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NYCC 2012 the rest of the Story
Oct. 15th, 2012 10:14 amThe dinner Saturday night was with our friends the Spectors. It was one of those long multicourse meals with lots of lovely conversation with wonderful people. Almost three hours later, we found ourselves back at our hotel and we started watching SLN. It was then we discovered our one slight problem with an otherwise excellent hotel, there is a night club on the roof which we could hear the thumpa thumpa of the bass until they shut the club down about 2:30. This explains why you needed your card key to get the elevator to stop on your floor. But we still managed to get some sleep.
After a decent free breakfast, we made our way back to the convention. It was nice to walk the floor and be able to get some speed going. We ran into friends and acquaintances along the way.
Peter has a signing at the Marvel booth at 11 so he agreed to stand in line to get Caroline’s Big Nate books signed by the author Lincoln Peirce while I went downstairs to see if I could say hi to the Frouds before they spoke to the public at large. I lucked out and caught up on news with them. They have a new book out called “Trolls” and there is an exhibit currently at AFA Gallery in Soho. You can find more information here.
I went back to the line where Peter was standing and we both met one of Caroline’s favorite authors. He asked that if she was around later to bring her by his second signing so he could meet her.
Peter went to sign at Marvel and I went back to the table to set up for the day. Gwen brought Caroline back to the convention and we timed it out pretty much so she got to meet Mr. Peirce. They talked about Big Nate and drawing in general. Caroline had a lot of fun.
The rest of the day was spent in Artists Alley either at the table or talking to friends. I introduced a couple of people to each other that I thought should meet. At one point I was using the back route to the table when I heard a familiar voice and turned to corner to see Walt Simonson finishing up a portfolio review for a young artist that I found out later had been a student of Walt’s. I got my hug and kiss from Walt. We really didn't have much news to catch up on since we read each other’s Facebook pages but it was nice to talk in person. He was on his way out of the convention. We walked and talked and got called over by Chris Claremont. I am standing there talking to Walt and Chris while my inner fan-girl is doing backflips because I am just standing there talking to two people who mean so much to my love of comic books.
The day ended on a rather nice note and we packed up and got out of there in good time. We got the car and headed home.
I am grateful for all the people I talked to at NYCC.
After a decent free breakfast, we made our way back to the convention. It was nice to walk the floor and be able to get some speed going. We ran into friends and acquaintances along the way.
Peter has a signing at the Marvel booth at 11 so he agreed to stand in line to get Caroline’s Big Nate books signed by the author Lincoln Peirce while I went downstairs to see if I could say hi to the Frouds before they spoke to the public at large. I lucked out and caught up on news with them. They have a new book out called “Trolls” and there is an exhibit currently at AFA Gallery in Soho. You can find more information here.
I went back to the line where Peter was standing and we both met one of Caroline’s favorite authors. He asked that if she was around later to bring her by his second signing so he could meet her.
Peter went to sign at Marvel and I went back to the table to set up for the day. Gwen brought Caroline back to the convention and we timed it out pretty much so she got to meet Mr. Peirce. They talked about Big Nate and drawing in general. Caroline had a lot of fun.
The rest of the day was spent in Artists Alley either at the table or talking to friends. I introduced a couple of people to each other that I thought should meet. At one point I was using the back route to the table when I heard a familiar voice and turned to corner to see Walt Simonson finishing up a portfolio review for a young artist that I found out later had been a student of Walt’s. I got my hug and kiss from Walt. We really didn't have much news to catch up on since we read each other’s Facebook pages but it was nice to talk in person. He was on his way out of the convention. We walked and talked and got called over by Chris Claremont. I am standing there talking to Walt and Chris while my inner fan-girl is doing backflips because I am just standing there talking to two people who mean so much to my love of comic books.
The day ended on a rather nice note and we packed up and got out of there in good time. We got the car and headed home.
I am grateful for all the people I talked to at NYCC.
