The Motor City Comic Con was this past weekend and overall it turned out to be a very nice show. I went early on Friday to pick up my press credentials and wandered around with not much of a crowd. I stopped by artist alley and chatted with a few different friends and talked with John Schneider aka Bo Duke/Jonathon Kent, but not about movies or television. I did a little shopping and found a dealer selling $5 Marvel Essentials and $10 Hardcovers. I ended up buying a brand new copy of X-O Manowar (Valiant). I’ll be reviewing it on the podcast in the next few weeks. I came back on Sunday with the kids and was able to Erin’s face painted. Although Patrick initial wanted to go to the Con, he didn’t share Erin’s enthusiasm and quickly got bored. Luckily for him at the other side of the Rock Financial Center another smaller sports collectable show was going on. It was completely free to walk around in and had Heisman Award winner and former Detroit Lions running back Billy Sims and Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller. Patrick was much more into this show, which is fine with me. We bought a few baseball cards and went home. It was a fun time spending time with the kids even if they don’t share the same interest that I have with comic books. It was just great to get them out and experience new things. Let’s move on with a few links:
- Draper Hill, a renowned editorial cartoonist for the Detroit News passed away at age 73. I went to high school and was friends with his son, Jon. I fondly remember being over at the Hill’s home one day and marveling at his office. Like many art studios I have seen, it was both messy and organized. Hill was a great cartoonist and will be missed.
- George Gene Gustines is back with another New York Times Bestseller List (May 9th). Graphic Best Sellers: #1 Hardcover: Dark Tower: Treachery, #1 Paperback: Watchmen, #1 Manga: Naruto, Vol. 44.
- Sequential, the Canadian Comix News and Culture website has a free 24 page .pdf of their black and white magazine, Sequential Pulp.
- Watson Guptill will release three Spy vs. Spy volumes in August. No word on how these will be different from the previous Spy vs. Spy: The Complete Casebook and Spy vs. Spy 2: The Joke and Dagger Files collections from a few years ago.
- The East Coast Black Age of Comics Con website has announced the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards winners. I guess I should pick up Bayou by Jeremy Love.
- Dave Ferraro, Comics-and-More, gives his take on the July 2009
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