Day: July 23, 2010

Easing into the convention. Spent most of the morning at the CBLDF board meeting. Ran into Len Wein in the lobby and helped him score a “Human Target” bag (there are about eleven different giveaway bags people receive at the convention) since Len created the character. Had an autographing at the Marvel booth that went well, followed by another autographing at the Boom table with Claudio Sanchez and the artists for his various comic titles.

As always, getting from one end of the convention hall to the next is an exercise in staying focused and not banging into people.

The IDW panel on transforming movies into comics went well, I thought. However the lengthy walk from room 9 to room 30, where the panel on Mythology in comics was being held, convinced me that attending the comic writing panel on Saturday would be futile; by the time I was introduced I’d have to leave in order to get to the “Epic Mickey” panel in time. So I reluctantly tell Andy Schmidt that I won’t be able to make it. He understands; we had no idea there would be that vast a distance between the two.

Run into Richard Hatch, who invites me to a gathering that’s being held by Rochester Electronics to promote “Captain Rochester” (google it and read up on it) and thank the various artists who had worked on a Captain Rochester card set. Reconnect with voice artist Tom Kenney, who was kind enough to call Caroline last year as Spongebob and pretty much raise her entire childhood to a whole new level. Chat with Neal Adams about a proposed project of his (I think it would be inappropriate to go into detail.) Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, retailer Bill Cole, a host of others are there. From there I head to the CBLDF bash over at the Westgate. Very well attended, which is nice to see.

Come back to my hotel and collapse. My knees are fine, but my stamina still isn’t where it needs to be.

PAD