Emerald City ComicCon – Saturday

First day of comic con is over and I’m exhausted. All the joints in my legs, including my hips, ache. Standing in a line for five hours is not fun. It was probably closer to four hours but I’d been standing and walking on a concrete floor since 10am with only small breaks.

However, expect a few new additions to my CAF gallery when I get home.

I didn’t go overboard with the purchases but I did buy this. I’m kicking myself now for not buying another piece that Dustin Nguyen had in his folio but I didn’t want to spend too much money on the first day. I did pretty well, I got seven new pieces today but only spent money on two of them. Not too shabby!

Hhhmm… what else? Well, I talked to some interesting people, got a hug off Matt Wagner, Jimmy Palmotti remembered who I was again and gave me a hug and I hung out with Richard Starkings. (I’m such a name-dropper!) Funny how I managed to squeeze all this in when I was also standing in line for Barry Kitson.

I was stupid. George offered to let me go in front of him for Barry’s list and I said no. Eugh. So dumb! But it was the right thing to do as the Arizona crew had pretty much gone straight to Barry’s table while I’d ambled over to Tim’s. If I’d had any sense I would’ve gone straight to Barry’s and gotten at the top of the list. It doesn’t really matter. I enjoy hanging out at Barry’s table and it’s not like I’m permanently stuck there. Like I said, for someone who was supposed to be standing in a line, I got an awful lot of stuff done. I’ve lined up things for tomorrow (including a sketch from Bruce Timm – finally!!). Right now I’m contemplating whether or not to try for a fast past from Tim. Haven’t decided as yet but I don’t think I’m interested in doing the dash when the doors open.

This evening I had the most wonderful dinner with Tim’s parents. They were gracious enough to invite a very select few over and I was included. His parents are simply fabulous and Roger, Tim’s dad, is a sensational cook. However, I think I horrified him when he told me to make sure I got some green beans he’d prepared to go with the pasta and I said that I can’t stand beans. Such simple food but it was so tasty I went back for seconds and I never do that. The conversation roamed across so many topics – although I’ll admit to getting lost when the discussions about basketball, football, baseball and hockey started.

It was a great evening and I feel honoured to have been included.