I remember the first comic book signing I went to. It was 1993 and I was standing in line, in front of a small comic book shop in Corona, California. Image Comics was about a year old at this point, and Extreme Studios founder Rob Liefeld had brought the entire stable of artists (and a couple other non-Extreme artists) as part of the Extreme Studios Tour ’93. There was even a cool tour book.
So, eventually the signing started, the line got moving, and soon enough I was at one end of a long table arrayed with artists on one side , all diligently signing away for the fans filing along the other side. I got to the first artist and handed over a copy of the tour book, and perhaps a copy of some title he had worked on. Truth is, I was happy enough to meet these guys, but I really only came to see the guy who happened to be at the very end of the table. And I was not really meeting anybody. Continue reading »
