Dallas Comic Con happened again this previous weekend with another great show. The big guests this year were Adam Hughes and Tim Sales. Oddly enough Adam's line was fairly short; though that could be due to his limited sketch list that has developed over the years. The crowd around Adam was pretty intense if you know who you are looking for. Surrounding Adam were four pretty intense art collectors; we've had the luxury of seeing some of their collections and man, it's awesome. The line for Tim was pretty long as he was doing sketches at the show too. People had everything from his Batman stories to magazines about the TV show Heroes. Tim was doing something that was kind of odd but also appreciated. He was signing only five books for free and charging one dollar for each book past that. That may seem like a dick move, but one, the money was being donated to a charity and two, it did cut down on the people with BOXES of books for him to sign. Overall the two were really nice guys and interacted with the fans.
The con itself is pretty awesome. Though like others have stated, it's either a big small show or a small big show. Which means the venue they are still in is really tight for the attendees; this is especially true for the parking. We arrived at noon and the place was PACKED. We were lucky to catch someone leaving for lunch and got in. It was INSANE. And though artist alley is well lit with the large open skylight above during the day, it also creates dark spots in the hallways where most of the artists are. These are really nothing to fault the convention for, it's just the nature of the venue. Hopefully their growth in this economy will lead them to a bigger venue without over spending. So if you want to catch the next show, get there early!
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