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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2004 7:54 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

and a good time was had by all. still here in arizona. spent the day at the water park with the mack and q's and the outstanding people of atomic comics.

mike is such a great guy. i cant tell you. what a great time he showed us every single second we were here.
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2004 7:56 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

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and a good time was had by all. still here in arizona. spent the day at the water park with the mack and q's and the outstanding people of atomic comics.

mike is such a great guy. i cant tell you. what a great time he showed us every single second we were here.


I heard ALL ABOUT it. You have no idea how bummed out I was. Crying or Very sad
FUCK! Some shit just aint right.
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2004 7:56 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

Ravengregory wrote:
BENDIS! wrote:
and a good time was had by all. still here in arizona. spent the day at the water park with the mack and q's and the outstanding people of atomic comics.

mike is such a great guy. i cant tell you. what a great time he showed us every single second we were here.


I heard ALL ABOUT it. You have no idea how bummed out I was. Crying or Very sad
FUCK! Some shit just aint right.


well, were the fuck were you? i've been here for days.
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2004 7:59 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

BENDIS! wrote:
Ravengregory wrote:
BENDIS! wrote:
and a good time was had by all. still here in arizona. spent the day at the water park with the mack and q's and the outstanding people of atomic comics.

mike is such a great guy. i cant tell you. what a great time he showed us every single second we were here.


I heard ALL ABOUT it. You have no idea how bummed out I was. Crying or Very sad
FUCK! Some shit just aint right.


well, were the fuck were you? i've been here for days.


My wife left town, fucker. I had to watch my boy's and couldn't find a babysister Friday.

It really did suck not seeing you and Joe. Sad
And I heard where ya'll went...I fucking LOVE that place Very Happy
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2004 8:04 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

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BENDIS! wrote:
Ravengregory wrote:
BENDIS! wrote:
and a good time was had by all. still here in arizona. spent the day at the water park with the mack and q's and the outstanding people of atomic comics.

mike is such a great guy. i cant tell you. what a great time he showed us every single second we were here.


I heard ALL ABOUT it. You have no idea how bummed out I was. Crying or Very sad
FUCK! Some shit just aint right.


well, were the fuck were you? i've been here for days.


My wife left town, fucker. I had to watch my boy's and couldn't find a babysister Friday.

It really did suck not seeing you and Joe. Sad
And I heard where ya'll went...I fucking LOVE that place Very Happy



that was fun Smile
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2004 8:07 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

BENDIS! wrote:
Ravengregory wrote:
BENDIS! wrote:
Ravengregory wrote:
BENDIS! wrote:
and a good time was had by all. still here in arizona. spent the day at the water park with the mack and q's and the outstanding people of atomic comics.

mike is such a great guy. i cant tell you. what a great time he showed us every single second we were here.


I heard ALL ABOUT it. You have no idea how bummed out I was. Crying or Very sad
FUCK! Some shit just aint right.


well, were the fuck were you? i've been here for days.


My wife left town, fucker. I had to watch my boy's and couldn't find a babysister Friday.

It really did suck not seeing you and Joe. Sad
And I heard where ya'll went...I fucking LOVE that place Very Happy



that was fun Smile


Evil or Very Mad

I am envy. I went with Pat Lee, Mike, Jim M, and the rest of the guys last year and they treated us like fucking GOds. That place is the best.
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2004 10:44 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

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What do you mean "some odd organizational choices"? Care to elaborate? I could easily pass along any suggestions on how to make our FCBD's and Atomic-Cons better for you guys. Wink


The 4 creators were at a table in a guarded area which had 2 lines of fans waiting to get in. There was one line for those who wanted sketches, and one line for those who wanted just signatures. A lot of folks from the signatures line were let in at once, and a small handful would be let in from the sketches line a while later. Also, everyone in the sketches line was asked to purchase how many sketches they would like while waiting in line. They were then given a receipt.

In theory, a person would wait in one line, then get their signatures, then get in the other line and get their sketches.

The problem was the creators seemed completely uninformed of this procedure, and no one was enforcing the "only sketches" or "only signatures" (which, admittedly, was a very difficult thing to enforce since everyone was in a faceless crowd once they got into the coveted creator area). Also, I only saw ONE person who was asked to show their receipt when obtaining a sketch (though I was only in the creator area for an hour).

In addition, Atomic had a "5 books per creator" limit, but the creators seemed unaware of this as well. They all happily signed as many books as were put in front of them.

Also, I didn't understand the strategy for determining how many people from each line would be let in at a time. Finch ALWAYS had an enormous line within the creator area, while Bendis and Quesada often had nothing to do.

I'm not bitter about the experience or anything (it was a ton of fun and the folks at Atomic are awesome for putting it together), but I would advise having only one line. The two lines seemed to add more work for Atomic employees and the system simply confused a lot of customers (i.e. since many sketch-line people had waited a lot longer than the signature-line people, they weren't eager to hop back into a second line just to get their books signed). And I thought the sketch-receipt enforcement should have been stricter, especially since the money was going to charity.
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2004 3:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

Hmm. I don't know how it went down exactly at Atomic Mesa, since I was working Chandler that day, but we had the same policy at Chandler, and I too thought the crowds looked a bit unorganized there.

As for book limits, it was for the simple fact that the more they signed, the faster they would get tired out. Also, if you got your books signed, you could have hopped right back in like. It was just a courtesy thing, really.

Perhaps next time, we could mark hands or something for different lines, or have seperate times for signings and sketches. I dunno, but I'll pass along your critiques.
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PostPosted: Oct 26, 2004 3:36 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

Ravengregory wrote:
FUCK! Bendis came to my home town and I didn't even get to see his bald ass. DAMNIT! I hate my life sometimes.

But the PV signing was cool and Mack was awesome as always. Very Happy



Thanks Raven!
You were great too!

It was great signing at the Paradise Valley store of Atomic Comics!
The AT Crew was fantastic. It was great to meet all the fans, and all the other creators.

Had a blast with the Bendis' and Quesada's!
And the Atomic family!

Thanks everyone!
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PostPosted: Oct 26, 2004 3:49 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

I'm still upset at this. I could have taken a bus...a lot of buses but I could've been there.
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PostPosted: Oct 26, 2004 5:05 am    Post subject: Re: Bendis in Mesa, Arizona Reply with quote

Hey Mack, did Raven really tell you to ask Brian something for me?

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