Hey there, everyone! So, if you’re reading this, it means you probably read about comics on the Internet*. If you read about comics on the Internet, you probably realize that this past weekend, February 6-8, was New York Comic Con. There’s even a chance you were there—I can vouch for the fact that it was PACKED. If you weren’t (and maybe even if you were), I thought you might like to know what the convention was like from my humble position inside the House of Ideas. All right! I’ll tell you.
And…as I was writing this up, I realized it was a bit too long to be one post. So, I’ve broken into three easy pieces, for your consumption. As per logic, I’ve got them divided into the three days of the con, and you can check back over this week to see more.
DAY ONE-
The convention started on Friday. I’m not sure what time it began at, because I was still at the Marvel offices working on comics. I had five books that went out last week. I was fortunate enough to get four of the five out the door by Thursday night. The last one (the mighty SKAAR, SON OF HULK) was straggling. There was a moment or two when I thought I wouldn’t be getting to the first day convention at all, but I managed to get it out the door at 4 PM, at which time my fellow assistant Lauren Sankovitch and I hopped a cab and got to the Javitz Center with a good two and a half hours to explore.
So, what does a Marvel Assistant Editor do at a convention? Mainly, I bopped from here to there meeting up with artists and writers I work with. For the most part, I spent the day split between Artist’s Alley and the Marvel Booth, running into freelancers. For example, I finally got to meet Colleen Coover and Paul Tobin, after having worked with them both on a couple of books**, which was wonderful. Of course, I saw Greg Pak, Jeff Parker and Fred Van Lente as well, but since I’d just seen them the previous day***, it was far less exciting.
As the show ended at 7, I went off to dinner with the cast and crew of Comic Book Club. Better known (using their “names”) as Pete LePage, Justin Tyler and Alex Zalben, the guys were covering the show for Newsarama. Their live comic interview show every Tuesday night here in the city is a blast, I go to it pretty much every week, so I like hanging out with those guys. We discussed the announcements of the day, the interviews they’d done and general comic stuff over some barbecue.
Dinner done, I headed for Marvel’s party of the night. It was at a nice downtown bar, and had a pretty good showing. I’m not a drinker, myself, but I still had a great time talking with the very “happy” comic creators nearby. Greg Pak shattered my dreams by revealing that there has already been a story with smart Hulk and “savage” Banner****. Tim Seeley and I were supposed to go to Karaoke, but I ended up having to bail on it because we hung out at the bar so long and I knew I had to be up early to work the Marvel booth the next day.
DID I get up early enough to work the Marvel Booth on Day Two? WHAT famous comic creators will I run into there? HOW much money did I spend? For the answers to these questions and many more you would never have asked, check back in tomorrow!
Be Seeing You,
Jordan D. White
* You’re doing it now.
** Most notably AGE OF THE SENTRY, the best comic ever. Buy it now, while supplies last!
*** For the Top Secret Panic Office Summit, of course.
**** Apparently in an Iron Man comic of some sort.
i'M THE KING OF THE WORLD !!!! read on CBR that Louise Simonson was writing a ' Marvel Age :Thor' story for Walt ... ?
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About this blog: Jordan loves reading comics, and he loves thinking about them way too much. Super Hero morality, quirks of continuity, and the daily grind of putting out funnybooks… it’s all fair game.
About the author: Jordan D. White is an assistant editor at Marvel. In his free time, he reads way too many comics. Seriously.
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