Have to agree with Steshell. Love those Legion cards you picked up. They were my favourite comicbook team when I was a kid.

Awesome report , Graham! Mrs. Batman was very touched by your kind words. I simply enjoyed drinking beers with you!

Graham, it was great meeting you too! Thanks for the compliments on my son....I rather enjoyed watching him listen to your accent with that slight look of confusion on his face. Oh the joys of being 2. Hope we cross paths again sometime!!!

Graham Great Report - and I have to agree with EVERYTHING you say - In reply to his mention of Tudors boxes I quote from my Smaller report "Graham opened a box and pulled the Anwar Auto (the one I really wanted) and laughed".

The key to this show is that you are meeting a lot of NSU/cardtalk people that is the GREAT thing - and the cards

A little birdie told me I had not given props where props are due. So I just wanted to say that Mr. Hammer would be most welcome back at the Philly Show anytime he would like.

Seriously.....sorry Hammer. I mean, here's a guy who traveled all that distance, helped with our promos and banner, put up with an awful lot of **** travel and gave me presents rather then the other way around. I am an awful host.

So thank you (and Graham) for coming over. And if any other UK Card Talkers are interested in coming to the Philly Show in the Fall, let me know and we will let you work the show too and ensure that your travels are full of delays!

Graham and Kevin were loads of fun. I have one question for Graham. Which one did you like better--the shredded socks in Bethlehem or chicken balls in San Diego?

Graham, you are the nicest! * blushes to death *

Great to see all the pictures and reports. Thanks everyone. It looked like another great show.
Were any sell sheets given out?

Famous Fabrics was handing them out for their 2 upcoming sets
and there was one on the way in
but I can't remember what it is and I have yet to come across them as I am unpacking ...

They also handed out the last of the Tudors Sell Sheets too.

It was Betty Page that they were handing out on the way in.

otim

Wow! I do not even know where to begin. The show was an absolute blast and everyone was awesome!! First and foremost, a HUGE thank you to Harris, Roxanne and Marlin for inviting us! It was great meeting you all.

It was fantastic to finally meet people that I have been talking to and trading with for years. It's nice to finally put a face to everyone. I can't even begin to describe how much fun we had. Thank you soooooooo much to Graham Head & Kevin LePore for all the awesome gifts!! You both made me a very happy girl. There are so many people that I'd met and like to thank too: Sean Pence, Don Wheezay, Axebone, Rhiannon Owens, Ted Dastick Jr., Meghan Hetrick, Hammer, SWBill, T. Breyer, Stony, Darth Smittyous, Fbootiii, Laura Inglis, hcbrewer, Dave Moulder, otim, minime, nick9819. I'm sorry if I'm forgetting any names at this moment. My head is drawing a blank.

An extra special thank you to Robert Kohlbus and Rittenhouse Archives for taking the artists out to dinner on Saturday night! The food & company was great. There were a few odd and funny conversations going on too. LOL.

Here are some pics from the weekend. Sorry, it's taken me so long to post these. We didn't get back into Canada until Thursday night.

Some random pics from the show





Sean Pence



Axebone



Rhiannon Owens



Meghan Hetrick



Dee, Tony & T. Breyer

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A couple of sketch card commissions that Tony drew at the show.

Shadowcat



AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH a ZOMBIE!!!!!



Artists panel from Sunday morning. I totally chickened out.



Tony fiddling with something during the panel



Rittenhouse Dinner (I love Ted's expression)





Tony opening some trading cards at the Red Robin



Tony after he ate three baskets of fries

This show was totally awesome! I loved every minute of it. Everyone was so friendly there and it truely was a family atmosphere. It was great meeting so many collectors and dealers as well as the different card companies set up there. It was also an honor to be in the company of so many super talented artists. Thanks to Sean, Axe, Ted, Rhi and Elaine for making this one of the best getaways in a long time. Thanks to Harris , Roxanne and Marlin for inviting us canucks to the show. It definately felt more like a relaxing vacation then work. Finally got to meet Robert from Rittenhouse and Tom from Breygent in person. It was a pleasure to finally meet some of my bosses. Also met Scott from Cryptozoic and they have some great products lined up.

Thanks to Rittenhouse for the awesome time saturday night. It was very generous of you for feeding the starving artists. Robert, Joanna and Tim were great company as well.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my table to say "hi" and/or to pick up artwork. Some truely fantastic people.

Elaine, we're all wondering what happened to your phone when it crossed the Canadian border on Thursday, and did all the messages go through?

otim

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Originally posted by otim:
Elaine, we're all wondering what happened to your phone when it crossed the Canadian border on Thursday, and did all the messages go through?

otim

LMAO. Yes, they all went through and I couldn't respond to them fast enough before another would come in.

Elaine~

I love your report and pictures. You and Tony are great!! I really loved the artist line-up this time. Can we repeat it every show?

You managed to get some really cool and candid photos. Question~ What is Ted doing next to Meghan? Do I want to know?

What's this phone business? I missed that one.

I love the zombie sketch!

Tony~

Same goes for you buddy. Thank you very much for coming all the way down to the show. You are awesome. And thank you for suggestions on some of the other artists. It was very helpful.

Man, I feel like a mix between a total brown noser and Chris Farley when he used to interview celebrities. Remember that time when you came to the Philly Show? That was awesome. Ha! But I mean it.

LOL, Mista Toser!

This show was insanely amazing. If you asked any of us back we'd jump on the fastest train to get there. We all spoke about it at one time or another and agreed that we ALL had an amazing time. Thank you again for having us.

This was my first time in PA since I visited my friend in college in 97 and it brought back a lot of memories. It was also my first appearance that far North or that high up on the East Coast. Lots of firsts for me there, so it will stay with me forever

YAY!

Here's a picture that Kevin Lepore took and sent me to post of Rhiannon:

I uploaded some of the photos you took, Harris.
Thank you for your permission!
http://sketchcardart.blogspot.com/