And then there was the girl who asked me to read out descriptions of pornographic comics to prove that anything I said "sounded classy".

BTW, anyone got a spare black-and-white Dante going?

--------- All this costume cosplay malarkey can start to play with your perceptions. I do hope the police officers on duty with their bright orange suits weren't mistaken for Rebellion Fleet Pilots too often. And one young child with a small head cast was mistaken for being in costume a number of times as well. But as long as there are women willing to shave to put on costumes, and men without shame or an exercise regime happy to dress up in skin tight suits, there shall always be entertainment.

THE ULTIMATES VOL. 1 TPB

--------- Favourite books of the con? TALES FROM THE PIMP issues 1 and 0 from Digital Pimp comics by Philip Chan and Joe Dunn. Very funny slice-of-life stories with some damn fine gags along the way. Excellent. Too excellent.

What they didn't reckon on was the Tales From The Pimp stickers being seized upon by pimp-wannabees, so that people were taking 40 at a go. By the end of the con, they were even being sold on as collectables!

-------- Udon's Street Fighter series is about to have a major ad feature inserted in the GamePro magazine that takes a unique "newbie" look at the comic, sample art alongside the script to each page, as well as a step-by-step creation guide. I get the feeling this thing is going to sell, but initial orders haven't quite reflected this reality.

--------- Super Happy Hour by Dan Taylor and Chris Fason was also a comic book I was seeing around the place. Set in a superhero hangout bar, it's received plaudits from many industry figures, and was quite the popular book to be seen with. It appears that a number of name pros will be contributing short stories to subsequent issues. I read Gail Simone's story - really rather moving. This could so easily be the next POWERS.

-------- I may have been barred from the Marvel suite (dang, now I know how Marv Wolfman feels) but I found solace in the likes of comics' rebellious children, Jim Lee, Alex Ross, Mark Millar and Heidi MacDonald one night as we set the industry to rights, till five in the morning in a hotel lobby. And then promptly forgot it all. Shame really.

----------- Joe Quesada told a few people he was terrified of me, believing I had radar ears. And indeed I did - I heard nothing but good things about Joe all weekend. Even from DC!

------------- Marc Silvestri's work on New X-Men looked gorgeous and people talked about a Jim Lee-style attention being brought back to the title. Marc's work on an adult Beak and an adult Kevin And His Sentinel also attracted considerable Days Of Future Grant discussion. It's very, very nice guys.

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