JUST GOT BACK FROM THE NEW YORK COMIC-CON. IT’S A GREAT SHOW BUT IS VERY TIRING. SO BIG AND SO MUCH WALKING AND SO MANY PEOPLE! TAKES A WHILE TO GET USED TO THE NEW YORK SPEED OF WALKING, TOO! I POSTED A PHOTO ALBUM IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT.

I GOT TO SEE BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY WHO WAS SWAMPED FOR MOST OF THE SHOW. LINE-UPS WRAPPED AROUND THE ONI BOOTH WITH EAGER FANS CLUTCHING THE NEW VOLUME OF SCOTT PILGRIM. WORK ON THE SCOTT PILGRIM MOVIE IS SET TO BEGIN SOON IN TORONTO. MAL SAYS HI TO ALL THE FOLKS IN HALIFAX. HE MISSES THE PLACE, BUT NOT THE COLD! I ALSO GOT TO TALK TO NEAL ADAMS, BOB LAYTON, CLIFF CHIANG, AMANDA CONNER, JASON AARON, BRIAN WOOD, JIM LEE, JIM STERANKO, JOHN ROMITA JR., CHRIS GIARRUSO, ART BALTAZAR, JIM CHEUNG, JIM STARLIN, DAVID LLOYD, …AND I CAN’T EVEN RECALL THEM ALL. I HOPE I DIDN’T BABBLE TOO MUCH. IT WAS VERY COOL TO RUN INTO NIC KLEIN. HE’S THE COVER ARTIST ON NEW WARRIORS AND IS DOING THE UPCOMING VIKING SERIES FOR MARVEL. NIC LIVES IN GERMANY BUT USED TO LIVE IN FREDERICTON AND HALIFAX AS A TEENAGER WHERE HE BOUGHT COMICS AT STRANGE ADVENTURES! IT’S AMAZING TO SEE SOMEONE MAKE THEIR DREAMS OF WORKING IN COMICS COME TRUE. NIC’S A VERY TALENTED ARTIST AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF HIS WORK HERE.

AND IF YOU’RE AN ORIGINAL ART FAN OR COLLECTOR, THERE WERE INCREDIBLE PAGES FOR SALE. KIRBY, KANE, EISNER AND MORE. ALL WAY OUT OF MY BUDGET. A PAIR OF WATCHMEN PAGES WERE AVAILABLE….HOW MUCH? ONLY EIGHTEEN THOUSAND. STACKS OF SILVER AND GOLDEN AGE COMICS AS WELL. I BOUGHT A SMALL PILE OF NICE OLD COMICS, SOME AMAZING SPIDER-MANS, ALL-STAR COMICS, BATMAN AND MORE. ONCE I FINISH READING THEM TO ENSURE ALL THE PICTURES ARE THERE, I’LL HAVE THEM AT THE HALIFAX SHOP.

THE 2010 NYCC IS IN OCTOBER AS THEY ARE STARTING A CHICAGO SHOW THAT WILL BE IN THE SPRING. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE NYCC, VERY WELL-ORGANIZED AND AN AMAZING ARRAY OF GUESTS AND EXHIBITORS. IF NEW YORK OR CHICAGO IS TOO FAR, THERE IS ALSO THE VERY COOL TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL HAPPENING IN MID-MAY. MANY CARTOONISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ATTEND THIS EVENT. CHECK THE TCAF WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO.