I had a beautiful day at the New York Comic Con hanging with my buddy Frank and thousands of other comic lovers. Despite the teeming hordes, I actually ended up running into several people I knew, which was fun, including scifi author David Mack, who had a couple of his books for sale at the Midtown comics booth. David says that the New York Comic Con is actually much more comic-focused than the much-larger San Diego comic convention, which tends to draw the big film studios and other related industry groups.
The NY Comic Con did feel very grassrootsy, with lots of animated conversations going on between comic artists and fans, as well as RPG, cosplay, scifi and anime lovers. The highlight for me was sitting front row at a panel discussion with Marvel comic artists, inkers and the immortal Stan Lee. Stan the Man was in great form, clearly enjoying the adulation of the fans.
More pics here.
I had a wonderful time on the last day of the convention. It was a long time since I’ve been at any sort of fantsy/sci-fi convention.
The one I was at was the ’76 science fiction & film convention at the Hilton when I was 11. This time I brought my 11 year niece Tiana with me. She’s a big fan of “girly anime” like Princess Tutu.
It was a ball for her until she saw the half-man, half lizard guy running around. He (or she) kept jumping in front of her making Tiana scream with giggles. I spent about $200 on myself (some rare and new comics, anime and models) and at least the same on some items she wanted.
Nonetheless, we both had a great time and will return to the Javitz Center later this year for the Anime Convention. Hope to see you there!
For Immediate Release
Richard Brill’s TCF.NET Presents Exclusive Photos of New York Comic Con 2007; Javits Center, New York City, New York
Web Site Features Up-Close Chronicle of Events of New York Comic Con Feb 23-25 2007, New York City, New York
New York, NY March 12, 2007 – New York-based web site TCF.NET is announcing a collection of more than 200 Exclusive photos chronicling the New York Comic Con trade shows second year in New York city.
All the images where taken by On-line Publisher and Photo-Journalist Richard Brill
“It’s like being at the event!” Says Richard Brill
The site features numerous high-quality images of Stan Lee Signing autographs and meeting with fans from around the country. The show was a virtual who’s who of entertaining people. Also included, Stephen Colbert, Jessica Chobot, Gary Coleman, Peter Mayhew, Hayden Panettiere, J. Michael Straczynski, Tiffany Taylor, Amanda Connor, Paolo Rivera, Jessie George, Timothy Zahn, Scott Hannah, Brian Bolland, Neil Adams, George Perez, Marc Silvestri, Daniel Logan, Ron Garney, Oliver Coipel, Dale Eaglesham, Paul Dini, Eric Battle, Jim Starlin, Patrick Gleason, Ron Marz, Cecil Castellucci, Jim Rugg, Black Betty, Anjelia Chiappelli and many notable fans an celebrities.
“Every time I looked I saw another photo opportunity and what I enjoyed most was attracting groups of people with digital cameras shadowing my potential money shot. I set up the shot and fans were able to come home with really cool pictures. The Electricity was great, except security was in disarray and not too happy with this all this excitement.”
“It was too full days of shooting and two weeks to complete.”
“As much of a challenge this event was I am tremendously gratified to have the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people, to capture and chronicle the day’s events in a large, comprehensive set of photos achieved on TCF.NET for people to enjoy for years to come”. I enjoy taking people and celebrity images, that’s what I do best. I get the images you don’t typically see in other publications. The response I receive is tremendous. They just love it!
Many of the images in Richard Brill’s photo essay are exclusive shots, with captions describing the identities of the participants and attendees at this remarkable event.
Comic Book Conventions.Com, The best comic book information site outlines Richard Brill’s Photo essay in their news and reports section as
“New York Comic Con Photo Essay
Mar 09, 2007
Richard Brill provides a HUGE collection of photos from the show…actors, creators, cosplayers, booth babes, and more.” Follow the link…
The photos are available free of charge for use by nonprofit organizations and with the permission of Richard Brill for use a nominal one time use fee in commercial publications.
About TCF.NET
Richard Brill’s TCF.NET (The Computer Forum) is a web portal that provides a comprehensive guide to the best of the web and more. Founded over 14 years ago by Richard Brill as a home page, TCF.NET has become a trusted information source on what’s happening on the web and in the New York area as well as a Hugh collection of image.
Richards images can also be found in his blog MY-BEST-SHOT.Blogspot.com
For More Information, go to http://www.tcf.net
http://www.tcf.net/comiccon.html
Lovely pics, richard. Thanks for posting a link!