{"id":10250,"date":"2014-06-27T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T17:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=10250"},"modified":"2021-05-22T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T13:44:53","slug":"z-view-heroescon-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=10250","title":{"rendered":"Z-View: HeroesCon 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2011\/z052611heroescon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2014\/z062714heroes_cordmafia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s the self-titled\u00a0<strong>Corduroy Mafia<\/strong> at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroesonline.com\/heroescon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heroes Con<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a02104<\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0From left to right we have <strong><span class=\"fbPhotoTagListTag tagItem\" style=\"color: #808080;\"><a class=\"taggee\" style=\"color: #3b5998;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.nacinovich\" data-tag=\"100000519667410\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=100000519667410&amp;type=mediatag&amp;media_info=6.882590728421680\">John Nacinovich<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fbPhotoTagListTag tagItem\" style=\"color: #808080;\"><a class=\"taggee\" style=\"color: #3b5998;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TeenTitansFan\" data-tag=\"1143541314\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=1143541314&amp;type=mediatag&amp;media_info=6.882590728421680\">Jeff Streeter<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">, me<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fbPhotoTagListTag tagItem\" style=\"color: #808080;\"><a class=\"taggee\" style=\"color: #3b5998;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnbeatty5661\" data-tag=\"1250854858\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=1250854858&amp;type=mediatag&amp;media_info=6.882590728421680\">John Beatty<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fbPhotoTagListTag tagItem\" style=\"color: #808080;\"><a class=\"taggee\" style=\"color: #3b5998;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brian.jones.7503314\" data-tag=\"100000411620716\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=100000411620716&amp;type=mediatag&amp;media_info=6.882590728421680\">Brian Jones<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">and<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"fbPhotoTagListTag tagItem\" style=\"color: #808080;\"><a class=\"taggee\" style=\"color: #3b5998;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royce.thrower.7\" data-tag=\"1493652639\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=1493652639&amp;type=mediatag&amp;media_info=6.882590728421680\">Royce Thrower<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">.<\/span><\/strong>. How we gave ourselves the name <strong>Corduroy Mafia<\/strong> is a tale for another time. \u00a0Instead I present my <strong>HeroesCon 2014<\/strong>\u00a0summary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Drive Up:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Doralya<\/strong> and I left Thursday afternoon. \u00a0We drove halfway up and spent the night in <strong>Savannah<\/strong> at a <strong>Fairfield Inn<\/strong>. \u00a0We got up early the next morning and finished our trip to <strong>Charlotte<\/strong> in plenty of time to get to the show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Convention Hotel:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We used to stay at the <strong>Weston<\/strong>, but for the last two years (and the foreseeable future) our con hotel is the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hamptoninn3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/north-carolina\/hampton-inn-charlotte-uptown-CLTUTHX\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hampton Inn Charlotte &#8211; Uptown<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0What a great hotel! \u00a0It&#8217;s super-clean with the friendliest staff I&#8217;ve ever seen. \u00a0Free shuttle service and free breakfast made the stay even better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Main Sketch Goal of the Show:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My main sketch goal was to meet (for the first time) and get a sketch from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoytSilva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hoyt Silva<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;m happy to report that <b>Hoyt<\/b>\u00a0is as nice as he is talented &#8212; yeah, he&#8217;s really that friendly! \u00a0<strong>Hoyt<\/strong> and I discussed a couple of possible <strong>Stallone<\/strong> characters and decided on <strong>Jack Carter<\/strong>.\u00a0 <b>Hoyt<\/b>\u00a0said he could make that happen and is doing the piece as a take home commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Books signed:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My original<strong>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Berni<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wrightson&#8217;s<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Frankenstein<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>(personalized to <strong>Doralya<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Package<\/strong><\/span> pin-ups by <strong>Andrew Maclean<\/strong> and <strong>Robert Wilson IV<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Scout:<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Four<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Monsters<\/strong><\/span> by <strong>Timothy Truman<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Crimeland<\/strong><\/span> by <strong>Rafael Albuqerque<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Beetle:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Way<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Out<\/span><\/strong> by <strong>Franchesco Francavilla<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Goon:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nothin&#8217;<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">But<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misery<\/span><\/strong> by <strong>Eric Powell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fifth<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Beatle<\/span><\/strong> by <strong>Andrew Robinson<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sketches:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jamie Cosley: Rocky<\/strong> (surprise gift from <strong>Little John<\/strong> and <strong>Patricia<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andy Fish: <em>Lords of Flatbush<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Corin Howell:<em> <em>Lords of Flatbush<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dave Wachter<\/strong> (mini-head sketch): <em><strong>Rhinestone<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Derrick Fish:<\/strong><em><strong> <em>Expendables<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Drew Moss<\/strong>: <em><strong>Get Carter<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Hoyt Silva: <em>Get Carter<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joel Carroll: <em>Get Carter<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kevin Mellon: <em>Get Carter<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mike Torrance<\/strong>: <strong>Jack Carter \/ Gravedigger<\/strong> plus several sketch cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Panels, Drink and Draw and HeroesCon Art Auction:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Inkwell Awards<\/strong> (and keeping with tradition, <strong>LittleJohn312<\/strong> and <strong>Patricia<\/strong> joined <strong>Doralya<\/strong> and I &#8212; or did we join them?) were fun. \u00a0It is always great to see deserving artists receive recognition.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Doralya, Little John, Patricia<\/strong> and I attended the <strong>Drink and Draw<\/strong>. \u00a0It&#8217;s a tradition that continued again this year!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the first time I ever, I missed the <strong>HeroesCon<\/strong><strong> Auction. <\/strong>\u00a0I had a bad cold\/flu bug the week before<strong> HeroesCon a<\/strong>nd was still feeling worn down. \u00a0Since we had the rest of our vacation ahead of us, I decided to pace myself at Heroes and sadly missed the auction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Meals<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The biggest surprise is that we only ate at <strong>Fuel<\/strong> once. \u00a0It was good to keep that tradition alive, but not over do it. \u00a0The best meal we had was at <strong>Fujo Bistro<\/strong> &#8212; we will definitely hit that place again next year! \u00a0<strong>Buffalo Wild Wings<\/strong>\u00a0also got our business. \u00a0Sadly we did not make it to <a href=\"http:\/\/mertscharlotte.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mert&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>In closing:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>HeroesCon<\/strong> this year was huge. \u00a0The wider aisles made movement easier. \u00a0There were also additional sections this year with chairs and tables for con guests to sit, eat and visit. \u00a0The bigger painting area was also a plus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seeing old friends and meeting new ones is always a fun part of the show. \u00a0I won&#8217;t try to list them all because invariably I would leave some out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year I was able to talk <strong>Doralya<\/strong> into coming into the show on Saturday. We walked the floor and met a lot of artists (new and old friends). <strong>\u00a0Doralya&#8217;s<\/strong> highlight was meeting<strong> Berni Wrightson<\/strong>! \u00a0She has always loved his work and he personalized my copy of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Frankenstein<\/strong><\/span> to her!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to <strong>Shelton<\/strong> and his crew for another great <strong>HeroesCon<\/strong> &#8212; see everyone next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s the self-titled\u00a0Corduroy Mafia at Heroes Con\u00a02104. \u00a0From left to right we have John Nacinovich,\u00a0Jeff Streeter, me,\u00a0John Beatty,\u00a0Brian Jones\u00a0and\u00a0Royce Thrower..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-comics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10250"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26629,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10250\/revisions\/26629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}