Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend

Any Legion Worlders gonna make it there this year? The guest list looks pretty cool, plus there is going to be an LSH panel discussion on Saturday. I plan on being there on Saturday - I'll be the old, fat white guy wearing a Green Lantern T-shirt. OK, I'll be one of the old, fat guys wearing a GL T. If you see me, please say "Hi". I will definitely be in the discussion panel room for the LSH gathering.

Hope to meet some of you Worlders in person!

Can't go this year, much to my disappointment (why do they change the date every year??). Hope you have fun and meet some other LWers and Legion fans there.

Hey KQ, wish I was going there. Would love to meet you and others from this site.

My dad's first cousin used to live just outside Baltimore. He always said come down for a visit when I was a kid but we never got the chance to. He says it's a beautiful state!

Maryland IS a little sample of all America. It has the ocean, mountains, rural farmlands and woods, two big cities in Baltimore and Washington DC all within a two hour drive from anyplace in the state.

Sorry you can't make it this time FK, but maybe try a vacation trip to the Capital Mall sometime during the convention weekend. There's a lot of neat stuff to see.

Too bad you can't make it Ms. Cramer, and I don't know why the dates change every year (2012's is back in September again!).

If you or any Legion Worlders would have questions for the LSH panel, I'll try to ask them for you.

BTW, Happy Birthday! I'm sure you had a rockin' time at the café!

Hmm...

I didn't even know there was a Baltimore Con... until about 5 mins ago when I just saw a Facebook status from an old army buddy of mine saying that he has a table in Artist's Alley.

It's a fairly short drive from Philly, too... this requires some mulling.

It was just a lazy Saturday yesterday, so Mrs. Nihil and I decided, why not, let's take a day trip down to Batimore and check it out. She's not really a comic person but likes fantasy art type things.

So glad we went! Just so many back issue dealers - something becoming a real rarity at what are supposed to be "comic book' conventions. I filled a bunch of collection holes out of all the dollar and 50 cents bins.

Very impressive Artist Alley, as well, without huge lines. Chatted with Jim Starlin, Herb Trimpe, Brian Reber (who worked on the Legion backups in Adventure) and Jason Pearson (from the 5YL run).

Additionally there was an awesome Legion panel that was in a fairly small setting (so much so that no microphones were required for audience questions). On the panel were Mike Grell, Keith Giffen, Jack C. Harris (!), Mark Waid, Barry Kitson, and Chris Roberson (who is writing the Legion/Star Trek crossover) The panelist were in very relaxed form, just BSing about their histories with the Legion.

Grell talked about Murray Boltinoff's famous lack of humor... how it went over Boltinoff's head when he suggested that "Infectious Lass" was a bit of an awkward name and perhaps she should be renamed "Syphi-Lass". Grell also talked about his dislike of Tyroc saying, "A guy who yells real loud? I can do that, too, if you hit me in the balls!"

Giffen was... as always... doing his twisted humor curmudgeon thing, talking about getting mad at DC during 5YL and blowing up the Earth as payback. In a tongue in cheek fashion he talked about Levitz's anal retentiveness with flow charts and script references ("You want me to go look up Adventure Comics whatever for a visual reference? No... no, I'm lazy... I'm not doing that.")

Great moment when Giffen talked about his upcoming work for DC. He said, "I'm doing a new OMAC series with... (to the audience) please don't do it... Dan Didio." On cue, a portion of the audience booed, as the panel started cracking up. Mark Waid interjected with, "I want the record to show that it wasn't me that made that sound!"

All in all, a very nice way to spend a Saturday... and, I did meet Legion Worlder, Kid Quislet:

and let me say that the first two adjectives of that description are not true at all.

I've been working all weekend, so this is the first chance to post since the visit to the Comic Con on Saturday.

I had a great time. The turnout was larger than I expected (this is good!) and there was a lot going on. My main interest was various panel discussions, including the LSH, and I was not disappointed. It was especially impressive to me that Mark Waid and Barry Kitson were part of the panel, even with the rough treatment they sometimes received on their last LSH stint. It showed me the class and love of the Legion these guys (and all the panelists) really have.

It was a real treat and pleasure to meet Mr. Exnihil and his lovely wife. I am somewhat surprised that with all the hard work you do on the Legion World Mission Monitor Board symbols that you even have time to leave the house!


<<< Exhinil at work!

W... wo... work?

Oh my God! What time is it? WHAT?!?!?!

Crap! I'm seven weeks late for work... I wonder if they'll believe that I overslept.

Work sucks.

Just keep doing what you've been doing...