...   the latter is signed by Mark twice...once hand signed and once signed using a braille stamp he brought with him to the show... by Daryl Banks...  by Dan Parent, complete with sketch of Sabrina as the Scarlet Witch...  by Kevin Eastman...  I have a bunch more signed on inside first pages and a bunch more signed sketch covers too that I have posted before. I have a few other signed covers too, but no pics of them accessible. -M |
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