Steel City Convention 2011

Well, today I was a lone wolf and ventured out on my own.  My son was to go, but he had homework and reading he needed to do for school.  My brother (who is the comic buff) was to go but he was on-call at work and wasn't able to meet me.  So me being as independent as I am loaded up my bag and out the door I went, on my own.  And the nice thing was it was only 20 minutes from my home.

Steel City Con is a convention for Toys, Comics, and Childhood.  There were loads of toys here.  And toys I haven't seen since I was little.  No, I'm not that old but toys from 25 years ago were fun to see again.  This was like a long walk down memory lane.  I say the little action figures my brother use to collect from G.I. Joe to Star Wars and all sorts.  Then their where even toys I didn't know they made!  Did you know there were dolls of Grease the movie?  Yeah. lol.

But, I enjoyed looking through the millions of Comics and Graphic Novels that where being sold.  I found a few I wanted to buy, but had to stop myself as I didn't take much money with me and the artwork was really working on me.

But, before I get to what I bought I have to mention the great person I met here.  Yes, he is an author and I have enjoyed his first book, Shadow's Son.  It was Jon Sprunk.  I got the opportunity to stand around and chat with him, on his books and just talking like human beings.  It was great to get the chance to meet him.  I did get a few signed book swags, which I'm going to do a giveaway with.  And I took my well loved book with me to get it signed.  Thank you Jon!  I really am looking forward to the second book Shadow's Lure hitting the shelves in June.

Soooo, what did I actually buy?  Well, all the art was calling my name and loudly.  I stopped at the Artists booths and looked through all their portfolios they had there.  LOVE the art!  I had a nice set of fairy's under mushrooms that where done with the four seasons calling my name and I thought they would look amazing on my wall, but they where larger than I had room for and the artist didn't have them in a smaller size.  So I had to pass on them. 

But, I did get:

For my son, who was at home working delicately on his homework these three little cards drawn by RAK ~ Robert A. Kraus.  These little cards were cute and I couldn't pass them up.  He had a card drawn for just about anyone you could think of and these three are the ones my son wanted when I gave him a quick option.  Although he mentioned Dead Pool before I got to him on the list.  (truth be told, I didn't know he would know who he was.)  But I have to say I loved these little cards, and for a dollar you couldn't go wrong. ~Ghost Rider with chains, Dead Pool, and Wolverine.

Now, for me.  I bought what I felt inspired me at the moment.  Along with those fairy pictures (which I would still love to have) I did find others. 

This first picture is of three cards by another Artist I saw there, Kevin R. Leen.  The first picture that caught my eye was the one of the woman and flames ~ Marvel Girl.  It hit me as wings of flames, which it is.  But I loved that whole idea.  But just something in the painting just grabbed me, so I at least got the little card.  And the same goes for the other two cards.  I loved the painting but couldn't afford all the big ones.  So got the little ones.  The one I did get in a bigger size was the only one he had left of it, Valkyrie in Flight.  Just eye catching for me.

Well, that is enough of my day.  I will say I WILL be going to the Steel City Comic Con in April.  I loved what I saw today and that one is just going to be plenty more of it.