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Pretty awesome day at the con today. I got sketches from Phil Jiminez and Yanick Paquette and got some stuff signed by Grant. Yanick was great, spending a long time talking about the differences between Moore and Morrison's scripts, and the craziness of working on Seven Soldiers. According to him, Grant sent him a five page script, which had various parts written in different size fonts and colored letters.
I asked Grant about this right after and he said it was a twenty page script always, that you'd have to be insane to write a five page script. So, I don't know who to believe. But, Paquette said that both the Grant minimalist system and Moore's huge script system work because they give the aritst room to imagine the scene and make the artist work to create something, not just tell you exactly what to draw.
Phil Jiminez was awesome as well, he talked about working on The Invisibles, and how he'd have loved to kept working on the series, but the scripts were just coming in too late. It's strange to see everyone bringing him Infinite Crisis or Spider-Man comics, since I think of him mainly as the artist for The Invisibles.
One phenomena I'd never seen before was the suitcases of comics people would roll in hoping to get signed. I like to have a couple of pieces signed, but these dudes were ridiculous, ten or fifteen comics a person. But, everyone seemed gracious about it, and I had a great time so far. Back tomorrow for the Grant panel and more aimless wandering around.
And, Grant and Kristan were definitely the most stylish couple at the con, though Jim Steranko was close behind, rocking an awesome hair style and slick looking suit, every bit the older Nick Fury. |
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