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Heroes Con 2011

Last weekend I jumped in the car and drove six hours to Charlotte, North Carolina for a comic book convention called Heroes Con. I’ve been to a couple of comic book conventions, but not for several years, and never to Heroes Con.

I went, specifically, so I could mark one more name off my “People I Want To Meet” list; namely, comic book writer, Matt Fraction:

Fraction was really nice. We got to talk for a few minutes about Grant Morrison, Casanova, and The Mountain Goats. I asked if I could get a picture with him and he said, “Yeah. Okay, I’m gonna slurp on my coke and pretend to eyeball you.” Which he did. I got the kid in line behind me to take the picture. In hindsight, I should have given him a little tutorial on my camera first:

I also got Fraction to sign my Casanova: Luxuria hardcover:

I got a chance to do some other neat stuff while I was there. I bought a mini-comic from Becky Cloonan that’s only available at cons right now. I got to watch comics legend, Michael Golden, sketch a picture of Batman, and I got to basically walk around for four or five hours immersed in a hobby that I love.

My haul for the weekend included two of Stuart Immonen’s sketchbooks, a Paul Pope mini-comic, and the aforementioned Becky Cloonan book, Wolves:

When I wasn’t at the con, I got to try some different restaurants, my favorite of which was a braised pork cheek sandwich with pickled vegetables from a farm to table place called Blue Harvest Grille. I also had some good soul food at a place called Merts, and some mediocre sushi at a place I won’t name.

It was a good trip, but probably my last con for a long while.

Heroes Con

Assuming gas isn’t at $11 a gallon, I’m gonna nerd it up in June and drive to North Carolina for a comic book convention.

Please take a moment to point and laugh. I’ll wait.

All done?

I’m working on a to-do list for the convention. I’ll be posting it here in bits and pieces as new opportunities and interest present themselves.

Here’s what I have so far.

1. Kill all of my wife’s sexual attraction to me.

2. Shake this man’s hand and thank him for Casanova, probably making a total fool of myself in the process:

3. Buy a copy of this lovely looking book directly from Becky Cloonan:

4. Film a little.

Okay, that’s what I got so far. More to come as I peruse the Heroes Con website.