Cape Comic Con 2011: "Believe it or not, I'm walking on air..." Edition

You might think that Cape Comic Con was the place to be this weekend and, for me, that would be true. For Jefferson, it was his best friend Landon's 5th birthday party. It was elaborate. Kids played carnival games, earned tickets and redeemed them for cool prizes. Seriously. When the dust settled, we recharged at Starbucks, but you could still see the evidence. Red and green striped hair... check.









Temporary tattoos ... check.












Pretending (?) to barf ... check.












The guests at Cape Comic Con were excellent. Billy Tucci is the creator of the beautiful Shi and a fantastic Sgt. Rock series. He's also a helluva nice guy.









He designed the amazing print for the Con this year and was generous enough to sign it and draw an original Captain America sketch (for free!).












The Con is a fantastic opportunity to commission original art from world class artists. I learned from Ethan Van Sciver last year to ask artists who they like to draw, since you might end up requesting something the artist hates. I asked Billy Tucci what he liked and the Flash was the third thing he mentioned (Wonder Woman was first). Anyway, here is the extraordinary Flash sketch he did for me.












Jeremy Haun also attended the Con this year.









A fellow native southwest Missourian (he's from Joplin and has devastating photos on his phone), he does an absolutely stunning Batman. Thus, I commissioned Batman. Jefferson commissioned Robin.









A few years ago, DC imprint Wildstorm produced a miniseries of Chuck, my favorite TV show. Jeremy did the art and was selling the original pages of his penciled art. I bought issue #2, page 14. Pretty cool, huh?









Believe it or not, that is William Katt, star of stage and screen. You might remember him as TV's The Greatest American Hero. Jefferson knows him as the voice of Hawkman on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Either way, he's very sweet and has the seductive smile of a Hollywood guy. Although he didn't act like he was too cool for Comic Con, he so clearly was.