So where to start? I have always wanted to come to a Comic Con in the
USA. It has been a dream for a very long time, and to have a dream like
that come true has been amazing, let alone being invited to participate
with signings. A very big thank you to Clutter and Kidrobot for hosting
my sketch sessions; it was an awesome experience and it’s really amazing
to meet fans of your work face-to-face in such an environment! I won’t
ramble or write an essay here, I am sure there is a tonne of coverage
online from the event but I did luckily have my good friend Wade from
Melbourne with me, so we got some pictures that I would like to share,
mainly of the highlights of the new days!
FRIDAY
This was the first official day of the Con after the VIP half day on the
Thursday and I had my signing at Clutter starting at 10am! The traffic
was a little slow to begin with but it picked up (that was to be
expected, first thing Friday morning!) I met a bunch of sweet people and
the Clutter crew are all awesome at life! The Friday was my favorite
Comic Con day, it was busy but not so busy that you got claustrophobic
and had to wait in huge lines for everything.
After the signing I took the opportunity to do the rounds so to speak
and got the chance to meet and get a print sketched on by the one and
only Neal Adams! I could not believe it, Neal freakin’ Adams! He was one
of the few guys you had to pay to get to sign something but I figured
it may be my only chance to ever speak to and get a Batman sketch from
him so I coughed up the cash and locked in my print, soon to be framed
and added to the walls of the Sekure D Studio!

As we made our way around I heard someone say the word, Gibbons! Surely
not… surely Dave Gibbons wasn’t in the building? Well I had to find out
and after a few questions managed to find out he was doing a signing at
the booth we were walking past. What incredible luck! As you probably
already know I am an insanely huge Watchmen fan and this was literally
the opportunity of a lifetime for me! I stood in line and sent Wade to
go buy me a copy of Watchmen for him to sign! Not only did he sign it,
he did a quick Rorschach sketch!
One of the guys on the booth told Dave about my Watchmen themed tattoo
and he had to check it out! I was honestly a little embarrassed to have
my shirt lifted up but hey, what a good story! He was such a good dude
and signed everyone’s stuff free of charge, I would have paid whatever
he asked but he is a super humble dude.
After meeting Dave we went to the Before Watchmen panel and then the
Legendary panel where Guillermo Del Toro played a trailer for Pacific
Rim and it looks insane! Don’t worry, no spoilers! Friday wasn’t over
however and I headed to the Kidrobot 10th Anniversary Party and then to
My Plastic Heart for the Doc A show… what an insane day!!!!
SATURDAY
So this is how cattle feel? I know it was sold out but damn what
insanity! I don’t have many epic stories from this day… we hit some
panels and I bought some stuff but most notably we had the Designer Toy
Awards hosted by Clutter, and what a sick night! One of the best things
about these four days has been meeting such an awesome array of artists
that I admire and finding out they are cool dudes. J*Ryu, Angry Woebots,
Nugglife, Erick Scarecrow, Rsin, Brotherford, Alex Pardee, the list
goes on and on! Here are some more pics, customs by Rsin and his killer
new Dunny collab, customs by Nugglife and a new collaboration release
between Marvel and Vans!
SUNDAY
It’s the last day and it’s so sad. I was tired after the DTAs especially
because I started painting my Mega MUNNY for my appearance at Kidrobot
this coming Saturday but today was the day I did my Kidrobot appearance
and it was awesome! Today it was slammed as well – kids day – so there
were people everywhere! I followed the talented Jason Freeny and was
honored to have a line of people waiting for me. I felt so proud I
stayed back and extra 40mins sketching for people. Here are some pics
from the session.
Some of the awesome people who stopped in to get a sketched MUNNY or page.
So that’s Comic Con! There is SO much I have not included but short of
reviewing the whole event and all the rad things I did I figured I would
try to keep this post as much to the point as possible. I had such an
amazing time, I want to do it again asap! Thanks to everyone who came to
visit me, who I bought awesome stuff from and to all the artists and
organizers I spent time with, you made it an amazing 4 days! Thank you!