WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO: Day Three
Posted this a little late because we were dead tired.
Day three was the least of the days traffic-wise, but there's that Fall Of Saigon feel to it as the day wears on. The dealers start shouting deals, people start shuffling their feet as they walk and the slow bleed of exhibitors in Artists Alley turns into a torrent.
The half table was a nice change of pace. Four feet plus a little vertical space yielded this arrangement:
This pic was from early Friday morning before the day commenced. To the far right is the corner of Kelly Howlett's space. To the immediate right, Peter Repovski set up, and to the left, Andrew and Steve from Strange Fun Comics. To the back of us and up a bit was Pam Bliss. It ain't Chicago without Pam and Nick.
After twiddling my thumbs for a while, I got back on the Neutro sketch hunt again, getting lovely ones from Steve Guzelis, Kelly Howlett and Eliza Stockfisch--more excuse to get the revamped theregoesneutro.com up and running!
Early Sunday morning, Hanna was looking for the rubber adjuster to one of her earbuds in the hotel room and she found a pair of pants under a chair. The first night, when I pulled out the hide-a-bed from the couch, I found an empty bottle of Jose Cuervo. I don't want to knock the Doubletree across from the Donald E Stephens Center, but the cleaning's gotta be better than that.
Pants removed from under the chair for easier photographing. Somebody had a wild night in that room before we did.
Hanna stopped by the Arsenic Lullaby booth to say hi and get their latest. Will headed out about noon or so and Carter, Hanna and I were the last to go. We stayed in town at Hanna's place and lit out for Iowa this morning. Carter should just about be back in Des Moines now for a well-deserved rest.
We agreed this was the best Wizard World Chicago of the last several. Hi to all who stopped by and thanks to Kelly, Andrew, Steve and Peter for being excellent neighbors!
--John
Day three was the least of the days traffic-wise, but there's that Fall Of Saigon feel to it as the day wears on. The dealers start shouting deals, people start shuffling their feet as they walk and the slow bleed of exhibitors in Artists Alley turns into a torrent.
The half table was a nice change of pace. Four feet plus a little vertical space yielded this arrangement:
This pic was from early Friday morning before the day commenced. To the far right is the corner of Kelly Howlett's space. To the immediate right, Peter Repovski set up, and to the left, Andrew and Steve from Strange Fun Comics. To the back of us and up a bit was Pam Bliss. It ain't Chicago without Pam and Nick.After twiddling my thumbs for a while, I got back on the Neutro sketch hunt again, getting lovely ones from Steve Guzelis, Kelly Howlett and Eliza Stockfisch--more excuse to get the revamped theregoesneutro.com up and running!
Early Sunday morning, Hanna was looking for the rubber adjuster to one of her earbuds in the hotel room and she found a pair of pants under a chair. The first night, when I pulled out the hide-a-bed from the couch, I found an empty bottle of Jose Cuervo. I don't want to knock the Doubletree across from the Donald E Stephens Center, but the cleaning's gotta be better than that.
Pants removed from under the chair for easier photographing. Somebody had a wild night in that room before we did.Hanna stopped by the Arsenic Lullaby booth to say hi and get their latest. Will headed out about noon or so and Carter, Hanna and I were the last to go. We stayed in town at Hanna's place and lit out for Iowa this morning. Carter should just about be back in Des Moines now for a well-deserved rest.
We agreed this was the best Wizard World Chicago of the last several. Hi to all who stopped by and thanks to Kelly, Andrew, Steve and Peter for being excellent neighbors!
--John
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