I hope you all had an awesome Free Comic Book Day! We spent our Saturday afternoon at the 4th annual Comics and Pop-Culture Expo in Dallas. This yearly event is graciously sponsored by the good folks over at Zeus Comics.

If you are ever in the Dallas area, I highly recommend you stop by Zeus Comics. It's a great shop with a ton of collectibles and -- get this -- every back issue is boarded and placed in a Mylite bag! Mylites, people, not the cheap stuff!

There were a ton of guest appearances at the event, but I only took pics of those we met personally. We had a ton of comics from our collection to get signed, so we were pretty much all business. When you have two toddlers in tow, you have to mobilize quickly!

First up is one of my favorite writers, Gail Simone. Gail is currently kicking butt with Wonder Woman (go pick 'em up!), but I only brought Birds of Prey books for her to sign this time. She is so generous to her fans and will sign anything you bring for her. I must have had 30 issues and she was totally cool with it!


We met Gail at the same event last year, so I now have every issue ever written by her and they are all signed! Yay! Oh, and the best part? I mentioned that my daughter's name is Lois Lane and she remembered us from last year. She asked if we were the ones who had the boy in the Cap costume, which we were. That was so rad - Gail Simone rules!

Here is a pic of Jason from last year at CAPE! 3. Aw, memories...


Okay, next we met Tony Bedard (left) and Mark Waid (right). They were also totally accommodating. Tony is the new Birds of Prey writer and also wrote the recent four-issue Black Canary mini-series. He is a great writer and was also the nicest person ever.


Poor Mark - Brian had about 50 different books for him to sign. We asked him if it was cool, as we totally understand it when guests have a limit. Of course, he was totally fine with it because he is also one of the coolest people on the planet! We all chatted for a while as he signed them, talking about anything from the housing market to Marvel Civil War -- you know, the issues that matter most to geeks!

Next, we moved on to artist Tom Morgan, who has worked on a ton of titles over the years. He had some really fun stories for us as he signed each book we brought for him. Brian is a huge Iron Man and Punisher fan and Tom has drawn many issues for both titles. He's very cool if you ever get a chance to meet him. Brian bought a few signed sketches, which we will frame as soon as possible.


And finally, we met zombie maestro Robert Kirkman. His line was so long, which isn't surprising since the Marvel Zombie Association was present at the event! Strangely enough, we didn't bring any of our Walking Dead books for him. He actually wrote some (non-zombie) Captain America stuff, who is a hero that narrowly trumps the undead as far as my husband is concerned! Robert was quiet and friendly, but we didn't linger, as the crowd was huge.


Of course, we would have missed out if we didn't stop and meet the Dynamic Duo! Jason is really getting into Batman lately, so this really tickled him. Batman said to him, "Greetings, citizen!" (This greeting also works well if you are in a Space Ghost costume.)


And with that, we were absolutely exhausted with the baby wranglin' and the downtown energy. It was fun, Dallas, but we were ready to get back to the suburbs!