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Michael_Goodman Senior Member

Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 1991 Location: Clearwater, FL
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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject: Thank you Bendis Board!; naked girls; hangover; CHICAGO! |
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Okay, I'm going to do my best not to name drop (so I don't leave anyone out).
First, thank you to the Bendis board for supporting me in Chicago. I sold 70plus books thanks to you guys and that covered table and hotel. I love you all so much and if you didn't get a sketch from me and bought my books, pm me your address and I'll send one out. I was a bit hungover on Sunday morning, so I didn't feel like sketching.
One thing that did bother me was that I sold books to only three people outside the board. Everone kept telling me that I needed to go to Chicago, my stuff would do well in Chicago.. I know my book doesn't suck, then why would high profile creators (on this board) recommend it to people, write in to it, and one special person even asked for a print of a page, so I said I would trade it for her for an original of her work (which I wanted and I devilishly planned the whole thing to go down like that).
I think the reason barely anyone brought my books outside the board was because I was sitting next to two models. And the people who would by my books probably avoid the model areas. I know I do. The models were nice and fun to joke around with, but their fans sucked. They are so creepy. Men say the creepiest things. And they all went up to me and said I was the luckiest guy at the show, but if so, why wouldn't they even look at my books? This seating demographically hurt me, and if it wasn't for the Bendis Board, Chicago would have fincancially killed me. I was sitting next to Rowena Galam and Linda Tran, just do a google search.
It was so awesome to meet you guys, especially those of you whom I've been talking to outside the board for some time.
I did miss most the Bendis Board party. I went to dinner with my friends at Silent Devil (it was funny because I was hanging out with fellow board member Carrie, and we didn't even know we were both Board posters until later that night) and got drunk. I don't drink. I hate drinking. But I was trying to keep up with someone. I was talking to a friend when Mack came by at the bar and said, follow me to the party. I said I will soon, but was busy talking to my friend. Then I checked out the Board party, but I knew my body needed to shut down so I went to sleep.
So on Sat, I was reall sick from not sleeping for two days and not eating (all I had on Friday was rice at 4am, cookies at the con and fries for dinner (you fuckers wanted to go to McDonald's, those fries killed me ) . So Saturday morning, I was sick and didn't want to be at the show. But I felt better at noon. I was at my table all day except for the Birthday Surprise Party at the Marvel panel. That went well and I asked the silly question. I just read about it on some news site where I was referred to as "a fan". It's just funny reading something where "and then a fan said" and they're talking about you.
One girl came up to me and asked me if I wanted to see her photographs. Thinking it was a photography portfolio, I said yes. She started looking through my art. The first pic was a portrait in black and white. I said, "cool, we both work in black and white mediums." She said, she would like to, but her photographer likes color. Uh, oh, I thought. The next page was a close up of her vagina behind some flowers. In color. The photography was excellent, though. I drew her portrait and we talked about modeling. In fact, I think I had more conversations about modeling this con, than I did about comics.
As some of you know, I am learning Japanese and want to move to Japan next year. One of the highlights of this trip for me, was while one a hotel tram car, a Japanese girl sat down next to me. And I asked her, "Where are you from?" And she said, Japan, and I introduced myself in her language and we had a short conversation until she got to the airport. But I did manage to give you Yuko signed copies of Ciderview 3 and 4.
So that night, I partied with my Silent Devil buddies and (okay, I'm name dropping from here on in) drank a bit. Raven Gregory comes up to me and I make him guess who I was. He was really drunk and couldn't name me.
"I know, I know!" he said, "You're JonnyZ!!"
Then I said, I was Michael Goodman. And he goes,
"Goodman? You're real, I thought you were a figment of Oeming's imagination? Wait, aren't you the guy that ate everyone?"
And thanks to JD for buying my drink. I didn't spend one cent on alcohol this weekend =). And hopefully, I won't ever again. Because hangover suck. If I felt like shit on saturday morning, Sunday was worse. All I wanted to do was throw up and sleep. But I did neither. Sunday was slow and I had about for sales. But something really cool happened on Sunday. You know how everyone thinks David Mack is sexy? Yeah, even my last girlfriend thought so. I asked her, "what do you find so sexy about David Mack?" And she said, "It's behind his eyes." Because she's all deep and stuff. But anyway, David's girlfriend said I was sexy. So take that, haha. Mack, don't take this out of context, she asked me if I thought she looked better with glasses on or off (I voted glasses) and I asked her if I should shave my chin patch (because I don't like it, but I feel like I'm 17 without it). And she said, "no keep it, I think it's sexy!"
And I said, "You made my day." (because I have real low self esteem when it comes to my looks). And then I scored original Tranimal painting in exchange for a page from my book. Her art is so freaking awesome, I urge everyone to check it out, especially if you like David's. (If they have a child, it would be a super artist baby). Speaking of this section of the con, Andy Lee asked me what I would do if the models I was "sitting with came over and got naked and made coke lines on their asses?" And I said, "I'd call you." And then I got to learn how to clean Sumi brushes, which was cool, because I'm trying to learn that style. And Mack gave me a one of Diana's cookies, which was good and this is significant, because I originally had Diana's cookies! And she offered them to me and I declined (feeling all sick and stuff). Oh, what a terrible choice I made =(.
Cool things that happened at my table were:
Meeting you guys. Trillian, Diana, Shannon, Aalger, Colin, and Alysha all taking turns watching my table so I could get out in the show. Getting my mixtape meltdown cd from Michael Wheeler (Neophyte). Trading Ciderview for Test Tube (read them last night, I loved them). Jim from Comics Buyer's Guide getting my stuff to review. David Tischman getting my stuff for consideration for MTV's film optioning. Doing a bazillion sketches for Alysha and Colin. Getting to sketch in SteveZ's sketchbook, because it was full of works from all these great artists. I drew Aquaman about to get eaten by a giant skark. My sobriety returning to me on Sunday. Rowena Galem teaching me some Tagalog (Filipino language). Meeting Yano's sisters who actually isn't a look alike of my ex.
Here's the booty I came home with:
Test Tube 1-4
Ronin Anthology
Nobel's book
Lionxor and his Amazing Friends
My good printing of Ciderview #4
Ninja Tranimal
Tranimal T-Shirt
Digital Pimp
Two Taki Soma prints
And some Kabuki comics.
And you know a sweet thing to end the trip with (since I'm name dropping)? When I was in the airport, at the gate of my flight, I walked over to the food court to get a smoothie. And there was Bendis at a table surfing the net or something. I wished him a happy birthday and he wished me a safe return and hoped that Florida was okay. (My section of Clearwater was actually not hit at all). It was just a nice way to end the weekend.
But then when me and Jim got to the airport parking garage, we realized that neither of us wrote down nor remembered where we parked.. _________________
Ziolko wrote: |
THAT'S IT, FUCKHAT!!!! I KNOW WHERE I LIVE AND I'M COMING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW JUST TO KICK MY ASSS!!!!!!!! |
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Shane Welker Veteran

Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 4722 Location: St. Louis
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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Thank you Bendis Board!; naked girls; hangover; CHICAGO! |
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I agree, as much as I like looking at women, I found the nudie booths un-needed. _________________ Shylock: The Merchandise
http://www.cafeshops.com/shylockshop
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MACK! Enthusiast
Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 732
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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Thank you Bendis Board!; naked girls; hangover; CHICAGO! |
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Good to see you Michael!
I meant to stop by your table and keep you company in your porn alley, but I just couldn't get time to leave my table.
I literally saw NOTHING at the con except for my own table and three trips to the men's bathroom. I never made it to another single booth cause there were so many cool readers and Bendis boarders visiting the Kabuki-Tanimals-ANdy Lee triptich.
Thanks all! It was great!!! Glad they visited your table and you sold so many of your books!
Everybody is a winner in the Bendis Olympics!
I'm glad you got the Anh Tran sexy stamp of approval
You have nothing to worry about. You are a fine looking man, very talented, and people like you!
I'm glad Diana shared her cookies! Diana's cookies were the only thing I ate all day Saturday!
Too busy at the con signing books.
So thanks Diana!
Michael,
Glad you got to learn Zen brush cleaning from Andy Lee in the bathroom!
You deserve it after solving his zen riddle of pornstars with coke on their backs. |
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Scott_Ziolko Veteran

Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 3591 Location: Columbia, MO
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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Thank you Bendis Board!; naked girls; hangover; CHICAGO! |
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Glad to hear you enjoyed Test-Tube, Michael! It was great to get to meet you face to face without being eaten...  _________________
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Michael_Goodman Senior Member

Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 1991 Location: Clearwater, FL
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Posted: Aug 16, 2004 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Thank you Bendis Board!; naked girls; hangover; CHICAGO! |
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MACK! wrote: |
Glad you got to learn Zen brush cleaning from Andy Lee in the bathroom! |
Did he tell you what else he taught me in there? |
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