I'm not quite sure what it was that made me decide to pick up the first issue of Proof. The interesting premise of Bigfoot working for a secret government agency probably had something to do with it. But if there was a reason I kept reading...
I'm a bit of a Robert Kirkman fan. Heck, my first two appearances are in books he has written! So when this gem of a book was announced as a new Kirkman written comic for Free Comic Book Day...
I had to be talked into reading the first issue of the Boys but after the first two issues I was pretty well hooked. Sad thing is I actually kinda met Darick Robertson in San Diego when I went in 2006. Unfortunately the Boys still had a few months yet to come out...
I first met Freddie at the 2006 San Diego Comic Con. I knew he was the new Robin artist, and I had just decided to start up Robin again shortly before the trip. I had him sign an issue and talked with him and learned many interesting things...
I approached both David Hedgecock and Greg Weisman (the artist and writer of the book) at the Gargoyles IDW table in 2006 at San Diego and handed David a flier. He took very much to the idea and said he'd fit me in...

As part of a second wave of letters sent out to artists, I sent one to The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard in October of 2006. In December I got this e-mail...

 

I had just started my campaign and was about to go to my first con with the intent of talking to pros. So of course it would be fitting that I started with the grand daddy of them all: the San Diego Comic Con...

 

Super 8: Here's Soder™ In Yer Eye!

First off, I love this panel.  I really do.  Jamal Igle did a great job.  I can't praise the man enough.  He's been so cool about things since I first contacted him in August of last year.

Yeah, patience pays off.  Originally he said, "I can't make any promises because it all depends on the script I'm working on.  However if I can fit you in, I will."

Time passed on by, and I usually don't sweat it.  After all, even if I get drawn in the same day I ask, it takes at least three months before it sees print.  But I was being to think I was forgotten about.  Then the news hit in June; Supergirl was to get a new creative team with Jamal as the penciler.  I decided to congratulate the man, after all... as a reader of the book, this was great news.  I reintroduced myself and my campaign, thinking he'd forgotten all about me.  He hadn't...