My C2E2 Collection ( or what I'll be reading this summer)

In my last blog I posted about all the books I ended up picking up at C2E2,
some of these books I've had never read before and some I wanted to have as part of my collection.

I picked up a total of 17 books total ranging from several different companies and different genres.
I only have read some of the books both recently and before

My adventure at the Chicago Comic-Con

This past month was Chicago Comic-con and it was amazing.
When I first heard that some of the major comic companies were not going to be there I was a bit upset, but once you step on the floor ans especially walk over to the artist alley you realized that this was going to be an incredible experience.

I was able to say hello to a lot of the greats in the comic industries and a lot of the up and coming artists without having to wait in long lines or go to panels.

this is my experience;



This is the First and probably the best thing I got at Artist Alley, it is a watercolor sketch from Francis Manapul artist of DC Comics' Adventure Comics.



Took my Queen and Country: The Definitely Edition Vol. 3 to get it signed by the Incredible Mike Norton & Chris Samnee which I did.



First by Mike Norton,



Then by Chris Samnee which actually drew a Tara Chase sketch in the book,
So amazing.



I also ended up buying Chris Samnee's sketchbook which is simply beautiful.



I also took my Scapled. vol 1 hoping to get it autograph by one of my New favorite Writers, Jason Aaron.



Which I Did, thanks Jason.


One of the best thing about the Con was going and just saying Hello to all of my favorite creators in the industry like . . .

Christina Strain (colorist extraordinaire)






Skottie Young (artist on Marvel's Wonderful Wizard of Oz)




Chris Samnee (artist on DC Comics' The Mighty)




And last but not least, all the great deals on all the book I bought were amazing.



The list of book I bought are as follows;

Sin City Vol. 1 & Vol. 7 (to finish my collection)

Northlanders Vol. 2 (vol. 2 of an amazing series of stories dealing with Vikings)

Myspace's Dark Horse Presents Vol. 1

The Losers Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 (finally read the first volume can't wait to read the rest)

Marvel's Eternals (been meaning to buy this for a while)

New Avengers: Illuminati (read the individual issues but wanted the HC)

Spider-man: Death of the Stacys (a classic)

Captain America: the Chosen (an excellent out of continuity Captain America Story)

X-men: Magneto Testament (A never before look at Magneto origin as a Jew in WWII)

Batman: Detective 27 (an elseworld tale about a detective in the 1920's)

The Nobody (Jeff Lemire's magnificent book loosely based on the Invincible Man)

The Clockwork girl

Legion of Monsters (a collection of new and old stories featuring classic Horror characters)


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Chicago Comic-con 09' (or how I big of a geek I am)

Comic book Convention is in full effect by the time it hits Chicago in August,But with me living in Chicago it is something that I always look forward to.
So excited to have all these creators coming to Wizardworld Chicago or how it is now called Chicago Comic-con (going back to the name that it had before Wizard purchased them in 1997.)

The list of creators is not as big as previous years, but I really look forward to meeting or even getting a sketch from any of these creators.
(I especially will be hounding Jim Cheung, Mike Choi and Freddie E.Williams II for sketches and find Jason Aaron & Dan Slott and bow to their greatness)

Mark Millar - Guest of Honor
(Kick-Ass, Fantastic Four & Wolverine Writer)

Jason Aaron - Special Guest
Scalped, Ghost Rider, upcoming Wolverine: Weapon X writer)

George Pérez - Special Guest
(Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds artist)
*Courtesy of the Hero Initiative

JG Jones - Special Guest
(Final Crisis Artist)

Brian Azzarello - Special Guest
(100 Bullets, The Joker writer)

Mitch Breitweiser - Special Guest
(Captain America: Theatre of War, Uncanny X-Men Annual artist)

Jim Cheung - Special Guest
(Secret Warriors cover artist, New Avengers, New Avengers:Illuminati artist)

Frank Cho - Special Guest
(Hulk, Jungle Girl artist)

Dan Slott - Special Guest
(Amazing Spider-Man, Mighty Avengers writer)

Craig Rousseau - Special Guest
(Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Perhapanauts artist)

Mike Norton - Special Guest
(Green Arrow/Black Canary, Trinity artist)

Mike Choi- Special Guest
(X-force, Uncanny X-men, X-23 artist)

Shane Davis- Special Guest
(Green Lantern, Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lantern artist)

Mike Mckone - Special Guest
(Deadpool, Punisher & Amazing Spider-man Artist)

Sean Mckeever- Special Guest
(Teen Titans, Terror Titans Writer)

Matt Wagner- Special Guest
(Zorro writer)

Billy Tan- Special Guest
(New Avengers Artist)

Mark Texeira- Special Guest
(Moon Knight Artist)

Freddie E.Williams II- Special Guest
(Robin Artist)

Michael Golden- Special Guest
(Cover Artist Extraordinaire)

AND MANY MORE...

The Show starts August 6-9, 2009 @ Donald E. Stephens Convention Center hope you can make it and have as much fun as I will be.

