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Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
 | Posted: 2/28/2007 8:47:44 AM |
 Now that some of the things I brought back from New York have been unpacked (I’m still waiting for three boxes of material I shipped back), I can begin to post some of the images from this year’s New York Comic-Con.
And, of course, I invite other attendees to do the same.
Posting them as expeditiously as possible, then, I’ll provide a little comment on the three photos that follow. And there will be more to come.
Folks in the trade were a bit nervous Friday, because the general public had begun lining up inside the Javits Center by the time the floor opened to professionals and press. This meant that some of the people waiting to get in as attendees would have been standing in line for six hours. There was, as I say, trepidation regarding just how jammed the exhibit hall would be when the crowd was finally admitted.
Nevertheless, the event went well in that regard, and for many the attendee enthusiasm made up for the crowding.
Richard and Wendy Pini, best known for their decades-long Elfquest comics, were beaming about their upcoming project from go!media Entertainment, a blend of a couple of classic stories with a new twist. It’s not all-ages, they emphasized.
I believe the woman holding the promotional piece of Wendy and Richard’s project is go!media Creative Director Audry Taylor. That’s one of the problems many of us face returning from a show: putting names together with photos. (True confession: After each show there are several photos that are never filed, simply because the photographer involved [yes, sometimes me] can’t recall the name of one or more of the folks in the photo. Ever happen to you?)
Best,
Maggie Thompson |
Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
| Posted: 2/28/2007 9:04:28 AM |
At the Dark Horse booth, I had a chance to talk with Dark Horse Product Development Vice President David Scroggy, who showed me a few of the neat products in the company’s ever-expanding line of collectibles, toys, and more.
Among the dozens and dozens of cool items were the Mutts bookends -- shown here through the glass of the display case. Very neat: They’d be an eye-catcher on any bookshelf, I must say.
Dark Horse Vice President of Publishing Randy Stradley was on hand at the company booth to talk to fans and press, as well as comic-book creators.
Best,
Maggie Thompson |
Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
| Posted: 2/28/2007 9:26:07 AM |
People have spoken on this and other sites about the shiver-inducing wait on Saturday morning, as a throng of people waited patiently outside the Javits Center. I tried to get a photo that conveyed its length -- but to get a really good shot, I’d have had to cross the street or otherwise make my way some distance from the line.
And it was cold.
Speaking of a throng, there were dozens (and dozens) of press people at the show, covering a variety of topics in a variety of ways. As I struggled to keep my new camcorder steady in a number of impromptu recordings (I’m learning; we’ll see how what I’ve done in this regard translates to online content, wobble, wobble), honest-to-goodness news crews were on the floor, getting footage. Shown here: an interview with DC President and Publisher Paul Levitz.
And professionals brought portfolios, samples of work in progress, and the like. The exhibit rooms (and there were four floors of different sorts of venues) were full of comics of past, present, and future. Artist Andrew Pepoy showed a tantalizing view (right portfolio page) that’s some sort of preliminary for a project about which he’d only say it’s not Angel and the Ape.
Best,
Maggie Thompson |
Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
| Posted: 2/28/2007 9:45:40 AM |
Some people I saw there were folks I’d known but hadn’t seen in a while. These included:
Chris Golden. I first met him at a Mid-Ohio-Con some years back -- and here he was again. As ever, the novelist was amiable and entertaining. To be released any day now is his novel The Borderkind, the second book in his fantasy trilogy “The Veil.” And May will see the trade paperback of his four-issue mini-series with Tom Sneigoski and Paul Azaceta: Talent, which has had its rights picked up by Universal Pictures.
Jerry Ordway. The artist-writer was at the DC Comics booth, signing copies of Red Menace and Infinite Crisis.
Dawn and Gary Guzzo. The duo has presided over a growing ad agency in Maine, with their Atomic Studios (founded in 1989) providing “design for print and the Internet.” But their hearts have been with the comics industry. (He used to be Marvel’s director of publicity; she used to be Marvel’s production manager.) Welcome back, folks!
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Maggie Thompson |
Tony Isabella
Posts: 1710
| Posted: 2/28/2007 1:38:20 PM |
What? No photos of scantily-clad booth babes? 
