Here in the middle of June with summer getting started we took part in the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con @ the South Point Hotel and Casino. When a convention or festival happens in your own backyard its only logical to dive-in and create a wake. Had a fantastic time being part of this convention with our booth set-up and great neighbors to Artist Alley and the 3-Ring circus that seemed to ensue on the 2nd day. Vegas has needed more of this and I guess we're getting two barrels full of it at least for the next few years. Just looking at it day by day as it happened to unfold around me, its apparent that something like this could grow and really take off; demand is there and seemed like everyone there sensed the implications. Long ago I can remember collector cons at the Showboat and who can forget the time Image Comics took over the Sands Expo Centre in the 90s - as a fanboy back then that was unforgettable. From one memory to another.. the Gen13 / Wildstorm signing @ Page After Page comics -THAT was one for the ages. Now with Amazing Las Vegas and the upcoming Las Vegas Comic Expo (2013) going folks will have more and more opportunities to indulge in their passion for this stuff. If it lacks passion whats the point, yeh?
Our operation though small is ambitious and none can mistake the shark-fin with-in the sheep's clothing. Had great foot traffic all through our area I would say and overall the entire con floor got tread-up nicely. I was very pleased with our booth space as we had enough room to move about and its always nice having your back up against a wall. We tried out some new set-up ideas on this one and came up alright with some retooling. Each day seemed to bring new surprises for us from the attendance numbers to the popularity of different items/product; another was seeing all the familiar faces popping up all over the place. Unkexpected reunion of PROF: 8000% and TroniK was unreal... TurboReVo, indeed. Our good friends Matt from "TITP" and Shauna Webb stopped by with Shauna going all-out with some wonderful Adventure Time cosplay. Saw lots of amazing costumes and artwork, they had a pretty good line-up in artist alley which wasn't to be missed. Right next-door to our booth we had Deryl Skelton putting on a drawing clinic, was so much fun watching him go to town on commissions thru-out the 3 days. Found ourselves being really pleased with all 3 days. The big draw of course was DAY 2 in which both Stan Lee and Jim Lee made their presences known. I witnessed a guy dressed as Thor jump over an escalator railing and fall all over himself to try and get a picture with Stan Lee.. a picture he ultimately never got cause Stan was on the move! I didn't get to take in any of the Jim Lee experience which I had planned on checking out his live drawing he would be doing -having seen it before at Comicon I can say its always enjoyable seeing that guy draw. Getting to see Humberto Ramos and to see the amazing sketch cover he did for my friend Rob was unreal..
"Nuff said."
