First off. I apologize for my lack of reporting back on the Long beach Comic Con.

Now on to the Con. It was FANTASTIC! I wish all of you who couldn't make it were there. It was manageable, personable, everyone was in a good mood, AND it didn't smell so bad.

I got to meet RA Height. His table was next to mine and we hit it off right away. I probably talked his ear off but he was very accomadating to my chattiness. He is a great penciler and I can't wait ot ink a pinup with him. He was also sketching like a madman. He must have done fifty sketches that weekend and they were all awesome.

I also got to meet inker Larry Welch who is a fantastic guy. We also hit it off great and spoke for like an hour before I had to go do a signing. Larry and I have a lot in common as far as our training in inking. We both first learned about inking in the late 80s from Karl Story and King Brian Stelfreeze(though I was only fifteen and not ready to get a gig), and we both asssisted Joe Weems and John Livesay at various times.
My big ego moment came when he knew who I was. No one ever knows who I am!

I didn't get to meet some of the folks I wanted to like Sandra Hope and Scott Williams. I did have a blast hanging at signings with Nelson Blake II, Michael Broussard, Rob Levin, and the rest of my old Top Cow crew.

I highly recommend going next year for all you locals. If you don't support small cons like this then they go away so I hope to see all of you there next year.

I will be posting sketches I did later this week.