Moving on...
I'm guessing from the dates listed in the article (refering to the newspaper clipping) the first convention where I was a guest was in 1994. I really can't say that it was my first comic book convention signing though since this was a sports cards and comics convention. As I remember it there wasn't much in comics going on. David Gruba, my publisher at the time, set the whole thing up. He was even generous enough to give me a lift there. I don't remember much of what happened other than meeting Derrick Martin of Skunk and Sparrow fame. I'd have to check to see if he really did have any fame from the book. The books were oddly printed, as if they were done at a local printer. It was the only time I can remember that all of the people associated with Grubbmaster Pieces were in the same place. The artist for The Firing Squad, John Watson, the artist for Radioactive Roadkill (all David Gruba projects), Jerry I forget his last name and I were present to sign and discuss the upcoming zine. We were seated next to Derrick Martin whom I had fun talking to and he was the first person to ink one of my works and showed me that with the proper skills and tools my work could actually look decent. The one thing that is clear to me was when somebody came by and said (jokingly) "You can keep your piece of imagination" and walked away. Oh and I remember that there were no name badges. We just had wristbands or some junk and Dave made the whole group tags to wear and even got the plastic holders for us. If anything I believe this is where my hospitality to my group came from. Trying to give them the most experience as possible. I hope I've succeeded as much as Dave did.
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