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Going around the table from left: Homer Tom, Bob Westal, David Gordy,
me, my then-girlfriend (now wife) Sadina Rothspan, and Terry Delegeane
(now managing editor at Bongo Comics). |
Here I am with a group of
friends at dinner during the 1994 San Diego Comicon who form part of what
I half-jokingly call the "WCG Bullpen." Most are buddies of mine from my
college days at UCLA.
It is a tradition for us who attend the convention to have an end-of-con
dinner. We used to always meet at the Andersen's Restaurant (of the famed
split pea soup) off of the I-5 between San Diego and Los Angeles where
we live, but the closing of Anderson's several years ago sadly ended the
Anderson's era. We still meet, but it's just not the same as going to Anderson's! |
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This is a shot of the WCG
Comics booth at the 1998 Comic-Con International, where I introduced a
full-size exhibition booth.
The booth features oversize color scans of my covers. It is constructed
out of PVC piping, black felt over posterboard, and velcro. It was designed
to be portable. |
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From left to right: Bob Westal, me, Terry Delegeane, and Scott Brick.
Bob produced wrote and directed the "Three
Days of the Fanboy" Rob Hanes audiotape. Scott, another longtime friend,
was freelancing as a comics industry journalist for Wizard and the
CBG. |
Here is the WCG crew at the
1995 Eisner Awards, which are hosted by the San Diego Comicon. I was nominated
for the Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer that year, hence
the table. Around this time, the comicon was beginning to try to make the
ceremony a bit more "upscale," hence the sport jackets. Many of the nominees
do come dressed more formally than one usually expects of cartoonists! |
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| These are two fan attendees at the comicon,
dressed as Klingons, being interviewed by a news crew covering the show.
The two fans stayed in Klingon character during the interview.
For those of you who have never attended a comicon, you will see many,
many people dressed in elaborate, sophisticated costumes like this. In
fact, a regular tradition at the Comicon is a costume contest. |
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Stan Sakai, creator of the
popular Usugai Yojimbo, signs autographs at his booth as part of
the "Trilogy Tour." For several years, he shared the booth with fellow
independent creators Jeff Smith (Bone) and Linda Medley (Castle
Waiting).
I'm proud to say that I know Stan, not only because we are colleague
cartoonists, but also because we are both members of the Cartoon
Arts Profssional Society (CAPS), which meets monthly in Los Angeles. |
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