Last weekend was the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, and I tracked down a few comics people that have some V&V adventures in their past.

First up I looked up old friend Bill Willingham.  He had a few people in front of me, so before he saw me I dropped the oversized counter he'd given me after running the campaign game at Gary Con two years ago (for the image, see my avatar).  He looked up, smiled, and joked that "I really can't accept this!"

I got him to sign "Battle Above the Earth", and he personalized a "Fables" trade paperback for me as well.



We both reminisced a bit about the Gary Con V&V game, and he said that we'll definitely do something like that again some day.

Finally, I tracked down Dan Panosian.  He was pretty surprised to see somebody pull out a copy of "The Great Iridium Con".  He turned to the artist next to him (Dave Johnson) and showed it to him, explaining that he'd done that work as a junior in high school!



We chatted for a bit, and he mentioned that he'd met Jeff Dee before, but still hadn't met Bill Willingham yet.

As was the case with Jack and Jeff (and Bill) two years ago, each of these guys were classy, respectful, and professional.  It is amazing to me that guys like Bill and Matt Wagner have very few people coming up to meet them, considering the quality stuff they put out over the years.  Chris Claremont, on the other hand, had a continous line the whole time.  I love Claremont's "X-Men" run with Byrne, but IMHO he doesn't hold a candle to Willingham or Wagner, who both are outstanding artists as well as brilliant writers.