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John G
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PostPosted: Nov 30, 2004 8:52 pm    Post subject: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

Squid Ohio, My Homies is Badass

Wednesday Night:

working in the cave, phone rings:
"we still on?"
"of course."
"Sarah wants to go to lame bar with her cousin, you in?"
"Lame Bar? Of course."

Meghan and I hit lame bar with a vengence. Sarah and cousin are in
full blown tipsy when we get there. I hang back. Behave. Watch the
lame take place. Eyeballs from a thousand girls I think maybe know who
I am, but I have no clue. Drink water. Feel better. Watch. Almost get
in fight with Sarah. Defuse with hair compliment. Mike wants to buy
her shots. Mike is a douchebag from a mile away. Sarah and cousin and
crew want to continue on to lame bar central. Lame bar mecca. Meghan
and I opt out. Call it a night or call it Nicole? Nicole answers from
a kickass bar:
"Kickass bar closes at 1, in 5 minutes."
"Where are you going?"
"It's Kris's birfday, her house. You know any place to buy beer after 1?"
"No, but we're driving past Habib's right now, want us to buy beer and
meet you at Kris Mansion?"
"Please."
"Call you back in 5 minutes."

Habib throws a case of Milwakee's Best ICE at Meghan, and she picks up
some Great Lakes for herself. Happy Birfday Kristen! I call for
directions and we convine to the ghetto. Kris, Ken, Nicole, Jeremy,
and Lee welcome us. Hear a story about a cop with a shotgun to a
driver's side window. Kris let's the dogs in. Two pugs and a big ass
scary wolf looking puppy. Amika, she's scared shitless of my
wheelchair... or me. I joke about having just become a Satanist,
barely a joke. The pugs give love. We hang, talk, and play with dogs,
which Meghan is deathly afraid of. She faces her fear. Amika tastes
her high heal. Likes it. We bullshit, the beer dries up. We go home.
Meghan's drunken car ride tirade is a classic I'll never forget.

Thursday:

Waking up to work in a blur. Afternoon rolls around. Make the call:
"Meghan there?"
"What's up."
"What time you want me to come over?"
"We're eating at 7, so.. anytime, I guess"
"What time is it?"
"Uh... 3:30."
"huh... haven't done shit all day"
"Me either, good thanksgiving day hangover though"
"I bet"

I get there at about 5, and the food smells amazing. Watch a chess
match. Talk about comics. Meghan has an article Brian K. Vaughan wrote
about Brian Michael Bendis for N.E. Ohio LIVE. Old School. Food get's
served, eat like a champ. Jokes Galore. Someone rented Chronicles of
Riddick. We eat apple pie and watch that shit. So American. I'm
laughing and having a blast the whole time. It's like a giant Pepsi
commercial, only for intergalactic Necromongering. Movie ends, I
depart with the plans for Friday fresh in my head. Sleepy with the
need to get up early.

Friday:

Sleep in late. Run around doing last minute bullshit. Nothing goes
right. Classic Mid-Ohio. Easiest thing was hitting Kinko's for the
printing of The Caveman Diaries, a sketchbook zine I did in 3 days.
Wheelchair almost falls apart. Run home, bust ass, pick up Meghan at
6. The open road to Columbus greets us with rain and darkness. Two
hours of goofy talk talk. We get to our hotel. The pool is indoor, and
HUGE. Hang for a piece. Joan of Arcadia. Laughing Ogre awaits. Place
is packed. Dara Naraghi, James Patrick, Dan Taylor, Sean McKeever,
Mark Ricketts, Greg Titus, Steve Lieber, Sarah Ryan, B3NN3TT, Tom
Williams, buncha nuggs I don't know. Meghan and Sarah Ryan hit it off,
girl style kung fu. Nice. Steve Lieber, Dara and I talk comix shiznit.
Food is good. Drinks is good. Meghan gets tipsy. Everybody in the club
gets tipsy. Party ends, see ya tomorrow. We roll out to the 24 hour
grocery, procuring Stouffer's microwavable meals, a vegan burrito, and
a roll of Duct Tape. Hotel room has microwave, no forks or spoons.
Call the desk. Hotel bar: Still open. Place is bumpin, hear the bass
in the hallways. Spain, the bar is called. Plastic forks. Return to
room, watch cable, eat meatloaf and mac n' cheese. Pass out.

