Comic-Con International, the nation's biggest comic book convention, is this week in San Diego. We asked members of the Dallas-area comic book community what they're looking forward to the most and what they're dreading the most.
BRIAN DENHAM, artist of The X-Files
Looking forward to: "DC Comics has asked me to sign at their booth this year. When I got hired by Image Comics in 1994 and moved away from Dallas, the first thing I did at my first Comic-Con was to have a picture taken of myself next to the 6-foot DC logo. Fourteen years later, I'll be there signing."
Dreading: "The possibility of not meeting people at my booth. I spend almost every day of the year inside my house, drawing for sometimes 17 hours a day. I'd like to know there are people out there who enjoy the work. It's a very isolated career."
KRISTIAN DONALDSON, artist of Supermarket
Looking forward to: "Seeing friends in the industry that I only get to see at cons like this one. A close second is going out to Mission Beach and getting submerged in some salt water."
Dreading: "The trip back, weighed down and bags bulging with books, screen prints, hard-to-find art supplies and other impulse purchases. Last year, I almost missed my flight when my bag literally ripped apart in the airport."
JESSIE GARZA, publisher of Viper Comics
Looking forward to: "Interacting with fans and the release of the new books."
Dreading: "The long waits at the end of a long day to get something to eat."
JOSH HOWARD, writer/artist of Dead@17
Looking forward to: "Meeting fans and debuting my new art book."
Dreading: "The 22-hour van ride."
SCOTT KURTZ, writer/artist of PvP
Looking forward to: "The atmosphere. Not just the literal atmosphere of that fantastic San Diego sea air, but the charged excitement that comes from brushing up against thousands of other people who are creating their own worlds inside of comic books."
Dreading: "My eventual return to the heat after a week of breezy, 72-degree weather."
JEREMY SHORR, owner of Titan Comics
Looking forward to: "Spending time with the creators and publishers who make up this great industry."
Dreading: "Crowds."
KRISTOFER STRAUB, writer/artist of Starslip Crisis
Looking forward to: "Seeing cartoonists I only get to hang out with in person once or twice a year."
Dreading: "Con food, and a two-hour wait for a table at every restaurant in the Gaslamp district. This is going to be the most crowded Comic-Con yet."
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