From: [j r d] at [frame.com] (James Drew)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info
Subject: CON: San Diego (a little bit more)
Date: 31 Aug 1994 19:33:28 -0700

There are always things you forget to put in.  *sigh*

As before, some gay content.  You have been warned.



* Chris Taylor was roundly (but good-naturedly) booed for being the man
	to clothe Grimbor the Chainsman/Chainsmaster, arguably the most
	homoerotic supervillain around.

* Most Obnoxious Booth Award: it's a toss-up.  DC reused their "car show"
	booth from last year.  Marvel set up a city with a neat metal globe
	in the center and a tacky, out-of-place Gargoyle on one corner.  The
	Gargoyle *was* across from the skull-and-monster booth hosted by
	Full Moon; really cool looking.  Worst, I suppose, has to have been
	the Teknocomix spread: video wall, two virtual reality stations with
	lines that messed up crowd flow, and a huge aluminum "sit on *this*"
	fist stabbing to the sky.  T*aaaaaa*cky!

* I accidentally misidentified Ken Gale of Evolution Comics (and co-writer on
	Defiant's _The_Good_Guys_) as "Ken Morcom".  Beats me where that came
	from.

* Jon Macy's _Tropo_ (Blackbird Comics) is being published again; the latest
	issue includes a collaboration between Macy and _Homozone_5_'s
	Robyn Scott.  Macy will also be having an upcoming title from Eros,
	tiled _Nefarisimo_ (looks interesting and less "het smut sex" than is
	standard for Eros); I'll have to pick up a copy.  Macy also showed me
	some pages from hsi and Scott's latest collaboration; beautiful pages,
	a definite level increase in Scott's artwork.

* Wayne Wong also showed me some of his latest portfolio pages, featuring
	Captain America and Rogue.  Wayne does some very nice work, and it is
	easy to see his improvement over a year or so ago.  He's got a future,
	I'm sure.

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                             |     I looked at the death scene: a body slumped
Jim Drew                     | in the aisle, groceries scattered everywhere.
[j r d] at [frame.com]                |     "Food ninjas," I declared.
(Furry: Randy Puritan)       |     Seeing their confused faces, I picked up an
"Innocent, but not naive."   | individually wrapped slice of cheese and ran it
B2h t c s k g+(p) rv q p e   | across a cereal box.  Colored marshmallows
S8/5 g l+ y+ o+ a+ u++- j++  | cascaded onto the floor.
{opinions: mine != frame's}  |     "Extra sharp cheddar."
                             |		- Marc Lynx, "A Matter of Taste"