The headboard to my bed falls and hits me in the head. I wake up. The
fuck? Damn.

Saturday:

I'm out like a light when Meghan gets up and goes to the pool. I fix
my wheelchair with the Duct Tape. Fold and staple all the comics I'll
need. Ammo. Continental breakfast is shit. Redbull at a gas station.
Shadey motherfuckers abound in Columbus. Hit the con headfirst. Locate
the boys: Hawthorne, Oeming, Mack, Lee. Jokes, laughs, comedy gold.
Who's gay? I dunno. Poop? Mack loves weird stuff. Andy Lee gives me a
toaster shirt. I give all comics. Roll the floor. "Fuc um" in mind.
James Patrick's gots news. Goofy son of a bitch. Dan Taylor hangz
tuff. Tom Williams is kinda starting to scare me with his work. Sean
McKeever shows me BADASS Mary Jane Target only oversized magazine with
Takeshi pages that slay. Mary Jane? Yes, Mary Jane. B3NN3TT ripps cold
blood. Kid named Bleep cracks me up, fresh faced, ready to slay, gung
ho, care free. Love it. Lieber wrote The Idiot's Guide to Creating
Graphic Novels and it's AWESOME. Matt Wagner cracked me up. Tony Moore
rocks the cradle of love. Talent Caldwell has too many fans for me to
wait watching. Raina Telgemeier is cute and makes cute comics which
make cute christmas gifts for cute girls. Meghan hunts down Legion of
Superheroes back issues in quarter bins and fiddy cent bins. Mark
Ricketts knows all, as does Will Pfifer, who I met and gave me HERO
comics. Bought some weird shit out of half off boxes: Alan Moore's
SPIZZ uk edition. Jorge Zaffino Punisher graphic novel. Road to
Perdition sequels. Buncha fools gave me shit I can't deny. Greg Titus
lays down sketch law, gave me Trains. Hawthorne BREAKS sketch law.
Meghan and I had a con highlight moment with David Mack and his
fantastic new approach. P.F. Chang's is good shit.

After the show, Hilton lobby. Me, Oeming, Hawthorne, and Matt Wagner.
Talk. Drugs. Politics. Comics. Science. Oeming's real last name.
Prison Reform. Aquaman. Snakes. Airplanes. Meghan joins the fray.
Drinks are consumed: Manhattans, Martinis, Caronas, Ginger Ales,
Redbull. Education. Comics. Sketchbooks. Kids. Iron Giant. Crying.
Stories. Story Tellers. Fun. Phone rings, dinner reservations. Meghan
and I depart. Head home. We talk of what the world needs as I struggle
to stay awake while driving (don't tell Meghan). Ride home was rainy
and dark. Cleveland says "Hello again, I missed you."

LINKS:

Lame Bar
Ken
Great Lakes
Hail Satan
Laughing Ogre
Redbull
Hawthorneface Killa
Michael Avon Von Hellbringer
Steve Lieber
B3NN3TT
Dara Naraghi
Mark Ricketts
Tom Williams
Sara Ryan
Sean McKeever
James Patrick
Justin Bleep
Raina Telgiameier
Greg Titus
Tony Moore

Copies of The Caveman Diaries are available for free by request. Email JGritty@Hotmail.com with your address for that nasty ass sketchbook shit. I only have a few, but I'm not worried, nobody ever takes me up on the free shit, and even if they do, this zine is seriously the least complex of all my shit to reprint.

Thanks,
John G


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PostPosted: Nov 30, 2004 9:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

did i mention it's good to have you back?
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John G
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PostPosted: Nov 30, 2004 10:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

IVAN wrote:
did i mention it's good to have you back?


