Out of the frying pan...

Yep, just back from the consciousness-losing chill of Emerald City Comic Con and then I think to myself "Hey idiot, you want cold? Let's go to Chicago!"

So here I am headed to C2E2, the Mid-west's finest comic and pop culture convention. You can find me in Artist Alley at table B5 taking up space from my talented boothmate, Amy Mebberson. For the first time I'll be offering original page art from Darkwing Duck and Muppet King Arthur, as well as covers from DW, Rescue Rangers and Duck Tales. And if you haven't picked up your copy yet, we will have copies of the first DW trade and Muppet Sherlock Holmes. And when you get your collection at the show it comes with a free original sketch bookmark. In addition we will both be taking commissions for original art.

And if you need a few ideas for what kind of art you'd like to request, here's a few highlights from the Kaboom booth at ECCC. All told I think I did about 32,000 covers at the show but these were the ones who didn't say "Just draw Darkwing" or "I don't care, just dance for me monkey boy"

It seems like the Guard Dog/Guard Flamingo's had a bigger impact on our culture than I first thought.

Barks' work is still my biggest influence so I never pass up a chance to do Scrooge.

This guys saw there wasn't enough space on the cover for the two of 'em, so he bought 2.

First sketch cover for someone who hadn't been born yet EVER!

This guy likes his villains good and sloshed. I also sketched him a Magica for being original.

These girls wanted DW fighting a sea monster and DW doing something French. Who am I to argue?

The Infinite DW's came fast and furious. I knew I'd fit in a Sailor Moon DW somewhere.

Fan Favorite Splatter Phoenix made a return appearance to my sketch pad.

We were pretty close to Oregon. Go Ducks!

But my favorite request all weekend came through the friends of someone who was home sick in bed. All she wanted was a sketch of "Zombie Darkwing fighting Megatron." I couldn't refuse.

And what's a Comic Con without a few regular super heroes. Here's a Black Canary (with assist from Amy) and Spiderman.

I hope to see you all in Chicago. If frostbite hasn't removed most of my typing finger, I'll be back with a report next week. Hey, I live in Hawaii. I'm allowed to bitch.  (sound of snowball covered brick whizzing past my head)