or my wallet just got lighter

Just got home from Wizard World NYC Experience, and let me say that I had a great time.

1st I waited over by Humberto Ramos's table to sign up to have my ASM 648 sketched (2 copies). I have six more but they will have to wait for another time, since he would only do 2 per person.

2nd I dropped by Arthur Suydam for the same purpose, and dropped off my copy of Walking Dead 109.

3rd I dropped by Desert Wind Comics to have several books signed by Stan Lee as well as others from the Legends Tour.

I dropped off:

ASM 129 - Stan Lee, John Romita, Gerry Conway

F. Four 48 - Stan Lee

Inc. Hulk 181 - Stan Lee, Herb Trimpe, Len Wein

I had the above three pressed and I am very curious as to see how well they will fair. But they did come back looking awesome.

Also submitted was, Thor Journey Into Mystery 85 - Stan Lee, Larry Lieber. This one will most likely come low grade, maybe 5.0 due to some wrinkling and a missing piece in the bottom right corner of the cover. But no worries, they'll have both brothers signature.

4th I had my Wizard World Comic Con Edition of Walking Dead # 1 (regular & sketched, that was given out by WW), signed by Neal Adams and left with CGC on an open ticket. The CGC people were incredibly nice. Thanks to CGC.

5th, I proceeded to Mike Zeck's and had my Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (issues 1, 7 & 8) signed. Dropped off at CGC, same ticket.

Whew!

With all that going on I started to walk around and look at all the artwork that was displayed by the various artist. Wow! While I do like the stories written in the comic books, I gravitate more towards the artwork. I mean, isn't that how we all started in this hobby of ours. As a kid, entering the local newstand, and looking at the comics on the rack. One maybe two caught your eye, and a relationship began.

I then started to look for some back issues. Since I am mostly a Spider-Man fan, I was looking for and was lucky to obtain:

ASM # 5 (v2), 1st appearance of the new Spider-Woman

Web of Spider-Man # 118, 1st appearance of Scarlet Spider (Ben Rielly)

Ultimate Fallout # 4, 1st appearance of Miles Morales (Spider-Man). (Seeking mostly first appearances.) These look like 9.6's to me, but I will give them a much closer inspection when I get home. I will send them off to CGC for grading some other time.

Every so often I would walk back to Humberto Ramos & Arthur Suydam to check on their progress. Nope, working on other sketches.

While I was waiting I continue to search for back issues. I came across a raw copy of Iron Man # 55 (1st Thanos appearance). Yes, I purchased it. It too will have to wait. Looks like an 8.0 - 8.5 to me.

Walking around some more, I dropped by Rodney Ramos and had a sketch done. Of what? you may ask....... Spider-Man. Chatted with him a bit, great guy.

Went back to Suydam and at that moment he was almost done with my book. So I stood there and talked with him while he worked on my book. Very cool guy and down to earth. Once he completed the book I took his picture, thanked him, and told him that I am waiting on other sketches and that as soon as they are done I will get the CGC people and pick up the book.

Whew! Getting late and I am tired.

Now I walked across the aisle to Humberto and he was almost done with my second sketch. Chatted with him too while I waited. Very nice and humble guy. Once he was done I thanked him and took his picture holding both sketched books. Got the CGC people, completed my transaction and finally left without spending any more money.

But what an awesome time I had. Aside from meeting these artist the best part of the day was spending it with my boy.

Thanks for reading, looking forward to Comic Con New York in October.

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