This was easily my favorite HeroesCon. No question.
I had
two gangs of friends to bounce between starting with Thursday night, and
that evening ended by saying hi to DMC as he walked through the
Casanova anniversary party. So yeah.
Friday was a bit slow, but it
later proved to be a nice way to ease into the weekend, and Saturday
was jam-packed from the first half-hour. My local pack of pals cosplayed
Friday and Saturday but took a break behind my table, allowing me to
try out the Sirius Black costume for a few hours (with my son’s
Marauder’s Map). That went really well.
The annual sexy art
theme continued as I was handed a Sexy Swamp Thing and responded with
Sexy Etrigan. That drawing loosened me up to try a Tom Baker Doctor Who
in a style I usually don’t attempt for someone’s sketchbook. I got good
reactions on a Han Solo sketch cover, which sold before I could finish
it. I ate at Mert’s in full Black regalia and learned how to eat with a
wig. Saturday night ended with the discovery that
Force Awakens was playing free downtown in absolutely perfect summer weather right outside the
Sex Criminals party. That was a day and a half, right there.
I
had some unique commissions on Sunday including three Strawberry
Shortcake characters, Vanilla Ice (turned out to be someone’s convention
sketch theme), and a panda wearing a Wolverine costume. Those were
capped with a request for Daredevil with the Infinity Gauntlet among a
ruined city.
It was as good a weekend as I could have asked for. My prints got good
reactions, my drawing muscles co-operated, I sold copies of my new
comic, and I got to talk to people I don’t see nearly enough.
I
left Sunday in maybe the best mood after any previous HeroesCons, and
on the way home I spotted the divine red light in the Krispy Kreme
window, and, lo, we knew each other biblically.
Plans are afoot to grab adjoining tables next year to create a staggeringly talented art Voltron.
Plans! AFOOT!