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Post by Bats on Sept 7, 2017 14:37:23 GMT -8
Apologies for the tardiness... As mentioned, the whole thing was quite small. Smaller than previous years, that is. You guys would probably look at it and think "Aww, at least they're giving it a go."  Artists' Alley was downsized, with notable absences from artists who attended previous years... such as Gary Frank, Neal Adams, George Perez (get well fella) and Brian Bolland. Thankfully, it was air conditioned (unlike the main hall), so got a lot of thoroughfare... The Cosplay was almost non-existent in comparison to previous years. There were only a few people wandering around in costumes at any one time and the "pros" only seemed to make the odd guest appearance. There was a good selection of comic stalls and other merchandise, which kept me entertained for a the weekend. (Seriously) I spent an hour or two toying with the idea of buying a Batman #194, but it was just a bit too tatty for my liking. Slab wall... I'll take the Superman #1, please... How much?! I see you take American Express... Can I use someone else's...? I attended a few panels over the weekend, the first one being on DC Rebirth... Billed as a discussion on Rebirth and "how it's taken the industry by storm", the panel consisted of four artists who were unable to answer any questions on why DC felt it necessary to have a "Rebirth". This culminated in some guy asking the panel "Watchmen... Why? ... Just why?!" which was met with silence The "My Batman" panel was quite good, which was four artists discussing their inspiration for drawing Batman. Apparently everyone loves Brian Bolland There was also a panel on the importance of comic covers, which somehow managed to dodge the subject of multiple variants. Probably because the panel consisted of variant cover artists... The panel host was an interesting chap (who I had the good fortune to meet later on). He has the entire run of Detective Comics and Batman (in a bank vault). His knowledge of DC comics is astonishing. Any talk about Metal and the Dark Multiverse? That storyline is freaking me out, it's like a car crash I can't take my eyes off of. No panels on it. And I'm staying away from that stuff! Just bought the reprinted Batman: Legacy TPB. I'll stick with that. |
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Post by Magnus, Robot Fighter on May 27, 2018 8:00:26 GMT -8
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on May 30, 2018 12:01:09 GMT -8
My ad blocker prevents me from seeing the page, and I don't want to disable it. Any chance at a copy/paste of the text?
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Post by steveinthecity on Jun 13, 2018 2:11:42 GMT -8
My ad blocker prevents me from seeing the page, and I don't want to disable it. Any chance at a copy/paste of the text? Not much to read. False alarm and people with Saturday tix got free admission Sunday. Messy site with lots of ads/links. |
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Post by MetalPSI™ on Jul 10, 2018 17:22:20 GMT -8
Calgary Expo was pretty lackluster this year. Even though Liefeld was there peddling his worn out ass.
One highlight was seeing Jae Lee. Saying hello was only marred by the fact I had the curiosity to pick up his pricing for commissions. A 8x10 filled page was in the 10K range. I was dumbfounded. I'll say this, at every con I've seen him at, he's ALWAYS been busy working on a piece.
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Post by Bats on Jul 11, 2018 5:42:35 GMT -8
Calgary Expo was pretty lackluster this year. Even though Liefeld was there peddling his worn out ass. One highlight was seeing Jae Lee. Saying hello was only marred by the fact I had the curiosity to pick up his pricing for commissions. A 8x10 filled page was in the 10K range. I was dumbfounded. I'll say this, at every con I've seen him at, he's ALWAYS been busy working on a piece.
How much?!?!?!
Tell me you're kidding... You're not kidding, are you?
I wish I'd known that when I was LSCC last year. I would've stopped by his table to tell him he was overcharging just a little 
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Post by MetalPSI™ on Jul 11, 2018 15:55:13 GMT -8
Calgary Expo was pretty lackluster this year. Even though Liefeld was there peddling his worn out ass. One highlight was seeing Jae Lee. Saying hello was only marred by the fact I had the curiosity to pick up his pricing for commissions. A 8x10 filled page was in the 10K range. I was dumbfounded. I'll say this, at every con I've seen him at, he's ALWAYS been busy working on a piece.
How much?!?!?!
Tell me you're kidding... You're not kidding, are you?
I wish I'd known that when I was LSCC last year. I would've stopped by his table to tell him he was overcharging just a little
In retrospect I wish I had taken a pic of his pricing list
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 20:51:31 GMT -8
Calgary Expo was pretty lackluster this year. Even though Liefeld was there peddling his worn out ass.
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Post by Stu on Jul 12, 2018 5:31:42 GMT -8
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Post by Stu on Jul 12, 2018 6:20:41 GMT -8
No CAK on the dealer list either.
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jul 13, 2018 16:21:27 GMT -8
Calgary Expo was pretty lackluster this year. Even though Liefeld was there peddling his worn out ass. One highlight was seeing Jae Lee. Saying hello was only marred by the fact I had the curiosity to pick up his pricing for commissions. A 8x10 filled page was in the 10K range. I was dumbfounded. I'll say this, at every con I've seen him at, he's ALWAYS been busy working on a piece.
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Post by MetalPSI™ on Jul 14, 2018 11:25:15 GMT -8
Calgary Expo was pretty lackluster this year. Even though Liefeld was there peddling his worn out ass. One highlight was seeing Jae Lee. Saying hello was only marred by the fact I had the curiosity to pick up his pricing for commissions. A 8x10 filled page was in the 10K range. I was dumbfounded. I'll say this, at every con I've seen him at, he's ALWAYS been busy working on a piece.
At 10k, I wonder if this a ploy to give the impression that their is a customer list. That's quite clever. Didn't look at it that way. I'm sure that if he was someone I really sought out for a commission, I could haggle with him. |
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Post by Bats on Jul 14, 2018 12:57:44 GMT -8
At 10k, I wonder if this a ploy to give the impression that their is a customer list. That's quite clever. Didn't look at it that way. I'm sure that if he was someone I really sought out for a commission, I could haggle with him. I once tried haggling with an artist. He told me I could pick up the sketch "tomorrow". It was a one day Con... |
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jul 14, 2018 14:22:23 GMT -8
At 10k, I wonder if this a ploy to give the impression that their is a customer list. That's quite clever. Didn't look at it that way. I'm sure that if he was someone I really sought out for a commission, I could haggle with him. If I recall his art, he's talented- Uses large areas of black. Do you recall if the work he was doing 'cheated' this way? Or did it look true commission quality (meaning not with a rushed convention look)? Or am I demanding too much memory |
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Post by Stu on Jul 14, 2018 14:37:31 GMT -8
That's quite clever. Didn't look at it that way. I'm sure that if he was someone I really sought out for a commission, I could haggle with him. If I recall his art, he's talented- Uses large areas of black. Do you recall if the work he was doing 'cheated' this way? Or did it look true commission quality (meaning not with a rushed convention look)? Or am I demanding too much memory I haven't seen his work lately, but he did an Inhumans series about 20 years ago that I thought was excellent. |
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