NYCC and Baltimore 2014 Stats

NYCC 2014:

First off, I picked up a number of Original Art pages and completely blew my budget. Second, I commissioned too many sketch covers and torpedoed what remained of my cash after already blowing my budget. Darn those dealers who take credit cards

6 Invoices

170 Books

221 Signatures

18 Creators

10 Sketch Covers

2 Creators missed

11 Books coming home, not submitted

Special thanks to Mike B. and especially Ally at the CGC table in artist alley for working their butts off. Like Baltimore, thanks to Mike J (CGC witness) for helping me get Jim Lee's signature.

Some of you may have seen my Baltimore stats but I don't think I posted the journal correctly so here it is again.

Baltimore 2014:

14 Invoices

387 Books

465 Signatures

32 Creators

3 Sketch Covers

4 Creators missed

14 Books coming home, not submitted

I could have not accomplished this without the help from the following people:

- My wife -- She puts up with me and my silly hobby

- Bloom -- My friend who came to Baltimore with me and laid out the convention floor where each creator was and texted me when their lines were reasonable

- Bagofleas -- He was in the right place at the right time for me. Help keep the Walt only and Louise only books separate from the W&L Simonson books.

- Tnerb -- For keeping me fed by inviting me to the dinner group each night

- Mike B, CGC SS -- For making sure that I always got a witness when I needed one and being a hell of a nice guy

- Mike J, CGC Witness -- For being there for most of my signatures and letting me text him when I needed a witness to come. A fellow Long Islander too!

- Cynthia, Molly, and Brittany, CGC -- Thank you for your patience as I juggled books while we closed out invoices.

- Baltimore Comic Con: Staff and Minions -- For putting on a great Comic Book show!

Now I can enjoy NYCC without the stress of collecting as many signatures. If I can get Terry Moore, Bill Sienkiewcz, James O'Barr, Howard Chaykin, Erik Larsen and Peter David I'll be very content.

Stay tuned for posts with pictures of my Original Art and Sketch Cover Commissions.

James