Motor City Comic Con 2016

It's here folks! The twenty-ninth* largest comic and pop culture convention in the United States! Motor City Comic Con!

Regardless of the size of the con or its focus on media, memorabilia, or moola, there's simply no denying that there will be comics to be had, comic creators to talk to, and Doom to be Patrolled! I'll only be there tomorrow, but my day already has a couple planned highlights, such as:

1. Chatting with Matthew Clark and picking up a sketch from him.

2. Picking up a shiny load of Doom Patrol stuff. Yes, I know what it is. No, I'm not telling. At least not until sometime over the weekend.

3. An interview with a creator whose work I adore for a site that I love.

Some shopping and frivolous spending of money. Maybe even connecting with an old friend or two or making a new friend or three.

* I don't really know where Motor City ranks in regards to con size, but twenty-ninth sounded good. Of course this IS Alan Davis' only United States appearance this year.

COMIC CON'd!

Hey all! Sorry for the complete void of, well, anything DP related for the past, well, too long. I've been busy, life's been busy, but today was a VERY rare day away from work and with it came a volunteer shift at Motor City Comic Con. After the volunteer gig, I was able to catch up with Matthew Clark, one of my favorite artists. More on Mr. Clark soon.

In related news, I was able to FINALLY secure the two issues of Superman Family that have been eluding me. Those two issues contain some Doom Patrol goodness and I'll share them here soon.

And yes, I do still owe y'all a CBR-style review of Arcudi and Huat's first issue.

But for now, behold the bounty I scored for $17!! Twelve comics and a big-head Firestorm card! Take that, Shag!

MC in the Motor City!

Quick post for today. Looking into the future a bit, past the snow and ice, mid-May always brings the Motor City Comic Con to Novi, Michigan. Novi, for those of you non-Michiganders, is roughly a half hour outside of Detroit. The con itself has trended towards pop culture more than comics in recent years, but this year sees a MAJOR upswing back into the world of comic books. Why's that you ask? 

Well, some guy named Stan Lee's going to be there. And another fella named George Pérez. Rafael Albuquerque and Mike McKone are also on the guest list, but the one comic creator I'm most eager to meet is Doom Patrol volume 5 artist Matthew Clark! 

I cannot even begin to tell you how thrilled I am to finally have a chance to meet Matthew. He's been über-generous with his time for this blog and his reinterpretations of the DP are definitive in my mind. I'm happy to have a chance to finally shake his hand and thank him. In May. Just a few more months to go. 

Hopefully by then we'll see more DP in the DC Universe, but I'm not going to hold my breath. No sir. Instead I'm going to keep reading my Doom Patrol back issues and breathe easy knowing that I don't have to go too far from home to find a great array of comic book creators this coming con season. 

For those of you thinking about coming to Novi that weekend, the Detroit Tigers aren't at home, so you'll have plenty of time to focus on the comic con without feeling like you're missing something. Here's a link to the comic guest list for the con.