Estrada. You either got close enough for him to put his arm around you or you stood over where I was.
Conversation with the guys...
Me: Should we get in line to meet him?
Mark: He's a McCain supporter.
All 3 of us: (walks away)
And here's an IM conversation I had with a friend...
Liam: i know who erik estrada is.
me: some people don/t...he delivered a baby in a disco!
Liam: Fuckin A! he was also marco on sealab.
Bumblebee from Transformers. There's a guy in there somewhere. Taking tiny tiny steps. He had an entourage that just kept saying, "Coming through! Coming through!" We were wondering how this guy pees? Did anyone see him in the men's room? Did the entourage go with him?
Wil Wheaton. Too shy to talk to him. He was way better-looking in person than I was expecting him to be. Plus I was scared he'd talk me into buying his new book. I will stick to quietly reading his Twitters and blog. I feel like watching Stand by Me now. Ooh. The leeches. Nooooo!!!
Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot. I dropped by to say hello. Initially I was going to get a photo of just him, but he insisted we take one together. He mentioned that he enjoys the Inland Empirical blog and photos--that's a nice thing to hear! Nice guy! More exclamation points!! I read his blog regularly as well and I give GR all my money. Thanks to Gary for shooting this one.
Lynda Barry. Oh, Lynda Barry. Your book was heavy. I wanted to buy, but didn't want to carry it so I felt like I could not talk to you. My boss did though. She said you were super cool. I shall buy your book online.
Dan Piraro. He does Bizarro which you may have seen in your newspaper. I've looked at his books and even bought a couple calendars in the past. I like reading his blog which is how I knew he'd be around. Easy to spot: glasses, hat, cigar. He's really into animal rights and veganism. I bought a couple prints from him and he was nice enough to pose for this photo. Thanks to MGR for shooting it.
Scrappers. I follow his art--we're Flickr friends. That beard might be the most impressive I've ever seen. Plus it's red. And it was really distracting or something because I forgot how much I wanted a copy of his book CAMP (which is probably sold out by now with my luck). And I visited the booth twice! I went back the second time because I forgot that I had my "post-Convention" t-shirt in my bag--and that it was one of his limited edition shirts. He seemed surprised that I even had one and wondered where I got it. "But you're selling the same shirt here in yellow," I said. And he says, "No, they only gave me a couple." Ah, how I wish I'd bought the book. He's so talented.
Kiyoshi Nakazawa. He's a friend of a friend and I promised I'd go say hello. I knew of this guy's work "Drunken Master Zine," and that he'd be at the Grass Hut booth with Scrappers. I'm lucky they were both there at the same time. I was asked to photograph him in the past, but I was intimidated and turned it down. It sounds stupid now after meeting him because he's totally friendly and warm and full of energy. He was really hyper and talking to me like we were old friends--he gave me a copy of Issue #10 and even offered to comp me if I show up at Bordello. So since I've been back from San Diego, I've been going through the old DMZ issues. Some of it is really honest and hilarious. And I like kung fu and Mexican wrestling and those elements are represented in his work.
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