Wizard World Dallas, Day Three

I woke up this morning with a belly still full of chicken fried steak and creamed corn. Jesse ad I toddled off to Church, and then to the last day of Wizard World Texas.

We got to my table and I’d wanted to grab a cup of coffee to start the day, but I had a problem: too many people wanted to buy stuff. Now, if you have to have problems, these are the ones to have.

First, I sold the remaining five books to the guy who thanked us for getting his girlfriend to buy a comic at all, let alone my book. She read the first and needed the rest. Someone wanted a sketch of She-Hulk. Then someone wanted Hawkgirl. Then another completion set.

That took the better part of an hour. Finally, I needed not only something to drink, but to use the facilities. “Jesse, if anyone comes up, pretend you’re me. Just sketch something in non-repro blue and I’ll fix it when I get back.”

Fortunately, Jesse didn’t have to be me, but he did have a clever drawing of the Atom so small he was only a dot coming out of a phone.

I did get to talk to more of the Comic Pants guys, who are just as funny and ebulent in person as they are on their podcast. You should really check them out here.

Things were generally slower than Saturday, but busier, at least sales-wise, on Friday. I also did a sketch of a Danny Phantom character, a couple of Wonder Woman, and Dream Girl from the Legion of Super Heroes. That last one in particular turned out pretty well.

I got to meet Scott Porter from NBC’s Friday Night Lights. He’s a comic book fan and was just walking around, seeing what there was to see. And he was doing so without the security that Laura Vandervoot (Supergirl from Smallville) needed. He’s a comics fan, and Jesse, who is also a FNL fan, gave him copies of my book.

Scott said he’d hoped to read them while at his table, but was too busy because there was an internet rumor that he’d been cast as Superman in the upcoming Justice League movie. (He wasn’t, and, in fact, had been passed over as the Flash, too.) So tons of fans showed up with Superman stuff for him to sign.

I have to say, Scott was just a really nice guy. I hope he likes the books.

I didn’t take too many photos, and hadn’t had the time to mess with putting them up until today. So don’t think they’re all from today’s show.

The day then drew to a close, and we bade goodbye to our boothmates and con friends and headed back to Jesse’s house for some pizza and a TiVo-delayed Dallas Cowboys game. Shhh. Don’t tell us who won.
Back home tomorrow!