Tony
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Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
| Posted: 3/1/2007 8:59:21 AM |
Sorry, Tony.
Come to think of it, I don't think I saw any scantily clad booth babes. On the other hand, I didn't get to every booth, so maybe they were lurking elsewhere.
I did get to see creators, though.
Alex Saviuk was in Artists Alley.
So was Michael Golden.
And Jim Calafiore.
Best,
Maggie Thompson |
Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
| Posted: 3/1/2007 9:07:34 AM |
Denis Kitchen handed me a great comics item (which I'll review in the next CBG, if my Batches o' Stuff ever make it here): It's one of those little books of postcards. In this case, the postcards are all vintage comics-associated images. Neat!
Patty Jeres helped to arrange promotions for Prism Comics, which had a booth in Artists Alley where I acquired yet another item for my Batches o' Stuff. More on that later.
Brian K. Vaughan was one of the stars signing at the DC booth.
Best,
Maggie Thompson |
walking man comics
Posts: 323
| Posted: 3/2/2007 4:07:28 PM |
1st photo:
so that's Red Sonja, hunh?
I guess I'm not as young as I was, either. (I guess!)
thanks for the photographs!
Matt
lookin' at (can I believe this?) 57 in a couple of weeks, myself.
Walking Man Comics
10 years' mini-comics monthly
Favorites: Age of Bronze, Autumn, Boneyard, Conan, Colonia, Castle Waiting, Daredevil, Fables, Fell, Jack Staff, Jonah Hex, Lone Wolf, Mouse Gaurd, Next Wave, Powers, Strangers, Usagi, Wolff & Byrd. |
Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
| Posted: 3/2/2007 4:19:22 PM |
Hey! We should all look as good as Wendy!
And, as noted, wait till you see her "Masque of the Red Death" material. Not (also as noted) for the kiddies.
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Maggie Thompson |
Michael Tierney
Posts: 874
| Posted: 3/2/2007 4:37:48 PM |
Great pictures, Maggie!
Why go to the show when we can have it delivering into our homes!
Michael Tierney
www.thewildstars.com |
Gary Dunaier
Posts: 542
| Posted: 3/2/2007 11:42:28 PM |
Originally posted by Maggie Thompson:
People have spoken on this and other sites about the shiver-inducing wait on Saturday morning, as a throng of people waited patiently outside the Javits Center. I tried to get a photo that conveyed its length -- but to get a really good shot, I’d have had to cross the street or otherwise make my way some distance from the line.
Maybe I can help... this photo shows the line to get in extending all the way down the south side of the Javits Center, then it goes onto 34th Street (to the viewer's left in the photo). From there, it turns down 11th Avenue (which is where I'm standing). At the time the photo was taken (12.19pm on Saturday), the line ended just before you got to the 11th Avenue doors, when walking against the line.
By the way, the river in the background is the Hudson River, and on the other side is New Jersey. I don't know if you'll be able to make it out in the photo, but the ramp on the New Jersey side is actually the ramp that leads to/from the Lincoln Tunnel, and it's from that ramp that you see the New York City skyline (including the Javits Center!) in the opening credits to "The Sopranos."
And there you have it... now you know all about the line to get in on Saturday, with a little bit of "The Sopranos" thrown in...
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Maggie Thompson
Posts: 1049
| Posted: 3/5/2007 4:03:18 PM |
One of my favorite moments came coincidentally for me, when Ariel David escorted me into the Green Room, where -- behind the scenes -- the celebrities hung out before being escorted to their next appearance. As Ariel and Kathleen David and I chatted (and Caroline David became increasingly intimidated by me), Peter David had wandered to the other side of the room.
And, suddenly, I realized he was deep in conversation with The Cheerleader (also known as Hayden Panettiere). Cool! Photo op!
Best,
Maggie Thompson |
JCal-Fan
Posts: 25
| Posted: 3/14/2007 12:39:07 AM |
Nice pictures Maggie, thank you sharing (Jim Calafiore is the man).
I really wanted to attend the show this year. So, the pictures were nice to see.
Best/Steve Ogden
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