Yesterday the wife and I ventured south for the Monroe Comic Con. This was my first time attending this particular con. For those not familiar with with Michigan, Monroe is about an hour south of Detroit, so about 45 minutes south of where I live. Compared to the Metro Detroit area, Monroe is pretty rural. This comic con is held at the Monroe County Fairgrounds at the First Merchants Bank Expo Center. Sounds fancier than it is, it really is just a big metal pole barn.
I'd say the venue itself was just "alright". I say that because it's large enough to hold the event, but a major drawback is that it was really warm in there. I don't know if it was just an issue on this particular day or if the cooling in the building is just regularly leaves a lot to be desired. Because of the warmth in there and cons being cramped quarters as a general rule I found myself uncomfortable for most of the time we were there. I have a thing for the humidity coming off of other humans; it causes me to not be able to be still and look at stuff for too long. That's a bummer because, aside from autographs, the vendor tables are the best part. I found myself not really being able to focus on the goodies due to the heat. I'm sure most people in there were uncomfortable but probably me more than others. My wife snagged a bunch of stuff she was excited about, so that was cool at least.
As far as the autographs go, I was there for two horror guests; Tom Morga and Melanie Killaman. Tom Morga is pretty legendary bein the only actor who has played both Michael Myers (Halloween 4) and Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th V). He used paint pens on both of my cards. The orange on the Halloween card looks great, the red on the Jason card ended up looking a little faded out.
Melanie Killaman was a fellow Friday the 13th V alum. Plus, another "final girl" for my horror autograph collection. She really enjoyed the card of her I made, even took a picture of it and posted it on her Facebook page! The red sharpie really popped on this one, and she's got a nice and neat autograph, so I'm really happy how that one turned out.
I've been doing a bunch of my horror cards lately. I really enjoy horror movies (the older and cheesier the better!). With spooky season upon us I don't see myself slowing down. I've got a few non-horror custom sets I've been wanting to do, but for the immediate time being I'm having fun repurposing all of the super nostalgic horror art onto my cards.
Peter Dante was there too, and if I wasn't getting the 3 autos for that I'd planned to I would've gotten him again just because he was so fun at the Astrnomicon I attended. Clint Howard was there as well and I actually forgot I made I card of him with my Waterboy set, but I have his auto on one of my Wraith cards. So, that made it easier that I'd budgeted for just the 3 autographs... it can get expensive! As for the con, I'd give it a C rating at best. It was just too damn hot and stuffy in there.
