ComiCon and Mass Transit woes

[furtech]

Back from SDComiCon...too tired for full sentences, so here's my report in outline form...

Friday
• Train to SD: *wonderful*! Love trains: sleep, read, not dealing with traffic/*ssh*l*s.
--Park, walk right onto train...almost shocking compared to flying/security/hassles.
--Brought only carry-on...minimal packing. w/o costumes, dealer's stuff I pack light!

• Arrive SD: train station is right behind hotel (Holiday Inn Bayview)! Short walk and I'm there!

•Get room with great view of harbor!

•Catch up with Mighty Zor: she snags room key and sets up dinner w/JC.

•I blow my fine-art budget for the next Nth years on a Jon Muth piece. Favorite living artist now that Richard Powers passed away. Every page, every panel tells a story, words or no.

•Manage to see about 18 rows...only thirty-two left to see! *agh!*

•Got stuff. Filled in my closet-character-comic-collection (<--mysterious geek-otaku obsession). This time it was Marvel canine villains: Man-beast, Anubis, Jackal, Anubia, various werewolves.



•Discovered new artist (new to me): Claire Wendling. Above is a page from her calendar...and the pic that caught my eye (guess why). Outstanding animals and humans...everyone who saw this book ("Drawers 2.0") or her calendar was ready to run back to the con (Stewart Ng's Books) to grab one. Wendling, according to Ng's catalog, is "a contemporary French artist who started in bande dessinee (comic art) and also works as an animator character designer and commercial illustrator." Unbelievable!

•Dinner with JC Amberlyn, Mighty Zor et al @ Anthony's Fish Thing. Lots of great food and bread to die for. Terrific conversation and stuff. Fun! JC is sehr cool!

•Back to the hotel room to check out each other's loot for the day. Gushing over Wendling.

Comments

[melskunk.livejournal.com]

Claire's " Les Lumieres de l'Amalou" is well worth learning French just to read. I got to read it a few years back at a friend's house.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I am *so* hooked on this woman's work! And I -did- have five years of high school French: let's see how much I remember! ("Je m'appelle Lance! Non, ne CE Lance pas!")

[mythos-amante.livejournal.com]

WOW! Claire Wendling's art is WAAAY cool! Wow! Wowowowow! I can sort of see some similarities to Mobius's work and a little bit of a Frazetta influence on her painted peices. Hawt damn that's some cool art!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I haven't been so excited about a new (to me) artist since I found Blacksad years ago! How unfair: an artist who's fantastic with people AND animals!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

oooooo..... so you did make it..... wooooot! :D

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Need your cellphone #! Wanted to invite you to our sad dinner group!

*noddle* !

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

yeah... arrrgh! I woulda so much wanted to meet JC!

Sad group? ... not even.... you're the all-stars :D !

Glad to give ya the numero!... mebbe via email or next time I see ya? ... or T2 has it also... :>

Too many rows!

[toraneko.livejournal.com]

I poopped out after 1/4 th of one section of building. I was amazed at all the things to see and do. My shuttle stop was at the Holiday Inn where you were staying. My friends and I started to pop into the restaurant, the Elephant and something to have a snack but my friendis English and he gave it a thumbs down. *L* 10 bucks for fish and chips offends the Brit. *L*

Glad you had fun!

Re: Too many rows!

[cooner.livejournal.com]

You were there too? Doh!!

Usually I attend all weekend, but because of too much freelance this year I was only down Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, took a train back Friday afternoon ....

Re: Too many rows!

[toraneko.livejournal.com]

I was there on Sunday, d'oh! I know we missed a lot on Sat but that was the day of the wedding so couldn't really fit it in. *L* I could have married them at the con but they wern't having any of that :)

Re: Too many rows!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the only redeeming thing about the Elephant&Something is there's no line...decent burgers and fries, tho'. The fish restaurant (fast food, but huge patio to sit at and they serve beer, too!) had great fish&chips: real malt vinegar, too (and great price/quantity).

Cooner: Yeah, sorry I missed you-- didn't realize you'd come down for the con (thought you might be too ti-red from AC!)

[shoka.livejournal.com]

Claire Wendling was the hit of last year's SDCC for me. Picked up Laguna Bay 2.0 (with a green cover, no less) and Drawers (1.0) from Stuart Ng last year. His was the first booth I hit this year to get the collected "Les Lumieres de l'Amalou". I skipped looking at the calendar and thus missed the sea lion. Much thanks from Seal and I for sending a copy to us via JC.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Cool that you hadn't found the calendar...between the big cats and the seal, I knew you needed a copy!

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

Wow, Wendling's stuff is cool. Her work sort of reminds me of Heinrich Kley, but in color.

wow... very cool!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

8>
Did you know that Club 33 used to be almost exclusively decorated with Kley art from Walt's private collection? At least until Mrs. Disney saw the corporate writing on the wall and scooped it all up and tucked it in a safer place.. :9

[dustmeat.livejournal.com]

She is quite a pro!

[waynekaa.livejournal.com]

Paris Hilton should do that picture.
Now that's HOT.