In spite of the cold and slushy streets, action at the New York Comic Book Marketplace was surprisingly brisk.  Run by the old Big Apple Con crew, the NYCBM was pretty much the same show they’ve put on reliably for the last few years. Thanks again to Allan Rosenberg and Mike Carbonaro for the hospitality, and a big shout out to table neighbors Sean Chen, Ivan Brandon and Andy Macdonald, and JH Williams! Anyone who can guess the gatefold LP the Supergirl sketch is based on gets a slightly dusty, vintage No-Prize!

King Con was exactly what I’d hoped it would be: a low-key but busy show with a bright future.  Thanks to Regan and Mike for inviting me and thanks to everyone who showed up for my “spotlight panel.” And a quick shoutout to Will Dennis for making it far more painless than I’d feared! Hope to do this again next year!

Had a great time in Boston this past weekend, courtesy of Nick Kanieff, Colin Solan, and everyone else in the Boston Comic-Con crew. Thank you!  They are is growing by leaps and bounds, and I’m very excited for their next show in April 2010, with some guys named Jim Lee and Mike Mignola.

Thanks once again to Marc Nathan, Brad Tree, and the whole gang for putting on another fantastic show.  This year’s attendance was a record for them, and I think it’s a great sign of things to come.

Another great (and exhausting) year at San Diego!  Cheers to all my boothmates — they really rocked it and we’ll be back in full force in 2010. And special thanks to the ubercool Jerry Ma of Epic Props for hosting the Kelly Hu signing and for all his generosity (check out the link to see his line of snazzy t-shirts!).  And of course, thanks to everyone who came to the booth to say hello, buy some books, or get a sketch. You guys are the real reason Comic-Con is such a great experience and it’s your passion that makes the show what it is today.

Loved all the sketch requests this year! Hope everyone had as great a time at Heroes as I did, and I’m really looking forward to next year — maybe I’ll get to hit Price’s Chicken Coop in 2010! Thanks to Shelton, Dusty, Doug, and everyone else for putting on such a great show.

Hard to believe it’s convention season again! About to head out for HeroesCon this weekend, but I wanted to put up some of the sketches from the recent NY shows.  We’ve got a few headshots I did for fundraising at MoCCA as well as some pieces from the Big Apple Con. (If anybody else from MoCCA has scans of the sketches I did, send ‘em in and I’ll add them to the post.) Special thanks to Elan Bosworth from MoCCA and Allan Rosenberg from Big Apple for running things so smoothly.

For those of you going to Charlotte, I’ll be at table 631, right next to my good friends THE BLVD. I’ll have my banner this year, so I should be easy to spot. See you there!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the table this past weekend.  It was great to see all the double takes when people saw the Batgirl piece — look for more of that kind of thing this summer. I plan on laying low until Heroes Con in June (see the signings link), but that should give me some time to come up with a few more pieces. Thanks, too, for all the wonderful sketch requests.  Here’s this year’s batch!

I’d heard it was a great show, and the Baltimore Comicon certainly lived up to the hype. Promoter Marc Nathan and his staff were incredibly kind, attentive and welcoming, and I’d love to return next year.  A fitting end to the convention season…

Thanks to everyone at Fan Expo and especially to Kevin Boyd and Peter Fisico who made the trip possible. The show was a lot of fun, and I’m overwhelmed by the friendliness and generosity from fans and pros alike (Greg - thanks for the donuts! Jeff and Stuart - thanks for the inspiring books!). What I saw of Toronto was pretty great (thanks, Dar and Marsha!) and I hope to come back soon.

NOTE: A CALL FOR SCANS!
I’m trying to collect material for a future sketchbook, so if anyone has gotten a commissioned sketch from me in the past, I’d be grateful if you could send me a 300dpi grayscale scan. My email’s in the ABOUT link on the left. Thanks!