And Chicago Con is in the books. This is the last one they're having in August -- next year they're going to the last weekend in June, which may make it easier for people to get there. The gamers (like me) have trouble doing this and Gen Con, which is usually the week after -- and of course the comics folk (also like me) are usually dead from San Diego in late July. So June seems like a good compromise move for everyone.
I did signings at the Dark Horse booth -- thanks, guys, for the hospitality -- and got to hang out with friends old and new. I chatted with Jim Johnson, Bill Baker, Mark Sparacio, John Kovalic, and Paul Storrie, among many others -- and this time I met Michael Golden, Jim Calafiore, and Alex Saviuk (the latter who accompanied Jim, Mark, and I on the trip to Fado's Pub downtown, below -- a trip that the Chicago Transit Authority seemed never to want to let end.)
David Campiti was there, whose Glass House Graphics has brought us the art of Knights #17-20, through Harvey Tolibao and Bong Dazo. And Jim Pavelec had his new art book, Hell Beasts, from Impact.
I also finally met Mark McKenna, who got us out of a jam years ago by inking Crimson Dynamo #3 on a tight deadline!
Oh, yeah -- photos. Revan dropped by the Dark Horse booth to get ready for his close-up...
Thanks to Matthew Vanderkin for the Revan photos!
Then there's the crowd from Fajo's. That's Saviuk on the far right, Sparacio at center, and me and Jim Johnson to either side.
Sparacio, below, you may know from his comics work or from his many covers for Comics Buyer's Guide. Whose editor, Maggie Thompson, I drove to and from the show, now that I mention it. Mark shows off a Black Cat sketch he did, below...
Thanks to Jim Johnson for his photos from the show. You can catch his more inclusive report here.
Thanks as well to everyone who dropped by!