Really? I was just trying to upstage your emergency room story by name-dropping Oeming, Hawthorne, and Matt Wagner.

Thanks man,
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Mike Hawthorne
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PostPosted: Dec 01, 2004 12:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

I'm officially changing my name to "Hawthorneface Killa "


No, seriously...

Had me a great time in Ohio with Mr. J. Grit. Thanks for all the mini's man. I was digging thru them yesterday and lovin't them.

Best,
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PostPosted: Dec 01, 2004 6:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

Best Mid-O report I've read all week. Good to see you again, as always, G.

Take this man up on a Caveman Diaries. Truly truly all killer, no filler.
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abhay
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PostPosted: Dec 02, 2004 1:40 am    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

John G wrote:

Lame Bar


...?

nice report.

did you hear anything about there being weird anti-john-byrne fliers lying around. was that a joke or....?

courtesy of thought balloons:
The convention floor on Sunday was littered with anti-Byrne fliers that suggested questions to ask the creator, and tips for how to be John Byrne. One featured a photo of Byrne holding a sign, over which was scrawled, "I'm a Tool." Show staff removed a lot of the fliers, but they continued to reappear throughout the day.

you see any of this?
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PostPosted: Dec 02, 2004 8:51 am    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

abhay wrote:
John G wrote:

Lame Bar


...?


The lame bar we went to Wednesday night was The Winking Lizard, it's atrocious, unless you're a douchebag.

Quote:

nice report.

did you hear anything about there being weird anti-john-byrne fliers lying around. was that a joke or....?

courtesy of thought balloons:
The convention floor on Sunday was littered with anti-Byrne fliers that suggested questions to ask the creator, and tips for how to be John Byrne. One featured a photo of Byrne holding a sign, over which was scrawled, "I'm a Tool." Show staff removed a lot of the fliers, but they continued to reappear throughout the day.

you see any of this?
-abhay


Naw, I didn't go on Sunday. Kinda wish I had thought of that. There was a lot of anti-byrne sentiment on Saturday though. "Frodo", "Samwise", and I actually formulated a plan for me to roll up infront of him while he was walking the floor, and knock myself out of my wheelchair so it looked like Byrne knocked me over, they could then jump him and beat his ass.

Seriously dude, putting aside the fact that he hasn't put an ounce of effort into any comics he's done since like, what? Next Men? What was that? 15 years ago? He's pissed that people call Christopher Reeves a hero. What the hell kinda haggard ass jack shit is that?

I mean, Reeves got hurt maybe a week after I did, and I was kinda sketchy on the motherfucker anyway cause he was all about finding a cure when I was trying to relearn how to live my fucking life and move on and shit. I saw dudes that got hurt around that time that instead of going to physical therapy, would sit around and bitch about how "they needa find a cure". It kinda rubbed me the wrong way, like Christopher Reeves was kinda giving spinal cord injury victims this false sense of hope. Instead of just up and dealing, these people would sit back and wait for somebody else to fing the solution for them to get back what they lost. Which, I can understand, but, it's such a long shot. I didn't understand not wanting to work on getting better. At any rate, I was not a Christopher Reeves fan.

Then I saw the man speak.

I don't know how I got invited to this thing, but yeah, I ended up at one of his speaking engagements in Cleveland. It was like, $100 tickets and I got on some list to go. Dude. DUDE. I was wrong. I don't know. Watching a man who can only breath on his own for an HOUR at a time give a FORTY FIVE MINUTE speach, and then do a question and answer after that, is just, it's something crazy. It had to have been gruelling for him. I mean, I know he had like 2 nurses with him and shit, but still. It must have taken so much energy and strength to sit there and just talk. That's not the real kicker though. The real thing that flipped me for real was what Reeves said. He wasn't all positive and gung ho, well, he was, but he was really honest, and humble, really candid. He then talked at length about how he wasn't the guy people should admire, that it was the OTHER people with SCIs that were dealing every day, without all the support he obviously had. The people in the hospital down the hall from him that didn't have millions of dollars to spend on 24 hour care. He said those were the people that inspired him, and this changed everything for me. This really impressed me, and I had to give him props from then on.

