Comic Art

Another great sketch from the one day Fan Expo.  Francis was providing free sketches, making a great reason to attend the one day shows.

Attended the one day Fan Expo show in Toronto this past weekend.  Guy Davis was doing free sketches and was kind enough to provide the sketch below.

Waited patiently for three hours on Saturday for Dale to show up.  I had always seen him at shows but the lines were long and I didn’t want to wait.  This time around I wanted to get something, but I was in for a surprise.  When he arrived at the show he was told by Fan Expo staff that he had to charge for sketches, so this went from free to $100.  I had waited and knew his work was great so I went ahead and asked for the Hulk.  Judging from the finished product I’m very happy with my purchase.

Another great Fan Expo 2009 piece; this show was a real hit for me.  I missed out on Van Sciver and Dodson but what can you do.  I get something from Cooke every chance I have and this time asked for the Spirit with a logo somewhere: I’m very happy with the result below.

One of the highlights of Fan Expo 2009 was having Olivier Coipel at the show.  He didn’t for several hours after the show opened Friday but myself and a lady where the only two waiting for him: we took turns standing.  I happened to get his first sketch of the show and I am extremely happy with the piece.

Attended Fan Expo 2009 in Toronto last month and picked up some wonderful art.  First up is a Galactus piece from Michael Cho: he took pre-orders so you could get what you want without waiting in line: a great idea that allows the artist to take the time they need to get you a great product.  As always Michael pencils and then uses a light box to ink and apply his signature single colour.

My final item from the 2008 Toronto Fan Expo: a second Ramon Perez JSA Classified page.

I should start off by saying I’m not an Ed McGuinness fan.  While at Fan Expo in Toronto I ran across Dexter Vines: he’s an excellent inker and had some nice pages for sale.  This Watcher page jumped out at me, mostly because of that Kirby-esque outstretched hand.

Another find from the Fan Expo: picked this up from the inker Drew Geraci.  As always I’m drawn to the black heavily inked pages.

My highlight piece from Fan Expo 2008: a glorious Wonder Woman sketch from Darwyn Cooke.  I had spotted him around the show on Friday and I found out he would be selling some of his sketch books from artist’s alley on Saturday morning.  Saturday I paced until I spotted him and was the first in line: he had done headshots of 50’s style women in each so I picked out my favourite.  Then he pulled out a portfolio of stuff for sale: I was blown away by the material but managed to pick out the item below.