Jerry Ordway. I showed him my drawing of AntiMonitor hiking through the mountains. He told me I should do a whole series of the villain doing ordinary things like going to a ballgame catching a ball. I told him it would like a tiny dot in his mitt and he said he would take up the whole stadium.
Klaus Janson. I told him how I like to draw and emulate others especially in shading. I said I even tried Kirby but he was different and he agreed there was no one else like him. He then asked me what artist I liked best and I couldn’t come up with an answer in the spot.
Lee Weeks. Easily the nicest guy there. We talked about the backstory to a story he drew. He looked at my sketches. He then asked my kid if this was the first convention. My child said yes and I said it was mine too. He proceeded to let each of us select a large print each for free! They normally would’ve 20 dollars each. He even signed them!!!
I also met and got autographs from the Marvelous competition but I wanted to showcase DC here.
I thought it was a great amount of famous comic book people and I was surprised to see them all. Not one said no when I asked for a picture with them.
It was not too bad when we arrived but then more people. However when we left it was more crowded in the main section where they were selling stuff. Artist alley was pretty clear and the TV movie section cleared out by afternoon
Dreams do come true. You must have had a great time. Good for you! And I am jealous of you for getting to meet Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway and Jim Starlin. Three of my all-time favorite creators. WOW!!!
