This last weekend was the inaugural C2E2 in downtown Chicago! C2E2 was held at the McCormick Center which was huge and I believe the attendance for the show was 27,500. Not too bad for a first time show, eh?
I was able to hang out with my friends Lora Innes, and Michelle Timian the whole weekend and it was WAY too much fun. I almost forgot that I was there hawking the latest installment of Rival Angels to the masses. O_o
I got it together though and met many of YOU personally (and thanks for getting a copy of Volume 2!), like Chris and Sticky which is always such a treat. To be able to put faces with the names here in the comments and in the interweb is super WIN. Not only that but I got to see some other peeps from around the way like Trevor, Joe, Antoine (who helped me work on my pitch, brother!), Byron, Dawn, Kurt, Thom, Bryan and Brad. I also found myself the unexpected neighbor of Gina Biggs, which was really awesome because I’ve been a fan of Red String since hearing her on TGT Webcomics. It was great chatting with them all and expect more ‘me and Trevor’ news because I think every con from here on in, is hanging out with him. 😛
After hours was a lot of fun too as we visited some great local Chicago joints like Miller’s, the Palmer House and the Hancock building. We even got to belatedly celebrate Lora’s birthday! Â Miller’s staff and customers joined in for a tune of Happy Birthday for the b-day girl. XD
I took a few pics from the con…
The King, Jerry Lawler and me:
The setup:
Me, Thom, Trevor and Lora
The Princess
Chris and his new MsChif commission that I drew
Chris also got an amazing commission from Lora or Krystin!
Was Sabrina and Brooke cosplaying at this show?
(I didn’t take these pics but if they’re yours, let me know)
Showing the SHIMMER love
Did you talk J-Lawlz into doing some guest art?
Yesss, I’m famous now.
Hey bd! Y’know, I really should have. I got the picture and I ran out pretty fast thinking that he’d want to get back to business…selling prints and taking pictures, but yeah, that would’ve been a good idea. 😛
LOL @ Chris. XD
Oh yeah Brotha! Sales pitch was important!
It was so cool meeting you, Jabroni!
So did you give your book to the King? Did that greedy roody-poo remember you from the first time at least?
Also, I hope you realize, Alan, that I’m gonna need a Shimmer-related sketch every time I see you, right?
It was great seeing you at the Con man 🙂 Glad you got to get out a little bit and experience it. I’m working on getting your and everyone’s interviews done as well.
Heh you could have “The Lord” as a special guest announcer to fill in for the heck of it 🙂
C2E2 was a blast, my friend, and I’m looking forward to hanging out with you further at the rest of the cons this year! It’s going to be a fun time, buddy! 🙂