See, Byrne posted something somewhere about how being a hero is about making a conscious decision, a choice. He said Reeves never had a choice, that his life was hell and he wasn't a hero just because he had some tragic shit happen to him. Byrne doesn't know shit. Christopher Reeves MADE a choice. He CHOSE to use his fame, his celebrity, and become an advocate for Spinal Cord Injuries specifically, and Disabilities in general. He CHOSE to use his resources to raise both funding, and awareness like nobody had done before. Yes, tragic shit came down on Reeves like a motherfucker, but did he give up? Did he just accept the fact that he was fucked? Fuck no man, Reeves fought back. He gathered up his crippled soldiers and wheelchair tanks and fucking army's worth of name recognition and celeb status and tried with all his might to achieve things nobody else could. And to my mind, HE DID. How much more money is there now for Spinal Cord Injury Research that wasn't there ten years ago? I dunno exact numbers, but I'm sure it's a fucking lot. And that's not all, that motherfucker KEPT WORKING. He made movies and directed shit. I think he even did voice work for animated shit. He wrote books and did audio versions of them himself. He chose to live his life.

Fuck John Byrne, he doesn't know a goddamn thing about heroics, nor disabilies, nor Christopher fucking Reeves. Fuck that guy and his shitty ass comics, and his blatant hateful opinions. Motherfucker should live so long that he never has to deal with a thousandth of what Reeves had to deal with on a daily fucking basis.

Uh, so... um, no I didn't see any John Byrne flyers, but I wish I had thought to make some. I guess I just tried to filter my energies into doing more positive shit, like spending time with my dudes and laughing so hard I peed my pants.

Sorry this got so out of hand, I just, I can't sleep cause I drank too much RedBull at the Orthrealm show and this shit, disability shit, makes me crazy. I usually don't get into disability shit outside of my comics or 1-on-1 with people, but yeah, this slipped out. I could actually care less about Byrne or Byrne hating. It's really under my radar. Or OVER my radar, whatever. I dunno. I'd much rather hang with Matt Wagner.

Yeah,
John G
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PostPosted: Dec 03, 2004 12:58 am    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

reeve could only breathe an hour at a time? i never knew that. damn.

i don't know. why do people worry about heroism getting cheapened so much?

when i lived in the midwest, i'd hear that a lot. its what i think of when i think of the "Values" stuff is ... when i was a junior and senior in high school, i was an anti-drinking-and-drugging counselor for 8th graders? so... let's let the irony of that settle in for a second. you know, i wanted to get into college and i wasn't partying in high school anyway, and you got to go to summer camp for a few days and hang out. it was nice but i was never that into it (though i still believe 8th graders shouldn't be drinking or drugging). ANYWHO, yeah, i remember we'd have listen to all these people going on and on about... are sports stars "role models?" who are the TRUE heroes? what the hell is wrong with that charles barkeley? all that shit.

there was this weird religious undertone to the whole thing, but it wasnt explicitely religious. but... hell, there was a weird religious undertone to EVERYTHING, so...

yeah. what sort of people get worked up over that question? that mindset never really sat right with me. like, its this whole scarcity mentality that heroism only means something when its really rare, same as uranium. we wouldn't want heroism to be like bad ol' zinc. or something.

never got that...

or people saying reeves only made that choice out of some sort of selfish self-interest. like... what sort of fucking calculus equation are they trying to prove? who cares? "martin luther king jr. wouldn't have done that shit if he were white!" huh? christopher hitchens was on the daily show last night referring to gandhi as a hindu fundamentalist and then he compared him to george w. bush (which was FUCKED since hitchens supported these assholes's reelection). and... yeah, who cares because he was kicking hitchens's limey ass psychopathic fuck ancestors out of his country ...

i don't know. i'm not a fan to begin with and hitchens really just pissed me off.

but yeah: next men was pretty good.
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PostPosted: Dec 03, 2004 1:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

""Frodo", "Samwise", and I actually formulated a plan for me to roll up infront of him while he was walking the floor, and knock myself out of my wheelchair so it looked like Byrne knocked me over, they could then jump him and beat his ass. "


Oooh, he'd have caught a bad one too!

J. Grit, I'm glad you wrote about Reeves dude. I was of the same mind as you were. I mean, I never dissed his struggle, but never felt he was realistic. I always felt he had this army of people taking care of him, and so how could he really relate with everyday people dealing with disability. BUT reading your perspective on it is heavy fucking duty. WOW!

Fuck it if it sounds cheesy, but talking to you at the con was inpirational to me man.. I never knew you can't feel your hands, but STILL PUT IN CRAZY AMOUNTS OF WORK! I felt like I was looking at your comics with new eyes dude!

On my way home from Ohio I drank a Red Bull to you dude!

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PostPosted: Dec 03, 2004 6:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

j gritty is an inspirational motherfucker.
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PostPosted: Dec 04, 2004 4:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

Word.

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PostPosted: Dec 07, 2004 9:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

Thanks guys. The fact that my dudes are in my corner in the first place is the full nasty reason I've accomplished anything at all, much less these comics or this art.

Thanks,
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PostPosted: Dec 07, 2004 10:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

John G wrote:
Thanks guys. The fact that my dudes are in my corner in the first place is the full nasty reason I've accomplished anything at all, much less these comics or this art.

Thanks,
John G



Hey John G!
I really appreciate your words on this.
Great point.

Good to see you in Columbus.
It was fun giving you and your friend a personal reading of the new Kabuki #3 story Smile

Thanks for stopping by there!

And Mike Hawthorne,
It was great to finally meet you and sign with you all weekend. And good to break bread with you and Oeming and Matt Wagner. And we rocked that art panel which was very fun. Smile

Ivan, and Mike,
I'm in the middle of doing the cover to the RUULE: Ganglords of Chinatown trade paperback collection, and I just read all five issues right after the other all in one reading to prep for it.
And I really enjoyed your work on it!
Reads very well all in one sitting.

Good job motherfuckers!
Smile

Happy to know all you fine and talented folks!

And John G, your photocopied hand and note is still on my fridge!
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PostPosted: Dec 08, 2004 12:49 am    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

"Thanks guys. The fact that my dudes are in my corner in the first place is the full nasty reason I've accomplished anything at all, much less these comics or this art. "

Rock on homey. Rock on.

"And Mike Hawthorne,
It was great to finally meet you and sign with you all weekend. And good to break bread with you and Oeming and Matt Wagner. And we rocked that art panel which was very fun. Smile"

Yeah man, hanging with you and doing the panel were highlights of my weekend. I had a great time.

"Ivan, and Mike,
I'm in the middle of doing the cover to the RUULE: Ganglords of Chinatown trade paperback collection, and I just read all five issues right after the other all in one reading to prep for it.
And I really enjoyed your work on it!
Reads very well all in one sitting.


SHIT, no one even told me there were going to ACTUALLY make one! Damn, right on!

I'm glad you dig it man!

Mike
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PostPosted: Dec 08, 2004 1:04 am    Post subject: Re: Mid-Ohio Con Report Reply with quote

MACK! wrote:
I'm in the middle of doing the cover to the RUULE: Ganglords of Chinatown trade paperback collection, and I just read all five issues right after the other all in one reading to prep for it.
And I really enjoyed your work on it!
Reads very well all in one sitting.


can't wait to see the collection - & i want a copy signed by all parties involved. all you guys did fine, fine work.

so was there an ohio breakdance-a-thon? there've gotta be pictures out there somewhere. i keep hearing about these things but i've never actually seen one in person (i think you danced a little in san diego but i don't think i was there for it). i heard dallas was crazy - and that maybe gabe enjoyed it a little too much Smile

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