the Late Chicago Post

Yeah, it's been a week, but here is what happened at Wizard World Chicago. don't really have too many photos this time around. Hopefully I can get the images to not break up the text so much this time, If they look funny I apologize.
Our car broke down along the way on Thursday. More specifically, we had a flat tire and the thermostat went bad, so the car overheated 8 or 9 times including one time on the Chicago skyway in bumper to bumper traffic. But the car got fixed up while we were at the convention, so I will leave it at that.
Thursday we arrived a little late due to the car, but we set up as soon as we possibly could.
For something called "Preview Night" it certainly was hopping. We sold quite a bit. There were a lot of bare tables, including the table next to us, which ended up being Mark Sparacio's (pictured in my second image)table.Chuck Moore stopped by and bought the original Dalek painting from me. He ended up being at my table everyday. I am mentioned in his podcast for that night and I am interviewed on his podcast for Saturday. Go listen to them both.
We checked into our room and ate some Giordano's pizza, something that I had been looking forward too all trip.
Friday was even better, had a rep from Diamond come by my table. I had been in contact with him over email but had never met him, he was quite a nice man. Also had a Canson paper rep show up, turns out he knows the shop that I work at back at home. He gave me some samples of their new comic paper, haven' had a chance to play around with it much yet. Mark arrived and set up his table right as the convention opened to the public, so he was scrambling to get things ready for people. He is a really nice guy, I will be setting up at Paradise con next weekend, and he is also setting up there, it will be nice to see him for a second time. His art is amazing, and he gave me some tips on working with watercolor.
Saturday was crazy, worked on a few con sketches, one of which did not end up being purchased becasue the person ran out of money. The first one of Destro, and the second (and yet to be purchased) Dr.Who. Not my best for the Destro, but the Doctor came out quite well. Didn't really have a chance to leave the table at all during the entire con. The only interactions I had with other guests was with those that came by my table. Amber and I got to meet Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza of Least I Could Do which is fast becoming our favorite webcomic to read. As we were about to pack up for Saturday, a lovely couple came by and purchased the Last Mupper original art from me. This week I have been working on the next painting in that series, just got it done will post about it next. Sunday started off a bit slow, but people who had been there all 4 days started coming by around noon to start buying what they had been pondering all weekend about. Thus sales were quite good on Sunday. I didn't buy anything at the convention for myself. Only a funny cute cat hat for Amber, which she wore all day Sunday, including the drive home. When I got back I had a few commisions to work on, along with the Sequel to the Last Mupper....but you will have to wait until my next post to read about that.