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WAITING YOUR TURN
Not all opportunities to see famous people depended on online raffl es. Autographs and photo ops did require purchases, though, so "Woody" and all the people in the lower right photo are willing to pay. The space outside the Main Stage was nearly empty the moment this video was taken, but idea is to fi ll the whole space with lines of people for panels.
Woody appears to be all alone
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Same room where Woody is waiting
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A space large enough to hold all the people willing to wait for panels
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The space outside rooms for panels
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Fine art at the NBA booth
Tula Lotay
Tula Lotay live creation
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DYNAMIC DUO
Many artists are inspired by comic heroes for their fi ne art pieces, but one installation allowed fans to pull up a seat and watch fi ne art inspired by basketball heroes. The NBA touted its 2019 tip-off with a two-part booth. A green screen photo op allowed convention goers to feel like Lebron James dunking a basketball. There was also a section of seats for a live audience to gather every day at noon to watch the great Tula Lotay start of a new piece of art. Elsewhere on the Show Floor, finished paintings were for sale. Bill Sienkiewicz (sin-KEV-itch) and Alex Ross had large gallery spaces while new takes on classic characters could be found by fine artists such as Sean Carlson.
Bill Sienkiewicz gallery space
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Alex Ross gallery space
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Fine art by Sean Carlson
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Legendary creator Neal Adams centered himself inside his massive booth on the Show Floor. While that makes it almost impossible to snap a quick photo of him, it's probably very effective in getting people to pay for his photo op.
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Rows and rows of Microns stacked in every color of the rainbow with a nearby testing table to help buyers see the difference between the tips on pens.
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An artist demonstrates using water and ink simultaneously for Jerry's Artist Outlet
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John Byrne and Walt Simonson
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LEGENDARY
IDW had comics legends John Byrne (making a rare convention appearance) and Walt Simonson signing at their booth all weekend. Unfortunately the only way to get Byrne to sign anything was to pony up $300 for John Byrne’s Marvel Classics Artifact Edition. I passed on that but still wanted to swing by the booth, see the master, and let him know how infl uential he was to me.
Artist Alley
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Chris Claremont’s table at Artist Alley is always a popular destination for X fans.
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