Botcon 2009 Wrap-up!
Botcon 2009 was tons of fun!
Great to meet so many fans of Lil Formers and also make some new ones! The animated prints when over very well, especially with the kids, and I did a ton of sketches over the 3 days.
I spent much of the show hanging with my fellow Canadian in the TFcon crew. Us canucks need to stick together down here in SoCal. Also got to meet several TF artists for the first time, and many of the folk over at IDW. Stan Bush & Vince Dicola sems to really enjoy my renditions of them on the Botcon signing card, and hero of my youth Weird Al came through the artists alley during setup time. Woot!
Big thanks to Pete Sinclair from Fun Publications for hooking me up with my table, thanks man!
Now some pics!
Here’s my set up at the show, along with my table-neighbor Alex Milne and booth-girl extraordinaire Michelle. Also check out the signing card I did up for the Botcon crew to sell as an exclusive (includes all the voice and musical guests)
Steve from Australia, who got Michael Bay to sign his homemade Lil Formers shirt at the Austrlian premiere of the first TF film. Also some fans who showed up in Lil Formers shirts!
A few of the many folks who dropped by with some of SuzyWong’s plushbots! (should’ve brought my Soundwave!)
I got a set of Copic markers for my birthday last week, so I tried my hand at my first ever color sketches! They were a big hit and most everyone wants colour now. Here are a few I remembered to take pictures of:
My haul from the show: Masterpiece Grimlock, and some TMNT 25th anniversary re-release figs!
Now I need a nap before E3 next week. See you all at Botcon 2010!
June 1st, 2009 at 10:53 am
Mmm… I’m seriously thinking on buying a lil’formers T-shirt online… we’ll see how my wallet survives the ROTF nightmare.
June 1st, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Wouldn’t happen to have any of those big TF lithos left, would you?
June 1st, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Man, I wish I was there, if it weren’t the fact that my brother needs to go to work.
June 1st, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Mm, Pictures. Thanks for them, Matt! I appreciate it! I always wanted to go to a ‘con. I like your Copic marker drawings. Damn, if I had the money, I’d ask for a commission of my robot character from you. How much would a simple colored picture of yours be anyway?
Glad to hear you had fun, and I want that Bumblebee plushie.
June 1st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Wait is that a vector prime plushie?
June 1st, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Hi, Matt! I stopped by your table at Botcon and you did a sad Optimus Prime sketch for me! I love it, and its in a frame right now! Thanks again!!
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 am
Hi, Matt! Thanks for signing my posters; I’m sure my cousin will like it =).
June 2nd, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I know that girl with the Shockwave plushie!
We hung out a lot together at the Con.
Was a lot of fun, and thanks for being so friendly.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:57 am
That signing card is great!
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Well that answers my question ‘Did Matt ever get his birthday gift’. The Lil Formers done in colour are awesome…I’m not surprised that people are loving them! Have fun in California. Luv MOM
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Those little former shirts look great. I think I will need to get one soon.
I’m still not sold on Copic Markers, but you did well with them.
June 6th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Those color sketches are fantastic!
October 14th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
AWW MAN THERE SO LUCKY I WISH I WAS THERE!