Seven days, three cons....

[Rocket]

Figured I should upload some pics I've been holding out a lot on you guys...

So last month I found myself in a strange situation where there was a con in Perth, Australia the same week as Heroes in Charlotte and one week before Oz Comic Con here in Melbourne.

With Cheung heading to Perth, Wrothy's hometown, he and his lovely wife went above and beyond and used Shanan's spot in the line to get me a piece! Well, my mind got working and I contacted Peter Nguyen, another guest to see if he could start a piece, and pending Shanan's request, have Jim contribute the other half

Without further ado:



That same weekend, a heap of the SFers were at Heroes Con, and my great mate Bill had offered to gopher around for me

He took my X-Men jam to both Scott Hanna and Mark Dos Santos for contributions





Gifted me this really cool Hawkeye sketch cover by Ron Salas and some more Sara Richard goodness





And picked up my Charles Paul Wilson III Watercolor masterpiece



Then the next weekend, was Oz Comic Con here in Melbourne!
I was blessed enough to once more get to spend quiet, quality time chatting with the one and only Stan Lee which I will cherish forever...





But I also managed to meet and be charmed by Sir Patrick Stewart, as detailed here

http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=129444

But for those against DDCÃ-ng here is the pic, without the cool story

[Rocket]

Stan signed my Uminga piece, and a truckload of comics for me, here are but a few





Finally got to meet Jason Palmer, and he sold me this stunning Phoenix piece



Now for a few Watercolor commissions, from literally the most friendly artist I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. Agnes Garbowska was just a joy, my wife an I commissioned her to do us two piece, one of Lila Cheney, who we named our daughter after, and the other I gave her various options and she asked if she could surprise us at the con with her choice and her cutesy idea. She just knocked this outta the park IMO! Agnes asked our permission to turn the Thor Loki into her next print!





Also got this in my signature book



And my wife swooped on Agnes' prints

[Rocket]

And it wouldnt be a con without me getting some stuff from great friend Wayne Nichols!

Got Emma Frost for myself



And a gift for Bill for being the best gopher an Aussie could have

Hawkgirl



Also managed three new adittions to my Avengers Jam

Wayne Nichols Hulk
Francis Manapul Wolverine
David Yardin Quicksilver

[Wrothy]

Fantastic haul Rodney!

Great to catch up with you and Steph again, and meet Lila for the first time. And as you know mate, it's never a problem to lend a fellow collector a helping hand.

[Woody]

Awesome haulage Rod! Was wondering when you would get around to posting all this stuff, I saw some of it being worked on at OzCC.

Cheung's Havok is just as mind blowing as the other stuff he did here in Oz, the man is gifted.

How cool is Lila's pose and smile in the Patrick Stewart photo? Cute kid!

Yardin's Quicksilver is top notch, when I saw it being worked on I thought he might have been getting carried away with size again (like your Wolverine on the X-Men jam) but it looks perfectly proportioned now that I see the whole thing.

Classic stuff mate!

[joefixit2]

Great haul Rocket! That Avengers jam page is going to be awesome!

[Simplyrob]

Gosh man, I don't know what I like the most. Your jam is coming along beautifully, the cpw3, again, is fantastic, but maybe the nguyen/cheung piece is my fav. I've got something from them both, their work is unprecedented. Brilliant job man. How's the bank account after all that?

[Rocket]

Originally Posted by Wrothy

Fantastic haul Rodney!

Great to catch up with you and Steph again, and meet Lila for the first time. And as you know mate, it's never a problem to lend a fellow collector a helping hand.

Thanks Steve! I owe you guys big time!

Originally Posted by Woody

Awesome haulage Rod! Was wondering when you would get around to posting all this stuff, I saw some of it being worked on at OzCC.

Cheung's Havok is just as mind blowing as the other stuff he did here in Oz, the man is gifted.

How cool is Lila's pose and smile in the Patrick Stewart photo? Cute kid!

Yardin's Quicksilver is top notch, when I saw it being worked on I thought he might have been getting carried away with size again (like your Wolverine on the X-Men jam) but it looks perfectly proportioned now that I see the whole thing.

Classic stuff mate!

Was great catching up Ryan, so glad you made it over! You heading over for Armageddon?

Originally Posted by joefixit2

Great haul Rocket! That Avengers jam page is going to be awesome!

Thanks Steve! I actually just confirmed (and already paid) with Bob Layton to add Iron Man in there! I think he'll go next to Hawkeye....Already planning a new page!

Originally Posted by Simplyrob

Gosh man, I don't know what I like the most. Your jam is coming along beautifully, the cpw3, again, is fantastic, but maybe the nguyen/cheung piece is my fav. I've got something from them both, their work is unprecedented. Brilliant job man. How's the bank account after all that?

Thanks Rob! Yeah mate, the bank balance took a hit for sure!

[rychehitman]

Great stuff Rod!

I am LOVING that Avengers jam...but why did you put Wolverine on it??

Who do you have in mind to draw Thor? What other characters do you have lined up? Perez Beast perhaps????

[nemesisenforcer]

Nice haul Rocket! Congrats.