I’ve had Batman on the brain for the past couple of weeks — zooming around under the L didn’t help

the expo was fantastic: clean, well-lighted, less of the freak flag. great panels, a complete academic conference, and some good films. met the people behind the runaway crazytrain that is The Transient, the Abe-Lincoln-is-a-vampire movie

friends at Chicago Comics advertised the film for me, which was really cool — I just explained to them how I think I might have lost my glasses there once and they were more than willing. They do lots of exclusive Alex Ross and Chris Ware stuff.

the best part of going around and showing this movie though, by far, is the people who come with and the pals we meet up with. this is Dave, who said of the movie: “This isn’t about Superman, this is a Cleveland lovefest.” Totally on. Dave later drove us around and we all had a nice dinner with him and Michelle at the Firehouse (where I wore a Herculoids t-shirt — classy)

The show itself was good. We had an afternoon time so I was surprised that people did show up…including some comics people, scholars, and serious fans. Thanks to ALL for coming out. Good Q&A afterwards. And oh yeah, people LOVED the trading cards…If you want more pics, come over to facebook: Last Son.

All in all, a great time — go next year if you are nearby or just want to take a trip. I got a lot of cool stuff, including my favorite cover image of the last year: The Anti-Monitor busting out of the Black Lantern. Greg Horn was cool enough to sign it for me and explained his rationale for “swirling mists.” I totally concurred. I also scored an Astonishing X-men Omnibus! YES! I am a geek.

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