The
biggest draw at Comic Con is the celebrities. This year’s line-up included
Andrew McCarthy, Val Kilmer, Alan Tudyk, Molly Ringwald, David Tennant and a
bunch of others. The only one I saw was Terry Brooks, an author who wrote some
books I loved when I was very young.
The
second biggest draw at Comic Con is the giant room filled with merchandise. The
Brothers Uber have a table in there ever year. They bought a short story of
mine for their anthology Once Upon a Future
Time. Logan Uber invited me to come down and sign books.
Sarah,
Ippi, and Nancy and I got to hang out with Logan and his wife Catherine. When
people came up to the booth, Logan and Catherine would talk about all their
publications. If anyone bought a copy of Once
Upon a Future Time, Logan would ask them if they wanted me (one of the
authors) to sign it. I think I signed six or seven books. The people of course
had no idea who I was, but they were nice enough to let me scribble my name on
the inside of their brand-new book.
Logan
and Catherine were also nice enough to let me put my book Paper Bullets out on their table. I sold two!
There
were over 100,000 people there. When I say it was crowded, I’m not just
complaining. It’s a fact. Sometimes you would end up in a blob of people and it
would just kind of solidify with you stuck in the middle like a raisin trapped in
Jell-O.
There
were a lot of superheroes there—a lot of comic books characters, a lot of Harry
Potter people and a lot of Star Wars people—over 100,000 of them.
Did
I mention it was crowded?
But
it was fun! I am very grateful I got to be involved.
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