WonderCon 2011

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:49 am

One thing about WonderCon this year.......Boy, was it CROWDED! It seemed more crowded than San Diego on the show floor. Since they sold out (which means they sold as many tickets as the fire code would allow) it WAS as crowded (proportional to the space) as San Diego, which also sells out, AND since there are way fewer panels for people to be in at any given time, I think more people are crowding the show floor at WonderCon at any given point in time than San Diego.

Yesterday was the MOST CROWDED SUNDAY of any Con I've ever been at. The aisles were just as crowded as Saturday.

In the end, I NEVER even got a chance to walk up & down every aisle, due to the crowds, and I missed seeing a lot of folks I wanted to. My biggest regret is never stopping by to see the Atomic Robo guys.

I never even went to the Marvel & DC booths, they were swarmed every time I went by them. Marvel seemed to be all movies & video games with a small nod to comics on the side. DC seemed to be very GL-movie heavy.

I spent most of my time on the show floor at Image, Aspen, Dark Horse, IDW, Archaia, and in artist's alley.

I did manage to pick up a couple of old comics though.

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:19 pm

BobBretall wrote:One thing about WonderCon this year.......Boy, was it CROWDED! It seemed more crowded than San Diego on the show floor. Since they sold out (which means they sold as many tickets as the fire code would allow) it WAS as crowded (proportional to the space) as San Diego, which also sells out, AND since there are way fewer panels for people to be in at any given time, I think more people are crowding the show floor at WonderCon at any given point in time than San Diego.

Yesterday was the MOST CROWDED SUNDAY of any Con I've ever been at. The aisles were just as crowded as Saturday.

In the end, I NEVER even got a chance to walk up & down every aisle, due to the crowds, and I missed seeing a lot of folks I wanted to. My biggest regret is never stopping by to see the Atomic Robo guys.

I never even went to the Marvel & DC booths, they were swarmed every time I went by them. Marvel seemed to be all movies & video games with a small nod to comics on the side. DC seemed to be very GL-movie heavy.

I spent most of my time on the show floor at Image, Aspen, Dark Horse, IDW, Archaia, and in artist's alley.

I did manage to pick up a couple of old comics though.

Haul report?

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:18 pm

Trev wrote: Haul report?

I'll start with the sketches I got on some "blank" covers. These will go on my spinner rack:

Tone Rodriguez:

Dave Dwonch:

Jimmie Robinson:

Bryan Mon:

Karl Altstaetter:

Vincent Kukua:

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:57 pm

Nice! They all seemed to compose in the space. That's the problem I always have with blank cove commissions.

Frank Castle · Post by **Frank Castle** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:30 pm

Cool sketches Bob!!

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:52 am

Friday Night dinner at the Canton

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:05 am

Some DC Cosplay...

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:08 am

Creators...

Frank Quitely...

Brian Stelfreeze....

Bob Layton....

Adam Hughes...

J. Scott Campbell....

Jeph Loeb...

atomic99 · Post by **atomic99** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:32 am

The Haul....

Comic Books
Batman #184
Captain America #196*
Captain America #215*
Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield Variant
Fracture #1
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #90*
Harvey Hits #114
Richie Rich & Casper #12*
Richie Rich Riches #12
Superboy #122
Thor #262*
Ultimate X #4
Walt Disney's Donald & Mickey #29*
World's Finest #158

Graphic Novels/Trades
Avengers West Coast: Vision Quest
Back in the Day
Captain Canuck Volume 1 HC
Concrete Volume 1
Essential Defenders Volume 1
Essential Doctor Strange Volume 1
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1
Weapons of the Metabarons (Travis Charest)

Magazines
Marvel Preview #11
Marvel Preview #18

Sketchbooks
Brandon Peterson: Illutssitsations 2010
Eric Powel: Drawings, Sketches, and Such Book Four
Stages: The Art and Process of Jason Edmiston
William Stout: 50 Convention Sketches #16
Brian Stelfreeze: Silent Poetry
J. Scott Campbell: More Gray Area Sketchbook
Budd Root: Budd's Sketchbook of Sketchbook Sketches 2010

Signed Photos
Malachi Throne
Celeste Yarnall

Art Books
The Simpsons Handbook: Secrets from the Pros*
Gary Gianni: The Prince Valiant Page HC Slipcase (only $20 at Flesk. Same with their Steve Rude slipcase)
The Fleischer Story

DVDs
Back to Space-Con: The story of 1970s Sci-Fi Conventions
Star Trek: The Roots of Khan
Remembering Playland
Watch Horror Films-Keep America Strong! A Journey into Creature Features

* I intend to use these to help teach a class in cartooning this summer.

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:48 pm

Great haul Ralph!

I love that all female justice league thing going on. very cool.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:36 am

Dave Elliott & Bob:

Peter Steigerwald & JT Krul (both standing) at the Aspen panel:

Show Floor:

Cosplay @ the Marvel booth: