Comic-Con International: San Diego 2005

Art assistant Trevor Nielson helped out at the booth throughout the weekend. Assistant Melissa Uran, who also does work for White Wolf and other gaming companies, did signings on Friday and Saturday.

The Exhibit A "bar" was once again set up in the Independent Publishers’ Pavilion, right across the aisle from DC Comics.

Booth visitors included:

Mark Evanier, the busiest panel moderator at the show.

Howard Chaykin, showing Batton the art for his new western graphic novel to be published by Disney Italia.

George Gladir, longtime Archie Comics writer and co-creator of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

Scott McCloud, who was a special guest of Comic-Con this year.

"Christopher," the writer/artist of Slave Labor’s much-fun The Ghouly Boys

Elan Rodger Trinidad, writer/artist of the ultracool A Dream of Conscious Thought self-published color minicomic.

Zander Cannon, artist of Alan Moore’s SMAX and writer/artist of the much-missed Replacement Gods.

Artist Paul Guinan, who surprised Batton with his incredible Photoshop rendition of Alanna (Minnie).

At age two, Ava is Mavis’s youngest fan!

David, Maria, and Ava Lapham. David ("Stray Bullets") was a Comic-Con special guest.

Australians Darren White and Daniel Best, of Deevee Press. Both have collaborated with Eddie Campbell on a variety of projects, including Batman: Order of the Beast. Their latest publication is Flange, an anthology.

A fantasy role-playing couple, friends of Melissa Uran.

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Caleb and Saphira Goode, among Batton’s youngest fans. Their Dad is a subscriber to the ongoing series.

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