My first comics convention
Feb. 4th, 2008 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daibhidcThis weekend I attended Hi-Ex!; the Highland International Comics Expo. Great fun! The main reason I don't go to many cons (just the biannual Discworld one) is I can't face all the fuss of travel, and hotels, and so on, so having one a 10 minute bus-ride away is definitely something I'm in favour of.
Because of the weather, not all the advertised guests made it[1], but the ones who did (including local 200AD artist Colin MacNeil) were excellent, and very entertaining. There was so much going on, I missed my chance to buy the graphic novel version of Kidnapped and have it signed by the artist (Cam "Kenny Who?" Kennedy) 8-(. I also got a bit carried away at the auction, and bought a statuette of Minnie the Minx and Little Plum blowing up a balloon shaped like Biffo the Bear[2]. No idea where I'm going to put it.
Looking forward to the next one!
[1]Quote of the weekend, possibly, came at one "Brits in the US" panel when someone (I can't remember who now) said "If I can speak for Alan Grant, who can't be here because he's on cocaine. Allegedly. Something to do with snow, that's all I know...")
[2]Based on the 1965 Beano Book cover, which you can see here. And yes, Minnie is wearing the atypical colours in the statue.
Because of the weather, not all the advertised guests made it[1], but the ones who did (including local 200AD artist Colin MacNeil) were excellent, and very entertaining. There was so much going on, I missed my chance to buy the graphic novel version of Kidnapped and have it signed by the artist (Cam "Kenny Who?" Kennedy) 8-(. I also got a bit carried away at the auction, and bought a statuette of Minnie the Minx and Little Plum blowing up a balloon shaped like Biffo the Bear[2]. No idea where I'm going to put it.
Looking forward to the next one!
[1]Quote of the weekend, possibly, came at one "Brits in the US" panel when someone (I can't remember who now) said "If I can speak for Alan Grant, who can't be here because he's on cocaine. Allegedly. Something to do with snow, that's all I know...")
[2]Based on the 1965 Beano Book cover, which you can see here. And yes, Minnie is wearing the atypical colours in the statue.
