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New York Comic Con; or, Please Don’t Hit My Unborn Baby with Your Lightsaber
2008-04-24 13:00:18
I had a fun time at the New York Comic-Con this past Sunday. Marvel didn’t need me to work at the booth, so after stopping by to say hello there, I spent some time at the Friends of Lulu/MoCCA table (MoCCA: Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art), then walked around to see the sights.
Sunday was Kids’ Day, and I was happy to see so many families and kids. (Some of the art on display seemed surprisingly cheesecakey for a day that was presumably for the youngsters, but I doubt anyone was traumatized.)
I hung out a bit with friend and colleague Jen Grünwald. She showed off her newly-acquired Wolverine doll with long limbs and a little pointy tooth. We talked with friendly Scott Adsit, comic fan and "30 Rock" cast member, who Jen knows through Comic Book Club (more on that in a later blog post). He admired my camera, which I was happy about because I admire his TV show.
At one point, a young fellow approached me and Jen to ask if I was Alanis Morissette. I tried to assure him that I’m not, but he stared at my pregnant belly suspiciously, probably guessing that Alanis Morissette was pregnant and trying to keep a low profile. (I could see the next day’s headlines: Alanis Morissette Shocker: She’s Pregnant—and She Likes Comics!). By way of explanation, he offered: “…because you REALLY look like her.”
Here’s something that might not have occurred to me prior to Alanis Morissette’s first hit, but became painfully obvious after: If someone looks like a celebrity, they probably know it already and do not need you to tell them.
With so much to see and do, I wasn’t too surprised that people weren’t looking where they were going. However, with pregnancy making me a little more cautious about personal safety than I would otherwise be, I do wish they had paid a little more attention to where they swung their lightsabers and other costume accessories. We New Yorkers are actually much nicer than the stereotypes suggest, but there is one thing that is certain to anger us, and that is not paying attention to your surroundings. Especially when those surroundings include pregnant ladies and you are twirling a big stick around absentmindedly.
While I wasn’t busy dodging plastic weapons, it was nice to say hello to a few artists and others I don’t see all the time:
Artists Reilly Brown and Jeremy Freeman kindly gave me a piece of original art from CABLE & DEADPOOL in which I had a guest appearance. Actually, I told Jeremy I wanted to give him something for it, and he breezily said, “Okay, 20 bucks!” Then I realized I didn’t have 20 bucks. I got the art anyway. Thanks, Jeremy!
The folks at the PBS Kids Go! booth told me how much people seemed to be enjoying their WORD GIRL comic that I edited, which was really nice.
David Hahn introduced himself to me and, coincidentally, also gave me a few pages of comic art in which I made an appearance. (He drew the art that I use as a headshot here.) After I thanked him and we parted ways, I noticed that the name on my badge had been facing inward. How had he known it was me? Later I learned that my colleague Lauren had told him how to identify me in a crowd: “Pregnant. Looks like Alanis Morissette.”
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