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Saturday<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Saturday<\/strong> is usually the busiest day at most shows and this was going to be no exception.\u00a0 My goal was to get all of my sketches by the end of the day so that Doralya<\/strong> and I could head back home [a 7 – 8 hour drive] at a decent time on Sunday<\/strong>.\u00a0 So I spent the morning setting up sketches with Billy Fowler<\/strong><\/span>, Rob Holstein<\/strong><\/span>, Chris Schweizer<\/strong><\/span>, and Evan Bryce<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 That freed me up to circulate the con floor and con art auction area.\u00a0 So here are some con photos and comments…<\/p>\n One of the great things about Heroes Con<\/strong> is that on Saturday<\/strong> night there is always an art auction<\/strong>.\u00a0 During the day it’s not uncommon to see artists in a special area working on the pieces that they’ll donate to the show.\u00a0 Above is Adam Hughes<\/strong> just starting on his painting which went for an all-time<\/em> Heroes Con<\/strong> record of 12 grand<\/strong>!<\/p>\n That’s Billy Fowler<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and his lady. Last year I met Billy<\/strong> and got his really cool take on Sly as Jack Carter<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 I wanted to get another piece from Billy <\/strong>and he agreed and gave me his on-point take of Sly <\/strong>as Rocky<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Although I’d never met Chris Schweizer,<\/strong><\/span> I’d discovered his art through a link for Heroes Co<\/strong>n.\u00a0 I really liked his style and was delighted to discover that Chris<\/strong> was a very approachable and enthusiastic artist.\u00a0 He really took his time interacting with folks who stopped by his table.\u00a0 I picked up his art book and he threw in his take on Sly<\/strong> as Freddy<\/strong> from “Cop Land.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Robin Holstein<\/strong> was another artist that I discovered from a link for Heroes Con<\/strong>.\u00a0 I really liked Robin’s pen and ink work.\u00a0 He agreed to do a sketch of Sly<\/strong> as Rambo<\/strong>.\u00a0 When I saw the results, I immediately asked if he had room on his sketchlist to do another Stallone<\/strong>.\u00a0 He did and did an equally cool riff on Sly<\/strong> as Jack Carter<\/strong>.\u00a0 LittleJohn<\/strong> saw what Robin<\/strong> had done for me and immediately signed up to get Robin’s take<\/strong> on Little John<\/strong> from Robin Hood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n LittleJohn, Patricia<\/strong> and I ended up at the Inkwell Awards Panel<\/strong>.\u00a0 Dan Panosian<\/strong> kicked off the panel and then Tim Townsend<\/strong> [pictured above] served as the host.\u00a0 It was cool seeing Kevin Nolan<\/strong> there and getting some well-deserved recognition.\u00a0 It was also a kick to see that my best friend, John Beatty<\/strong>, was nominated for an award.<\/p>\n That’s a shot of David Williams<\/strong> aka Brohawk<\/strong><\/em> working on his Spider-Man<\/strong> painting which ended up being won by Adam Hughes at the auction<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Andrew Robinson<\/strong> is working on his barbarian painting<\/strong><\/span><\/a> which turned out to be my favorite piece in the auction.\u00a0 Brian Stelfreeze<\/strong> did a really sweet painting of Scooby-Doo and Daphne<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to support the show.\u00a0 Eric Canate<\/strong> worked up this really cool Avengers piece<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Phil Noto checked in<\/strong><\/span><\/a> with his take on Supergirl<\/strong>.\u00a0 Tommy Lee Edwards<\/strong> turned his brush towards the Rocketeer<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Not all pieces that make it into the auction are paintings.\u00a0 Some very cool pen and ink<\/strong><\/span><\/a> art also made the cut.<\/p>\n Doralya<\/strong> and I joined LittleJohn312<\/strong> and Patricia<\/strong> at the auction.\u00a0 I brought Rico<\/strong> his bigger-than-life-size<\/em> Mr. T <\/strong>and Rocky Balboa<\/strong> standees. Rico<\/strong> seemed truly happy to get them.\u00a0 This year the auction moved at a much quicker pace, but after a few hours, Doralya<\/strong> and I were beat and knew we had a long drive waiting for us in the morning.\u00a0 We said our good-byes and headed to the Westin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This was one of the best Heroes Cons <\/strong>ever.\u00a0 I know I say that every year, but it’s true.\u00a0 Doralya<\/strong> had a blast enjoying the city while I was at the con and then meeting up with LittleJohn<\/strong>, his wife and others for meals and special events.\u00a0 Doralya <\/strong>is already making plans to go next year.\u00a0 Truth be told, so am I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saturday Saturday is usually the busiest day at most shows and this was going to be no exception.\u00a0 My goal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-5548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-comics","comments-off"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5548","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=5548"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26390,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5548\/revisions\/26390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2011\/z062011_ah.png\")
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