{"id":828,"date":"2003-09-15T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-16T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2021-04-10T08:40:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T12:40:32","slug":"j-ville-trip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"J-Ville Trip Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Saturday, John Higashi<\/b>, <\/span>John Beatty<\/b> and I drove up to Jacksonville, Florida<\/b> to attend a <\/span>benefit for the Tourette Syndrome Association<\/b><\/a> <\/span><\/b>sponsored by<\/span> Big City Comics. <\/span><\/b>Several comics pros were to be on hand signing autographs and sketching. There were a lot of other activities scheduled and John Higashi<\/b> had his eye on a couple of pieces in the art auction.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

The drive up was great. John H.<\/b> was at the wheel, Beatty<\/b> was in the back seat doggin’ John H’s <\/b>amazing collection, and I got to ride shotgun, laughing at all of the nonsense. We made it up in record time, or maybe time just flew by because we were laughing so much.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we arrived things were just getting set up. A couple of tables had been set up inside, so we joined Don Perlin<\/span><\/b> (Marvel Comics<\/b>), Duck Edwing<\/span><\/a><\/b> (MAD<\/b> Magazine), Ed Hall<\/span><\/a><\/b> (political cartoonist), and Jason Sobel<\/b> (Fuzzy Dice Studios). Robert Smith<\/span><\/b><\/a> was out in the crowd set up to do caricatures.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John H.<\/b> wanted to speak to Mr. Perlin<\/b> about a Star Wars<\/b> commission, but told me that I should try to commission him up for a Stallone <\/b>sketch first. Unfortunately for both of us, Mr. Perlin<\/b> had a line already. But sitting directly in front of me was Ed Hall<\/span><\/a><\/b>. I really enjoy his work and so I approached him about doing a Stallone<\/b> piece. He agreed and the result was really cool. I’ll post it with next weekend’s update. Ed<\/b> was amazing in that he was able to draw so many caricatures of famous people without any reference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing that I had popped for a piece, John H.<\/b> approached Duck<\/span><\/a><\/b> for a Spy vs Spy<\/b> commission. John <\/b>asked for a panel gag and offered four times the going rate for a sketch. Duck<\/b> agreed and then to our surprise said, “You know I’m the writer for the strip, not the artist, right?” To John<\/b>‘s credit, he said, “that’s cool” and went ahead with the commission. Duck <\/b>drew him a funny seven panel Spy vs Spy<\/b> strip. John<\/b> then kicked in an extra $20 toward the charity so Duck<\/b> came back and drew him a large executioner!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The crowd was constant throughout the day. “Soft Spike” <\/b>jokes were flying from everyone. Big Beatty<\/b> did some really nice sketches. He started off with a nice Captain America<\/b> and Deathlock<\/b>. He also did cool sketches of Iron Man<\/b>, Green Goblin<\/b>, and others!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jason Sobol<\/span><\/b> was sitting in front of me with his portfolio and a great sense of humor [especially when I called him Josh<\/b> a couple of times]. At any rate, he didn’t soft spike<\/b> me [you’d had to have been there] and drew me a cool Sly<\/b> as a young Judge Dredd<\/b>. I’ll post that this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the show wound down it was time for the auction. John H.<\/b> had his eye on two pieces, the Kubert “Sgt. Rock”<\/b> and a Beetle Bailey<\/b> Sunday page. It came down to the wire between John<\/b> and another guy for the Kubert <\/b>piece, but I’m happy to say that John<\/b> won! Man, the Sgt. Rock<\/b> is even more impressive in person. It could be the cornerstone of ANY collection! [John<\/b> also won the Beetle Bailey<\/b> page!]<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was happy that I had been able to get two new sketches for my Stallone<\/b> theme, and John H. <\/b>had won the two pieces in the auction that he was after… but we weren’t done yet. After a short discussion, we approached Mr. Perlin<\/b> about doing commissions for us. He agreed! So in two weeks John <\/b>and I plan to drive back up to J-ville <\/b>and pick up our Don Perlin<\/b> originals! [We’d go next weekend but John H.<\/b> will be in Baltimore<\/b> getting even more art!] <\/span><\/div>\n

All in all it was a great little event that raised a fair amount of money for a very good cause. I hope that they’re able to put it on again next year. If they do and you live within driving distance, you should plan to attend… you’ll get to meet some really nice people, possibly pick up a sketch or original art and maybe, just maybe, find out what it means to be soft spiked!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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