WonderCon 2010 (Easter weekend).....

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:19 am

Good 1st day!

Bought
* White Sinestro (Thanks to Ralph!)
* Dustjackets for the 1st 2 Elephantmen HCs
* Con T-shirt
* couple of cheap Spider-Man HCs
* Exclusive IDW comics (Kill Shakespeare - interview forthcoming, Pantheon #1, Darwyn Cooke with 1st chapter of 2nd Parker book)
* Cursed Pirate Girl #0
* Jason Palmer (FrankCastle) & I both got our picture with Michael Chiklis

Sketches
* Zatanna from Rahsan Ekedal
* Rahsan also did a Rachel Summers on my "Marvel Redheads" jam piece

Talked to pros:
* Jimmy Palmiotti
* Darwyn Cooke
* Greg Rucka
* JT Krul
* Marc Andreyko
* Matt Wagner
* Rahsan Ekedal
* Tom Hutchinson (Penny for your Soul)
* Jeremy Bastain (Cursed Pirate Girl - if you've never check this out, do yourself a favor.....do so)
* Crew behind Kill Shakespeare (interview with them forthcoming in a couple of weeks)
* I'm sure I'm forgetting someone.....it's late.....

Frank Castle · Post by **Frank Castle** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:23 am

What a day, I'm exhausted. I'm up at 5am and ready for some more I guess. I'm sure I'll have more to say later. But meeting up with Bob and meeting Vic Mackey was the highlight for me!!

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:38 am

It was a great day for me. Good friends and lots of shopping. The worst was the one hour wait in the Green Lantern line. The best was the dinner.

I'll have to look for Jeremy Bastian. I have Cursed Pirate Girl #0 & #1 but #2 and #3 never arrived via DCBS. I hear they are out though.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:25 pm

atomic99 wrote: I'll have to look for Jeremy Bastian. I have Cursed Pirate Girl #0 & #1 but #2 and #3 never arrived via DCBS. I hear they are out though.

Jeremy says Diamond never paid them for #2 & they won't ship #3 until they get paid. He says to order via Haven. Talked to Zack Kruse & he talked to Jeremy....... DCBS is going to try to work this out & get the books somehow other than Diamond.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:40 pm

Another great day, though the show floor was "San Diego level crowded". You could barely move in the aisles today......

Hopefully tomorrow (being not only Sunday, but Easter Sunday) should be less crowded & maybe I'll be able to score some deals.

Panels
* Murphy Anderson
* Amanda Connor / Jimmy Palmiotti
-Amanda is just burned out doing a monthly book, which is why she's leaving Power Girl after 12 issues. She'll be doing covers, some one shots, as well as some creator owned stuff.
- After the next year (which already has artists planned out) Amanda will do an issue of Jonah Hex!

Sketches
* Hammerhead by Justin Greenwood
* Man-Wolf by Dave Dwonch
* Red Sonja by Tim Vigil

Bought
* Kubert Sketchbook (Joe/Andy/Adam) autographed by Joe
* Usagi Yojimbo Statue (limited to 350, thanks for showing me this booth to Chris Gallo)
* Nocturnals Alphabet (OOP HC)

Talked to Pros
* Joe Kubert

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:10 am

Your directions were good, Bob. I talked to Jeremy too and bought #2 & #3. I won't cancel my order though. He moved some stuff around on the table and found about 3-4 more of the Nocturals Alphabet books so I bought one.

Crazy day. Yes, this is getting to be like San Diego. I'm sure, if I went Sunday, it will drop back down. Even the level of cosplay jumped up this year. And yes Bob, more pictures of Zatanna to post!!

I showed up an hour early for the Doctor Who presentation and they said the room was already full. WTF?? San Diego all over again. So I had to kill 3 hours before the Masquerade. Then I ran into Trevor who showed up later than me and got in because they cleared the room and then suddenly had more room. Ugh.

Total for parking for two days: $60. That is like three days of parking in San Diego.

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:49 pm

Pictures still coming (I'm downloading now) but here is what I picked up....

TOYS
Marvel Universe Captain America figure
Marvel Universe Bucky figure
Marvel Legends Face-off Captain America and Red Skull two-pack
Marvel Legends Captain America figure (not the large one)
Black Lantern Hal Jordan Graffiti Exclusive figure

ART BOOKS & SKETCHBOOKS
Nocturnal Alphabet by Daniel Brereton
Phil Noto: Trans Am Champions
Under the Ink by Al Severin
Mark Schultz Blue Book Sketchbook
Con Boy sketchbook by Stephanie Roux
Frank Cho: Sketches and Scribbles Book 5
Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea illustrated by Gary Gianni

COMICS
Cursed Pirate Girl #2
Cursed Pirate Girl #3

TRADES (all at Half Off)
Essential Fantastic Four Volume 1
Crisis on the Infinite Earths trade
Spider-man and the Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do trade
Young Avengers: Sidekicks Volume 1
The Goon: Wicked Inclinations
The Goon: A Place of Heartache and Grief
The Goon: Nothin' but Misery
The Goon: Those That is Damned
The Goon Noir

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:44 am

Here is some pics I took from the con. I'll have more and post a link probably tomorrow.

Cosplay...

Terra

Valerie Perez's Zatanna

More Zatanna

Red Robin

Silk Spectre

Punisher

Nightcrawler and Angel

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:46 am

Writer Steve Englehart

Inker Murphy Anderson

DC's Dan Didio

Actor Michael Chiklis

BadDeacon · Post by **BadDeacon** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:58 pm

I had a great Con, much more mellow than last year. It was good to see everyone Friday night at dinner, that was one of the highlights.

It doesn't seem like I bought a lot of stuff, but somehow I spent a ton of money. I guess I have a decent stack of trades and hardcovers, I bought a dozen or so back issues, mostly low grade stuff for my Green Lantern and Doctor Solar runs. The only decent back issue I bought was Conan 24, second appearance (and first cover appearance) of Red Sonja. Great Barry Windsor-Smith cover.

It was great to run in to folks throughout the days, to chat for a few minutes. Good times!

dbm · Post by **dbm** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:45 pm

BobBretall wrote:
atomic99 wrote: I'll have to look for Jeremy Bastian. I have Cursed Pirate Girl #0 & #1 but #2 and #3 never arrived via DCBS. I hear they are out though.
Jeremy says Diamond never paid them for #2 & they won't ship #3 until they get paid. He says to order via Haven. Talked to Zack Kruse & he talked to Jeremy....... DCBS is going to try to work this out & get the books somehow other than Diamond.

Good to hear. I only received #1 from DCBS (2 got canceled, and I don't remember about 3) and I haven't run across Jeremy at a con since then to pick the rest up. Sux when such a good series is so hard to get... if people who are seeking it out can't get it, what hope is there? Hopefully someone puts out a nice oversized HC with good distribution at some point so I can sit and stare at the art for hours.

Oh, and thanks for the coverage -- getting me psyched for C2E2!

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:55 am

More images...

More images here and I'll be adding more all this week....
http://picasaweb.google.com/atomic99/WonderCon2010#

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:50 am

Here's Mark Andreyko & Michael Chiklis with Panthon #1:

Here's Bob & Chiklis:

Frank Castle · Post by **Frank Castle** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:49 am

Vic Mackey!!!!

Thanks Bob!

Frank Castle · Post by **Frank Castle** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:18 pm

Here is my art from Wondercon - http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryNew.asp?GCat=23719

And a few of my favs are: