Fan Expo 2012 post-mortem

I attended this year's Fan Expo on Thursday and Friday, choosing to avoid the madness of the Saturday mob, which turned out to be a good idea based on the many reports of lengthy lines, overcrowding, and over selling tickets.

We lucked out on Thursday getting "Golden Tickets" at the Marvel Booth, which got us autographs from Stan "The Man" Lee at the 50th anniversary celebrations for Spider-Man.

The Lego booth was impressive with a lot of great Lego sculptures, but I do have to give a tip of the hat to the Mega Blocks booth. As my kids were building their creations, the attendant told them that they could keep whatever they built!

Another tip of the hat goes to all the wonderful costume players that were generous with their time and always happy to have a picture taken with you.

Neal Adams was a bit of a let down as he was charging $5 an autograph. If it was to raise money for a charity, I could understand, but felt a bit cheated, especially when I wanted to get a $60 Marvel Masterworks signed. 

Getting behind the wheel of Back To The Future's Delorian, for a $20 donation to charity, was a lot of fun!

And DC Comics did a great job with this comic book immersive photo-shopping.

My Hercules commission by Bob Layton

I had emailed Bob about doing a convention sketch of Hercules wielding Thor's hammer, but was so busy during the week of the Fan Expo here in Toronto, that I didn't have time to reply. Last Friday, I went to his table and overheard that his sketch list had several people on it and he wasn't going to get to them until the afternoon. I had the kids with me and had to leave, so I was disappointed. However, I got an email yesterday from Bob who was wondering why I hadn't come by to pick up my sketch! ARGH! Fortunately, he's mailing it off to me!