I met Jason, David, Stringer, and Mario just as I was leaving Saturday, and Monsta on Friday and they were all great, it's really an honor (and nerve-racking, what's wrong with me? I apologize I was a mess) to meet them. I've been going to HeroesCon for most of the past 15 years and this was the first year I ever went with the intention of getting art and was like a chicken with my head cut off, though the past eps the guys have given great tips (though my weight gain made my deodorant fail me after 3 hours of back issue bin diving on sat/sun). Last year I got my first ever oa (3 Bernard Chang GLC pages) so that whet my appetite for this year, plus the fact that 99% of the tablers were selling prints for a $20 minimum this year made me jump in the oa pool. I don't get why prints went from $10-$20 skipping 9 other dollars over the past year or two, but I'm sure there's a reason. David also gave great advice that so long as the page you buy is the only one floating out there, that's what he's comfortable with (I bought an ink over blueline page).
Overall, really happy but Jason Wood's point of getting there early is extremely on point, as I missed out on at least 50% of the guys I wanted to, and not having a specific plan (outside of visiting artist X's table) cost me big time too. Next year I'm taking those points as iron clad rules rather than suggestions, and the plan is likely sketch covers and commissions, with minimal pages. I found a really cool thing to do was to ask an artist you're getting stuff from where you should go next.
As I spent most of my time in artist's alley this year, what was crazy to me is the amount of news and just bantering you'll hear or be given just by asking "what's happening?" A great HeroesCon, and was glad to meet the podcast people. Here are some of the stuff I got
Judge Fear by Matthew Allison
Orion by Wilfredo Torres
Judge Dredd by Michel Fiffe
Green Lantern New Guardians #36 page 8 Marc Deering inks over Diogenes Neves blueline
Princess Ugg page by Ted Naifeh
Orion by Marc Lynn Thomas
