Comic Con Weekend is all done.  It was great fun to see some old friends and even bump into some people I hadn’t expected to see there at all.

The dude to your right in the picture above is Marvin.  He’s been a big supporter for several years now, I always enjoy seeing him at Comic Cons and Free Comic Book Day.  Which is coming up on Saturday May 1.  I’ll be at the Silver Snail drawing you awesome pictures.

To the left in that picture is Bobby Lee.  Bobby plays in several bands including La Casa Muerte, who were the headliners of our Electric Christmas Freak-Out this past year.  I’ve also performed with Bobby Lee as the bandleader….

Performance for a Private Birthday Party, February 2008

Marvin and Bobby went to the same high school.  Their lockers were two apart.  And they hadn’t seen each other since, until they were both standing in front of my table at Comic Con.  What a touching reunion.

Bobby came with Brandon, who plays bass for La Casa Muerte.  He’s in the middle of getting a big tattoo on his arm.

It’s a full page from an old Dick Sprang Batman comic book.

Marvin brought a sketchbook (like you do to these sorts of things) and got me to draw Two-Face for him.

I thought this was one of the best quick headsketches I’ve done, so I took a picture of it. And then Marvin flipped a ways back in his sketchbook and showed me this:

I drew The Riddler for him at Free Comic Book Day two years ago. He missed it last year. But this year, it’s on Saturday May 1 at the Silver Snail.

This Batman drawing came out after a couple of LOST enthusiasts were conversing excitedly about the show.

In the middle of the day on Saturday, the fire alarm went off.  The lobby is not happy.  Ken Wheaton said that he heard the firetrucks.  l-r: Zaira, Alana, Jason, Tyrone.  Tyrone’s shirt is Guerilla Printing, my sponsor!)

Thankfully they put the fire out fast and everyone got back in to keep rockin’ Comic Con.  I don’t actually know that there was a fire, but Ken Wheaton says he saw the fire trucks.

I heard from some of the other artists that sales were as good as some of their best convention appearances.  Even with the cold snap and a rainy Sunday, it sounds like the first Wizard World Toronto Comic Con was a success.

Thanks to Paradise for bringing the convention back, and to Wizard for blowing it up.

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