I did C2E2 yesterday. I loved that it was at McCormick Place. It was much more spacious than Wizardworld at Rosemont. I loved the natural light and the fact that aisles were much wider. At first I thought the show was smaller than Wizardworld, but at the end of the day my feet were telling me otherwise.
Carrie Fisher was in a room with a curtain, so the only way to see her (or so I was told) was to pay $35 for an autograph and absolutely no photos. Lame. I completely forgot about George RR Martin. Oh well!
I got many of the same shots that Steve posted, but I will still post a couple.
Artist alley was fun. Michael Champion was very nice and I look forward to his medieval Norman crusade comic book. (
http://champart.wordpress.com/) Billy Tucci (of Sgt. Rock fame) was also very nice. His pages for his up-coming comic about Alexander Nevsky were spectacular. I bought a simple sketch from Jim Keefe, the illustrator and writer of Flash Gordon. Peterson, of Mouseguard fame, was personable. I wish I would have commissioned something from him. Gary Gianni was fine, and his art was spectacular, but he was preoccupied trying to sell an exorbitantly priced page to someone. Doug Sneyd (of Playboy fame) was a nice older gentleman. His wife did most of the talking while he sketched. Michael Golden was there and looked lonely. No one was at his table when I went by.
I bought a lot of JLU figures for my son and got them for about $5.00 each. They were fun hunting for as I guess they aren't really popular anymore and are now a "Target Exclusive". I ended up scoring the Flash, Metamorpho, Red Tornado, Orion, The Question, the Atom, Dr. Fate, and a duplicate Wonder Woman. These coupled with the ones he already has, Superman, Green Lantern, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Blackhawk, gives him a nice little collection. I could not find Green Arrow or Martian Manhunter . . . the only ones I see worth continued looking for.
As for myself, I got a Eaglemoss Machine Man and some cheap books including a hardbound 300 (for $7!), a hardbound Conan art book from Darkhorse, and the Miller interviews Eisner paperback. I still could not find a copy of Essential Tomb of Dracula Vol. 1.
Overall it was fun, but it did not live up to my expectations. I failed to see half the people I wanted to and didn't get much in the way of original art.
Actually it's not that far, but too far for a day trip; if I'd known it further in advance, I could have made a weekend of it, but it's too late now.