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WW Chicago: a Convention, a remembrance and a couple of signatures.

Wizard world Chicago was this past weekend and as always we had a great time,
three days of enjoyment from the world of comics.



Everyone that went with me each had a special moment at the convention, either was meeting one of their favorite creators or getting a awesome sketch by someone famous or even getting a great deal on merchandise.

Before any of that i would like to say something on a sad note,
The convention was saddened on Saturday when the news was announce on the passing of Michael Turner (Aspen founder & Comic Artist),
Michael Turner (age 37) died on Friday night after an 8 year battle with cancer.



I have met Michael Turner several times at past conventions and he was a great person, he was never too tired to say hello or to give a sketch,
he was a wonderful human being and will be missed by his many fans and friends.

This year we were a smaller group that previous years, with some of our friends not being able to either have time go or afford to make it, and one who decided to go to Disney world instead
(your loss, Louie).


My girlfriend Elaine and I Stood in line most of the weekend to get autographs from some of my all-time favorite creators like Brian Michael Bendis, C B Cebulski and Skottie Young.



I was able to get Greg Rucka's (Queen & Country, Checkmate) autograph



and David Petersen's autographs (both on the book and on the figurines of Mouse Guard)



My Brother Tony was able to complete some of his Comic book runs like fantastic four and Exiles



My sister Nancy was around getting anyone and everyone to sketch in her sketchbook with the grand prize being a sketch of Runaways' Molly punching Wolverine by Humberto Ramos



Not to mention all the books I bought and the Awesome Spider-man and batman figures i got .



Overall this was a fantastic weekend a little sad to see a great artist pass away before his time,
but we will continue to enjoy his work and the work of many others to come.
Next year Wizard World Chicago will be in August 6-9, 2009
hope to see many more people there.

Wizard World Chicago. . . .Here I Come.

For those who don't know I'm a Huge Comic Fanboy,
("fanboy is a term used to describe an individual who is devoted to a single subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession." according to wikipedia.)
and every year since 1997, Wizard Entertainment has been hosts to four annual comic book conventions in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Texas.

I have been going since '99 or 2000 and Every year I look more and more forward to it and with most of my friends now reading comics, it has become a big group outing that everyone enjoys.

This year the Convention is in June (june 26-29) instead of late July or early August like previous years, this was done to keep up with having to be so close in dates with San Diego Comic-Con.

The Guest list looks to be very promising with many creators coming for the first time or back again after many years away.

Wizard world Chicago 2008

Guest of Honor

Warren Ellis (Thunderbolts, Astonishing X-men, etc)


Celebrities

Missy Peregrym (Actress – “reaper” Stick it”)

George “The Animal” Steele

Iron Sheik

Honky Tonk Man


Special Guests

Brian Michael Bendis (New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Powers, ult. Spiderman and Secret Invasion)

Alex Ross (Justice, Avengers/Invaders, Earth X, Kingdom Come)


Comic Creators

Mike Choi – X-men artist

Tony Daniel – Batman artist

Shane Davis – Superman/Batman artist

Adi Granov – Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas artist

Geoff Johns – Green Lantern, Action Comics writer

Alex Maleev – Daredevil: End of Days artist

Marc Silvestri – X-men: Messiah Complex artist, Top Cow Founder

Gail Simone – Bird of Prey, Wonder Woman writer

Arthur Suydam – Marvel Zombies cover artist

Brian Azzarello – 100 bullets, Batman: Gotham Knights writer

Art Baltazar – tiny titans artist

Joe Benitez – Batman, JLA artist

Alan Burnett – Batman: Gotham Knights writer

Mitch Breitweiser – Captain America: The Chosen artist

Jim Calafiore – Gotham: Underground artist

J Scott Campbell – Spider-man artist

C.B. Cebulski – The Loners, Marvel Fairy Tales writer

Olivier Coipel – Thor artist

David Finch – New Avengers artist

Brian J.L.Glass – Mice Templar writer

Greg Horn – Cover artist

Aaron Lopresti – Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel artist

David Mack – Kabuki artist/writer

Sean Mckeever – Teen Titans writer

Angel Medina – Spider-man Artist

Mike Norton – Green Arrow/Black Canary artist

Mike Perkins - Captain America artist

Humberto Ramos – Uncanny X-men, Runaways artist

Brian Reed – Avengers: Illuminati, Ms Marvel writer

Greg Rucka – Queen & Country, Whiteout, Batman Writer

Billy Tan – Uncanny X-Men Artist

Bruce Timm – Batman: the Animated Series creator

Ethan Van Sciver – Green Lantern artist

Freddie Williams II – Flash, Robin artist

And Many More...

The creators that I most look forward to seeing/meeting are Brian Bendis, Greg Rucka, Humberto ramos and Alex Maleev.

I Can't Wait For the Con to get here and if you go this year,
look for me I will be the one with a huge stack of books in my arms
and a huge smile on my face.