Hi Guys,
Yesterday I was a guest artist for Free Comic Book Day at Dewey's Comic City in Madison, NJ. I've done every FCBD at Dewey's since FCBD began. Dewey's is a bright pleasant, very family friendly neighborhood store in the nice college-town of Madison. Dewey's has always had a very nice Archie display right at the front of his store and has always been a big supporter.
I was there signing books and drawing sketches from 1:30 to 3:30 and it was packed the entire time. According to Dan Veltre, owner of the store, it looked to be his best attended FCBD ever.
The number one character that I was most asked to draw was as might be expected Iron Man! It seemed that everyone had gone to see the movie the night before and everyone...parents included...loved it. Even non-comic book reading moms found it accessible and entertaining. It was funny to note though how few people had stayed for the surprise scene at the end of the movie AFTER the credits had rolled. The SECOND most requested character though was SONIC THE HEDGEHOG who was requested by children as well as college-age fans.
The event was covered by the DAily Record and appeared in today"s (Sunday's) edition, but you can read all about it...and see a gallery of pics here:
It was a fun time and I'm already slated to doing FCBD at Dewey's next year.
Looking forward to it!
Fernando
