Detroit FanFare 2011

[Sleazer]

Reason, I DID give BC some cash...first for his book which I've never read, but was required to be purchased BEFORE I could give him ADDITIONAL money to get my Evil Dead 8x10 signed. Then when I finally got up to him, the interaction was notable as being very douche-like for multiple reasons I won't bother to type.

[jjreason]

Ugh - autographs can ruin your opinion. Alan Trammel was a pompous ass to me after I basically worshipped his spikes for 15 years as a kid. Awful.

Anyhoo. Josh, I'm out for this weekend sadly. I just got home from 10 days away & the wife has plans that will prevent me from taking the car down to the Con. I wish you some sweet luck in finding shit I would have wanted.

[Diabolical]

Damn.
Looks like it'll be a mini-Mabucon of one, as Adam is also not going.

Oh well, more stuff for me!

[Diabolical]

Looking at the guest list and I've gathered a few things to possibly get autographed.

Kelly Hu - X-Men 2 Blu-Ray disc
Brian OHalloran - Clerks DVD
John Ostrander - Star Wars Legacy #2 (or maybe an issue of Republic)
Kevin Eastman - Free Comic Book Day TMNT #1 (or the new #1 they have an exclusive cover of at Fanfare)
Tim Bradstreet - Marvel Knights The Punisher #1
Adam Baldwin - Firefly: The Official Companion Volume 1 (page 94 about Jayne)

I'm sure I won't anywhere close to all of them, especially Baldwin ($), but I'd like to get something signed and maybe a pic.

And I see Katie Cook is there too. She does a bunch of cool cartoony Star Wars stuff.
And some chump named Larry Hama (or was that Lanny Hama?)

[anarky]

Larry Hama also wrote the most classic era of the first Wolverine ongoing, if you want to get autographs.

Just sayin'.

And, post-No Man's Land, one of the shittiest Batman runs prior to Morrison abusing the characters in ways that editorial should've fired him over.

[Diabolical]

Fanfare was a mixed bag. It was great because I got a bunch of deals; bad because I expected more. It was a good size, but nowhere near as big as I expected, especially since it was held in Cobo Hall, a pretty big place.

I skipped out on the celeb autographs. I guess I'm just too cheap. The creator autographs were free, so that was cool.

I did get Tim Bradstreet on MK Punisher #1 and John Ostrander on Star Wars Legacy #1. I would have waited for Kevin Eastman, but the line was ridiculously long all day. And I missed Tony Moore (The Walking Dead) because he had certain times he was signing.

I got 2 mini-paintings (Artoo and Punisher) by Katie Cook. I love her simple, cartoony style.

My haul:

$5 Trades:
The Boys Volume 1 - I never did read the first arc. I started with issue #7.
Wolverine Origin - Always curious but never wanted to spend $15.
Batman: A Death in the Family - A long time want, but its been out of print forever. This is a first edition of the trade also, from 1988 (a $3.95 original cover price too). A little beat up, but that doesn't matter to be.

$.50 books:
Batman #450, 451, 460, 461 - With those great Breyfogle Joker and Catwoman covers
X-Men/Teen Titans One-shot

A handful of Punisher stuff, mosty of it $.50 each:
The 'Nam #52 & 53 - Featuring The Punisher
Classic Punisher - reprints of Marvel Preview Presents #12 and Marvel Super Action #1 with a (then) new story, "Kites."
Daredevil and The Punisher: Child's Play - I didn't realize it was just a reprint of DD #182-184, but whatever, it was $.50.
The Punisher: Ghosts of Innocents #2 - Didn't realize it was part 2, but again, it was $.50.
The Punisher: Bloodlines
The Punisher: Back to School Special #1 - Ah, the 90s.
The Punisher: Bloody Valentine One-shot
The Punisher: Holiday Special #1
The Punisher/Painkiller Jane #1 - Only because it was by Ennis
The Punisher: Summer Special #1 and 2

[Rollo Tomassi]

Nice Punisher haul. It's always fun to find stuff for 50 cents.

[Diabolical]

These are the two mini-paintings by Katie Cook that I got at Fanfare.
I love her Star Wars stuff and I thought a Punisher would be bizarrely awesome in her style.

[jjreason]

Oh geez, you got R2.... that's amazing. :emoticonforburstingwithlove: