Posted by Malcolm Load at cogeco-3-17.cgocable.net on May 30, 2000 at 10:21:03:
In Reply to: Wizard World 2000--Help me out posted by KingMobWU on May 30, 2000 at 09:33:40:
: Okay, hi, yeah.
: I'm going to Wizard World 2000 this year, fully planning on spending whatever time it takes in line to get Kevin's autograph. BUT, I need some help with protocol, preferably from someone who has been to the con before. How is it set up? Can you bring whatever item(movie, comic, DVD, carton containing the perfect dozen eggs) to have signed or is it an autographed picture, like what Ray Park does?
: Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advanced.
-------Kevin...Unlike that fucker Ray 'Toad" Parks....signs pretty much anything...and he doesn't charge......In the past it usually works like this.
The con will have arranged times for him to sign......The line ups get cut off VERY quickly........There is also usually a View Askew booth.......Run by Walt and Bryan...(sometimes me).....Kevin will usually go back to the booth and sign stuff there.
In all my time helping out with these things......I've never seen Kevin refuse to sign anything....and he usually will sit there till every last autograph is signed. It's almost always the people from the con telling him he has to stop......because they are closing...or crowd control..or something like that.
One thing that is very bad protocol.....If Kevin is walking around the con...or if he has just finished a panel.....to approach him for an autograph then is uncool......for 2 reasons......1) It's unfair to all those people who wait hours in line. ....2) Can't a fan just go out and check out the books without having to work?....I know that you may think that it's just ONE autograph...but then someone else wants one.....then another......and then BAM...yer stuck signing tonnes of autographs.
I hope thsi helps
---malcolm