Phoenix Con: (now with pictures)

[BobBretall]

I'm getting on a plane in the morning, I should hit the con around 3pm tomorrow.....

Lin (neenjah) & Al (torchsong) will be there....anyone else?

[BobBretall]

1st day haul:

* Supergirl sketch by Jamal Igle
* DD/Elektra sketch by Tony Parker
* Ryan Cody did a SWEET wraparound Thor/Wolverine on the "Blank" variant of Avengers #1
* Cool sketchbook from Lin Workman
* Various indy comics from the creators

Some nice back issues:
* Brave & Bold #60 (2nd app Teen Titans)
* Green Lantern (1st series) #14, 18, 40
* Silver Surfer (1st series) #4, 5, 14 (Janine wanted me to get some Silver Surfer issues I need as a gift for our 25th "silver" anniversary coming up on Monday.)

[Trev]

1st day haul:

* Supergirl sketch by Jamal Igle

Would love to see that supergirl. I got one from Jamal at Baltimore a few years ago right before the first issue of his run came out. Might be cool to see how his concept of her has evolved.

[LA Rabbit]

Wish I could be there but have to work. Looking forward to hearing report from day 2. Feel free to post any and all sketches. I can't wait for Long Beach.

[BobBretall]

2nd day haul:

* Codebreakers #1, page #12 by Scott Godlewski
* Spider-Man sketches in my Spidey book by Terry Tibkey & Oliver Trujillo
* Sketches on some indie "sketch cover" books
* A bunch of $1 comics (~30)
* A pile of Al Sparrow / Stephen Reid (Flintlockjaw) comics

At the art auction:
* Art from cover of Tome 1: "Army of Angels" (L'armee des Anges) by Jamal Igle
* Codex/Felicia Day (from the Guild) by Mark Dos Santos
* Wonder Woman by Gabe Eltaeb
* Psylocke by Oliver Nome

[BobBretall]

Here are the "regular" sketches I got:

Jamal Igle: Supergirl


Tony Parker: Daredevil/Elektra


Flintlockjaw: Zatanna


Dave Beaty: Black Cat (rough)



Sketches on comics covers

Ryan Cody: Wolverine/Thor


Ben Glendenning


Clockwise from top left: Ben Glendenning, Terry Tibke, Patrick Finch, Tony Parker

[BobBretall]

From the art auction:


Our MC: Lin (Beetlejuice) Workman


The stuff that was up for bid:









And the ones I won:

Jamal Igle: Army of Angels #1 (Cover)


Mark Dos Santos: The Guild/Codex


Gabe Eltaeb: Wonder Woman


Oliver Nome: Psylocke

[RadConsv]

Awesome! I love the Zatana one and the Tony Parker sketch was amazing! I am not an original art / sketch guy (except for the ocassional freebies with DCBS stuff) but i am almost temptedto track Tony parker down and buy one. That was amazing!

Thanks for sharing Boob! (oops sorry Bob, still thinking about the Zatanna sketch )

[Frank Castle]

Fantastic art!! Great pickups!!

[torchsong]

It was a heck of a good time and I owe Bob big time for watching over the table so I could sneak out and get a Todd Nyauk sketch (Kyle Rayner) for my Green Lantern sketchbook.

Flint and I made enough cash to promptly turn it over to the Con for our table next year, plus enough left over to do some serious shopping (well, I did anyhow).

* Joel Gomez page of The Engineer from Authority:The Lost Year
* Marat Mychaels page from Crossgen's The First (for $10!!!)
* All four KISS Potato Heads (don't judge...I collect 'em)
* A ton o' trades (mainly Exiles)

My painting (Dex-Star, the Red Lantern kitty) sold for $50 at auction (which is about $49.99 more than I figured it'd get!). I was really floored that it went for what it did, and it gave me the confidence to do more for next year's Con.

Flint and I learned a lot: Business cards (duh!), do some prints of your really good stuff (double duh!), get stuff in the background of your booth (triple duh!), but we did a lot right as well. People responded well to free sketch cards with an issue of Dedlock (I sold about 20 issues...not bad for a total indie book nobody'd heard of!)

The Con itself definitely experienced some growing pains but I think they were the good kind of pains to have. Paying for parking was horrible for local commuters, when the Mesa location had free parking, but the larger size, more stuff to do downtown, and general atmosphere seemed to indicate things are moving in the right direction. It's not the new San Diego, and never will be, and I don't think we want it to be. That said, I think it's a Con to keep your eyes on.

I may be biased, though.

[torchsong]

No doubt Bob will promote this, but thanks again for having me, Dave B. and Lin on the podcast to go over the fun that was and is the Phoenix Con.

We all learned a lot: Lin knows a bit more than a guy should about General Hospital, apparently Carmine Infantino is NOT dead (like I thought he was), and I learned the Genie Francis connection to comic book/Star Trek nerd-dom (when you listen, I question what the heck she was doing there, being a soap opera star...Dave hipped me to the truth! )

Hopefully you'll come away with the impression that Phoenix is really carving a nice niche for itself as a con that's truly unique among smaller conventions.

[neenjah]

Ok- got my pics off my camera finally.


PHX convention center


Flint/Steve and Al


Todd and Nicki


Todd and Dave


Me and Stan


Powergirl


Nicki saying "yes" at the art auction


Dave and his Firestorm sketch


Bob and his "Giant Sized Man-Thing"

[neenjah]

Sketches- Quick Draw panels


My Hurley-Quinn


Dave's Robin


My Batman VS Spock


Frank and his Spocks


Frank's Spocks


The Whilce Portacio Wonder Woman I got for Niki at the art auction.


Whilce's Wolverine


More Whilce.


At one of the Quick Draw panels


Nicki and Micah representin'


Not a quick sketch, but I did finish this one for Nicki at the con.

[neenjah]

Another Firestorm sketch by Dave-







I think he's getting the hang of drawing this character.

[neenjah]

Me and Nicki


Micah and Dave


Al and his better half


Big Daddy Bob


A couple of THUGS


Thomas and Bob- not a couple