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Green
Lantern amuses the crowd with the WonderCon logo...
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WonderCon
2005: Friday
Ah,
the wonder that is WonderCon. Located in the Moscone Center
in San Francisco (just around the corner from the amazing
Metreon shopping mallnolith), this year's Con still strikes
a balance between small and dazzling. Fridays tend to be
a more lightly attended day, which makes it great if you
want to find a favorite creator and chat a while.
For
example, today
I touched base with Howard
Chaykin, the subject of next month's DC Solo book and
who has a new book coming out, Legend, from DC/Wildstorm
with art by the great Russ Heath.
Because
the floor is not overwhelming, there's time to noodle around
and check out some cool new small press stuff, and again
take a more relaxed look at what companies like DC and Image
are doing. (No Marvel -- this isn't a WizardWorld. Lines
have been drawn.)
So
enjoy a few sights from the day, and know that tomorrow
is when Hollywood invades, as it must. Rumor has it that
even Paris Hilton will there. And it might only get weirder...
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An
upcoming sculpt of Michael Turner's Supergirl.
Can you hear Sting singing "Don't fly so close
to me?"
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Bryan
Mero and Troy Gustafson, writer and artist of Spirit
Knight, a Christian-themed superhero book.
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Jack
Emmert of Cryptic Studios, trying to stump passers-by
in a trivia contest.
You decide the comics-related topic. He comes up
with the hard question while a character from LIneage
II massages the back of his neck.
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Margot
Kidder starts the convention rounds...
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A
shout out to the people at Channel101.com,
including the not-pictured Rob Schrab, creator of
Scud, The Disposable Assassin.
The tall man at right is Derek Mears, actor,
stuntman, hideously tentacled alien and sometime
pirate.
He also likes kittens.
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