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| WonderCon 2003 Moscone Center, San Francisco, April 25-27 |
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| Comics great Howard Chaykin stopped by the booth for a few hours on Saturday. Batton was Howard's first assistant, back in 1977. | Batton enjoyed chatting with WonderCon special guest Dave Gibbons, of Watchmen fame. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batton swapped comics trivia stories with Scott Saavedra, who produces the highly entertaining zine Comic Book Heaven (published by SLG). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibit A was right next door to the booth featuring wunderkind cartoonist Ray Friesen, whose comic RQW is much fun. Ray contributed a cartoon to Supernatural Law 37. Be sure to stop by Ray's booth in San Diego and meet his terrific family! | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| WonderCon celebrities included Howard Chaykin, Sergio Aragonés (whom Batton had the privilege of interviewing for a spotlight program, see photo below), and Joe Kubert. |
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| Batton interviewing the legendary Sergio Aragones. (Photo courtesy of Tom Anderson.) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Members of the "Santa Rosa Gang" (Tracy and Troy Stenlund) presented Batton with this year's souvenir T-shirt. Thanks, guys! | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batton was a special guest at the Cartoon Art Museum's annual "Rent Party" fundraiser. Ron Evans was one of the museum's event organizers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Another Cartoon Art Museum guest was Steve Leialoha, inker on the Eisner-nominated Fables (published by DC/Vertigo). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last Gasp's Ron Turner got affectionate. We love you, too, Ron! | The Isotope Kon-Tiki party was the big event on Saturday night. James Sime and Kirsten Baldock threw a great tropical-themed soire in their inviting store in the Sunset District of SF. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batton joined the ranks of cartoonists given the privilege of drawing on a toilet seat at Isotope. In case you can't read the gag, Wolff is saying, "You're being sued for living in the sewers . . ." and Byrd is saying, "And your hearing is in Flushing!" | |||||||||||||||||||||
| More Photos! APE 2004... Super-Con 2003 ... SPX 2003 ...Comic-Con 2003 ... San Diego Borders signing...Book Expo America and Free Comic Book Day 2003 ... WonderCon 2003 ... APE 2003 ... SPX/The Expo 2002 ... Comic-Con 2002 ... New York City 9/11/01 |
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