All nerded out..
Went to this yesterday: www.londonexpo.com
Got all the stuff I wanted signed which was good:
- some comics by American superstar artist Adam Hughes (he's best known as a "cheesecake" artist - go to www.justsayah.com to check out his stuff)
- 4 "Hitman" comics starring Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner, of course) by artist John McCrea
- some comics by legendary artist Brian Bolland, including the new massive "Art of Brian Bolland" which is a great autobiography his life and work over the last 30 years. Mr Bolland is very quiet and polite, but took an exceptionally (and frustrating) long time to sign people's comics/books etc, and when people were asking him for a quick sketch, he was far from quick. I eventually had to give up queuing and come back later in the afternoon, as I had to go to the "Hot Fuzz" presentation!
- What is "Hot Fuzz" you ask? No, it's not a rude after effect of having a hot curry, it's a new movie (http://www.jointhefuzz.com/hotfuzz/index.html) by the guys who did "Shaun of the Dead", and they did a special presentation at the con, as well as a signing which was a bit of mad stampede, and I had to keep some rude German guy and his mother (who brings their mother to a nerd convetion??) from pushing in front of me in the queue! Nien! Anyway, I got a "Hot Fuzz" promo flyer and a "Shaun of the Dead" graphic novel signed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Last year we watched SOTD at Xmas, and it was a hoot, and recently I've watched both series of "Spaced" which was very clever too, so I'm pretty sure this movie will be pretty funny too.
The con itself was quite a spectacle, with video games, stands selling all manner of bizarre stuff (including Japanese potato snacks), people playing card games, dancing on those stpid dance machines and down the back there was even a robot wars style set-up! (The robots weren't doing any serious battling though, just playing football, which was excting for like 30 seconds.) The one thing that really stood out, is the strong influence of Japanese animation and comics on the kids/teens that attended. A lot of them dressed up as obscure characters that I had no idea who or what they were meant to be, and if I was the parents of some of those teenage girls there, I would be a little concerned with what they were wearing, or the lack of what they were wearing!
However, after being there from 10.30am till about 4.30pm, and enduring the nerds and queues, I'm getting a bit fed up with these signings and conventions. I guess going to these things by yourself makes them a bit dull, but at the same time I don't think I would want to drag an unwitting participant along (like my wife), as there really isn't that much to do there except spend money on more crap and stand in queues. I do have a nice growing collection of signed comics/books though, which I guess is one consolation. I think I need to spend more time doing my own comic instead of standing in queues...
Got all the stuff I wanted signed which was good:
- some comics by American superstar artist Adam Hughes (he's best known as a "cheesecake" artist - go to www.justsayah.com to check out his stuff)
- 4 "Hitman" comics starring Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner, of course) by artist John McCrea
- some comics by legendary artist Brian Bolland, including the new massive "Art of Brian Bolland" which is a great autobiography his life and work over the last 30 years. Mr Bolland is very quiet and polite, but took an exceptionally (and frustrating) long time to sign people's comics/books etc, and when people were asking him for a quick sketch, he was far from quick. I eventually had to give up queuing and come back later in the afternoon, as I had to go to the "Hot Fuzz" presentation!
- What is "Hot Fuzz" you ask? No, it's not a rude after effect of having a hot curry, it's a new movie (http://www.jointhefuzz.com/hotfuzz/index.html) by the guys who did "Shaun of the Dead", and they did a special presentation at the con, as well as a signing which was a bit of mad stampede, and I had to keep some rude German guy and his mother (who brings their mother to a nerd convetion??) from pushing in front of me in the queue! Nien! Anyway, I got a "Hot Fuzz" promo flyer and a "Shaun of the Dead" graphic novel signed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Last year we watched SOTD at Xmas, and it was a hoot, and recently I've watched both series of "Spaced" which was very clever too, so I'm pretty sure this movie will be pretty funny too.
The con itself was quite a spectacle, with video games, stands selling all manner of bizarre stuff (including Japanese potato snacks), people playing card games, dancing on those stpid dance machines and down the back there was even a robot wars style set-up! (The robots weren't doing any serious battling though, just playing football, which was excting for like 30 seconds.) The one thing that really stood out, is the strong influence of Japanese animation and comics on the kids/teens that attended. A lot of them dressed up as obscure characters that I had no idea who or what they were meant to be, and if I was the parents of some of those teenage girls there, I would be a little concerned with what they were wearing, or the lack of what they were wearing!
However, after being there from 10.30am till about 4.30pm, and enduring the nerds and queues, I'm getting a bit fed up with these signings and conventions. I guess going to these things by yourself makes them a bit dull, but at the same time I don't think I would want to drag an unwitting participant along (like my wife), as there really isn't that much to do there except spend money on more crap and stand in queues. I do have a nice growing collection of signed comics/books though, which I guess is one consolation. I think I need to spend more time doing my own comic instead of standing in queues...
posted by U2J at 10:25 am
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