Being more selective now!

After my experience at Megacon, I have begun to look at signature opportunities a little differently. Its not just about getting a signature to me anymore. Its also about where and how to set up the sig on the comic.

Where is the best place for the sig? What is the best color to use? What issues will look better with a yellow label on them?

Not only getting a signature, but getting it to look somehow dynamic or extremely interesting has seemed to become a real fascination for me now.

My experience with Chris Claremont is one of the reasons for this. I am led to believe that he pretty much always wants to sign over the titles on the covers. But when I had my issues done for Megacon, most of them were prepped for spots other than over the titles.

I dont know if he just did not want to ask me to remove each of the 11 issues from the bags and boards or if he was just in a charitable mood that day, but ultimately I got some very interesting sigs from him.

Even Mike of CGC asked me later if Chris had said anything to me about the signature placements. I told him that Chris did not say anything to me and Mike seemed surprised.

For examples of these apparently unique Claremont sig placements, check out issues #21, #45, #52 and Annual #2 of my New Mutants set. Also check out my Marvel Graphic Novel #4, which he not only signed on the back, but also added a 2013 into the end of his sig, which I have NEVER seen him do before.

A few other things also gave me an insight on what to look for in signature opportunities. My Brent Spiner sig that I mentioned in a previous journal was extraordinarily cool!!

Now, because of all of this, I am really putting a lot of thought into what issues I pick for signing and how best to utilize the cover image to accentuate the sig. I have some really neat ideas for some shows coming up later in the year. We will have to see how it all turns out.

Below is a picture of my New Mutants #31, which is another example of an unusual Claremont sig placement.

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