Here at the New York Comic Convention, I have a tale of two Stephens.
Stephen Number One:
Got to meet Stephen Colbert. Actually, believe it or not, he wanted to meet me because of his cameo in “Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.” I was at my table in Artist’s Alley when a convention rep showed up and said, “Stephen would like to see you.” In point of fact, Colbert (so I’m told) was perfectly willing to come over to my table at the Alley, but the con folks were concerned about crowd control (and I can’t blame them.) So the mountain happily came to Mohammed and we had a nice chat about kids, science fiction, and comic books.
Stephen Number Two:
One of the major panels at the convention was the Dark Tower panel, attended by the entire DT team and the man himself, Stephen King. The vast majority of questions were for King, which is of course as it should be. How many opportunities, after all, do both comic fans and DT fans have to tell The Man himself what his work means to them or pose questions about his work. For me the best moment was when one fan said that King and I are his two favorite writers and that he’s thrilled that we’re actually working on a project together, and King reached over and we high fived.
In the course of the convention I’ve also had the chance to meet and/or chat with Stan the Man, Nick Brendon, Hayden Panettiere (Heroes Cheerleader), Juliet Landau, George R.R. Martin, James Leary, and a host of comics pros. And there’s been none of the overcrowding fiasco of the previous year. Saturday passed, to the best of my knowledge, without incident, unless one counts the barrage of flashes going off in King’s eyes when he showed up for the panel. I’m amazed he wasn’t blinded by them.
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