Biting Off More Than I Can Chew: Part 6

At this point, you must be wondering: “How long is this guy going to milk this APE thing?” Well, considering the number of business cards I picked up and all the pictures I took, I could probably keep going until APE 2010 — but I’ll try to be done with all this by the weekend.

Of particular note is Khalid Birdsong creator of the excellent Youngbloods — not to be confused with the atrocious Youngblood by Rob Liefeld. Khalid is an teacher in Mountain View, CA.

This man, Richard Starkings, who I was no stranger to(my heyday of comic fandom having been during the 90s boom), literally ambushed me. He was standing two feet from me for 15 minutes before he suddenly thrust an autographed copy of ELEPHANTMEN into my grubby little hands. This is the guy who distracted me long enough to Starkings to deliver the killing blow:

If you see him, dial 911 and proceed to the nearest bomb shelter.

And, finally, there’s Larry Marder , creator of Tales of Beanworld. I initially suspected that he might actually be Dave Sim wearing Larry Marder’s skin, but convention security convinced me otherwise.

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