1995 Javitz convention... and hey, what's in that briefcase?

[jmatt]

Okay, well as I mentioned at the end of my "signature help" thread, I stumbled into my swag bag from the 1995 Javitz convention (I was wrong, it wasn't in the NY Convention Center). Some of it's mundane, some of it is nice, signed promotional material. I figured I'd post some of it to get attendees psyched for the upcoming Chicago convention.

As I grabbed the bag to take these photos, I looked over in the corner and said "Hey, didn't I stick something in that old hardside briefcase over there...". That stuff is original production art that I'd almost forgotten about. Check it out.

Okay, so a little walk down memory lane for anyone that was there. Some unsigned posters, etc:



I was buddies with a few artists on Compuserve back in the early nineties; we'd always discuss/argue politics hence the odd salutations; two of them (Ted Slampyak and Mike Harris) personalized some promo postcards for me. Ted jotted his Compuserve ID under his signature. Ahh, the good old days...



Valiant was handing out other promotional materials that I got signed. First, a b&w Knighthawk cover signed by Peter Stone:



A signed Bar Sinister poster by Mike Grell:



The Visitor pages signed by Bernard Chang:





And probably the nicest one, Jack Boniface Indicted, signed by Bob Hall:



And of course, my creme de la creme:



And then there was that dusty old briefcase I mentioned. I knew I had stuck one piece of production material in it... I'm not even sure what you call these. It's acetates laid over color art with the the words for the balloons literally pasted on to it. Approval sheets,I guess, as indicated.

Shadowman #18, page 12:





Shadowman #18 page 14:





Psi-Lords #8 page 1





Psi-Lords #8 page 18:





This has been so much fun!

[jmatt]

Ya know, I'm gonna have to go digging around in these boxes more. I was yanking out more issues for my pre-unity re-read and discovered that I got more signed than I remembered. I stumbled across issues #1 - #5 of X-O Manowar, all signed by Jorge Gonzalez, Bob Layton and Don Perlin.

I guess I need to hunt down Jim Shooter and Steve Englehart at a con, someday.

[jmatt]

Okay, took a closer look at the X-O section and here's what I found:

Two copies of X-O #1, both signed by Don Perlin, Jorge Gonzalez and Bob Layton. In the photos, some of the signatures are tough to see against the gray background, unfortunately.





Then it's two copies of X-O #2, one signed by Bob Layton, Jorge and Kathryn Bolinger; and the other just with Bob and Jorge:





And lastly, X-O #3 and #4, signed by Jorge Gonzalez, Bob Layton and Tom Ryder:





I had completely forgotten about these signed books. D'oh!