We met Steve Lieber, Kurt Busiek, Dusty Peterson, Mike Mignola, Greg Ruka, Erik Larsen, Diana Greenhalgh and a couple other's that I'm sorry that I can't remember. They all signed their books for us and we spent some time talking to each of them. I have to say that Steve Lieber was my favorite. He picked up the comic book that Mike had just bought from him and instead of just signing thecover like the rest of the artists did, he opened it up and starting sketching a face. Then, as if he needed to ask permission, he looked up at us and said, "Do you mind if I do a quick sketch?" with genuine curiosity. As if we could have said no. He drew a cool lady with a headband. Dusty Peterson was also really cool to talk to. In case you don't know, he's drawn album art for Six Feet Under. (Not my kind of music, really, but beautiful and dark art.)
There were many, many interesting people at the ECCC as well. William Shatner, Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes were there. The 501st and other Star Wars Cosplay groups were there. I met an ewok; it was a glorious time.
There were all sorts of super heroes in all shapes and sizes. There was a lot of spandex on people that it shouldn't be and a few people that it seemed to be made for. I had a great time getting my picture taken with some of them.The media guests charge to have a photo taken with them. No thanks. But they also do panel interviews. We went to only one panel, Jonathan Frakes. He was hilarious and charming. We were very entertained. And it was nice to sit down for an hour.
We also met some of the people from 343 Industries, a video game company. They were as cool as my boyfriend said they would be and I look forward to getting to chat with them again sometime.The convention ran for three days and we were present for all of them. It was time well spent and the proximity of the convention center to nearly every other Seattle attraction kept us from getting bored.
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