Joining me at the con were two of my Charlton Neo collaborator, Rodney Bennett (who is working with me on the reboots of Gunmaster and Rocky Jones) and Will Boyer (who is working with me on Hip Hop for Pix-C). The Charlton Neo Crew was given the best seat in the house, next to actress Amber Dawn Fox, who recently played Officer Bello on season five of The Walking Dead. Being a fan of the show, but not having seen this past season, I did my best to avoid spoilers. Amber seems like a very nice young lady (as you can tell from the photos I have included, she has great taste in reading material). I hope her character made it out of this season alive (although I know how this show rolls and anyone could become lunch on the run for a zombie at any moment).
The seats we had were also pretty sweet as we were right across from a dealer who had some nice $2.00 Silver Age and Bronze Age books for sale. I was able to pick up a few comics I had been looking for thanks to this gent, including two Silver Age Charlton comics, Fightin’ Air Force #29 and Fightin’ Marines #54.
I really wanted to explore the show more, but getting across the aisle was the best I could do for the most part since we had a pretty steady stream of patrons come by our tables in the six hours we were at the show. In that time, I talked to anyone and everyone that came by about Charlton Neo, as well as The Flash television series, Avengers: Age of Ultron and the comic books I had found earlier at the show. We even had a couple of writers who expressed an interest in working with Charlton Neo and I discussed what we were looking for at this time. These folks must have liked what they heard because I got submissions from both of them just a few days after the show.
I
also had some friends stop by the table to chat for a while, including my
friend Kevin C. Hunt, who you can see dressed up as Doctor Doom. Indeed, Kevin
snapped a number of the photos that accompany this review and I’m grateful he
was able to help us capture some moments from this show.
Rodney
took some commissions and knocked them out of the park (as you can see from the
photos). The one of War Machine was for Robert Muhammad, a gentleman that
Rodney and I have both met at various local cons over the past few years.
Robert is also one of our newest members at the Charlton Neo Comics Facebook
Page.
After
the show wrapped up, Rodney, Will and I headed over to a nearby Pizza Hut where
we discussed plans for our various Charlton Neo projects. Rodney and I have a
great story arc mapped out for Gunmaster and we discussed what we wanted to do
with this character and concept. Also, Will and I plotted out Hip Hop’s
destiny, including a rival we will be introducing into the strip and a
potential love interest. So, all in all, the day was fun and productive. And
really, you can’t ask for anything better of a comic book show than that, can
you?
© Dan Johnson
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