Highlights and Lowlifes
On Saturday I got together with Kyle to visit the Emerald City Comic Con. The show was held in the cavernous outer gallery of Qwest Field, Seattle's immense new professional football stadium. On the way in from the parking lot, I caught a peek through the stands that made the place look absolutely enormous. It must make for quite a sports venue.
But the inside is remarkable only in that it has not yet grown shoddy and encrusted with spilled beer and festering mold.
First things first. There's something to be said for goth women. Legions of them had come to see the guy behind "Invader Zim," and they lined the perimeter of the convention hall like a sassy snake surrounding its nest. Their black-eyelinered stares pierce me still.
The highlight of the show was meeting Roy Thomas, the editor of "Alter-Ego." Roy was very gracious, and was pleased to learn about his idol, Gardner Fox, publishing stories through "The Dragon" in the late 70s. He mentioned that he's considering writing a biography of Fox, which would certainly appear on my wishlist shortly after its solicitation. I'll be sending him copies of the stories for his files.
The dealer booths were pleasingly stocked with swag. I picked up some cool Katsuya Terada stationary from the fine folks at Dark Horse, and purchased a sweet sticker from Tara McPhearson. We also met and chatted with Robin Bougie, the demented genius behind "Cinema Sewer," a comic about ultra-obscure horror movies, 70s-80s porno, and cult TV. The issue I picked up contains a three-page hand-written essay about the infamous (and oft-referenced by me) Arnold on Dudley on Gordon Jump episode of TV's "Diff'rent Strokes."
Like I said, Robin Bougie is demented. It's probably needless to say that "Cinema Sewer" makes for fascinating reading.
But the inside is remarkable only in that it has not yet grown shoddy and encrusted with spilled beer and festering mold.
First things first. There's something to be said for goth women. Legions of them had come to see the guy behind "Invader Zim," and they lined the perimeter of the convention hall like a sassy snake surrounding its nest. Their black-eyelinered stares pierce me still.
The highlight of the show was meeting Roy Thomas, the editor of "Alter-Ego." Roy was very gracious, and was pleased to learn about his idol, Gardner Fox, publishing stories through "The Dragon" in the late 70s. He mentioned that he's considering writing a biography of Fox, which would certainly appear on my wishlist shortly after its solicitation. I'll be sending him copies of the stories for his files.
The dealer booths were pleasingly stocked with swag. I picked up some cool Katsuya Terada stationary from the fine folks at Dark Horse, and purchased a sweet sticker from Tara McPhearson. We also met and chatted with Robin Bougie, the demented genius behind "Cinema Sewer," a comic about ultra-obscure horror movies, 70s-80s porno, and cult TV. The issue I picked up contains a three-page hand-written essay about the infamous (and oft-referenced by me) Arnold on Dudley on Gordon Jump episode of TV's "Diff'rent Strokes."
Like I said, Robin Bougie is demented. It's probably needless to say that "Cinema Sewer" makes for fascinating reading.
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Hooray for goth chicks!
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