Scott Pilgrim Volume 6 Launch
Hi guys, I’ve recently been thinking about blogging about comic-related events that I attend as I travel about the world (Mainly Toronto though), hopefully I can inform you and entertain you half as much as the great Bobby.N on his fantastic blog that I am shamelessly stealing this idea from. Go check his blog out for all the lastest and great news in the Melbourne comic scene and have a look/buy his frankly brillant comics.
Now onto my first adventure… a couple of weeks ago I attended the launch for the new Scott Pilgrim book*. First of all, it was big. Apparently two thousand people showed up, all for a comic book. Pretty amazing, huh? I think there were about 200 people at the Tango 9 Launch last year in Melbourne and I was blow away by that, and that was for two books!
Now here’s me, in front of Honest Ed’s which you might recognize it from the second or third Scott Pilgrim book. I was chuffed to see it in person, it’s an amazingly big store. Seriously, like a whole city block big.
Marita picked up a new copy of “Lost at Sea” and got it signed by the great man Bryan Lee O’Malley himself. I was so star struck that I forgot to get a photo…. We went to grab some coffee before the midnight launch and Marita dove straight into it.
Uber massive line at the Scott Pilgrim Launch!
As you can see in that last photo, the line was massive, at least 800 people deep, it ran right about the corner of the street and it was only 11 o’clock! So sadly Marita and I decide to bail-out. I know, we suck. But we didn’t know anybody there, being new to Toronto, so we got a little bored. So, if you’re into comics, food and coffee, let me know and we can hang out! Also, I should give a special mention to Michael Deforge who did the awesome poster (below) for the event and was selling his kick ass comic Lose Issue 2, which I really enjoyed.
Anyway, thats it for now. I’m not sure what I’ll post about next, but I have some new artwork that I’ve been working on, so look forward to that!
Cheers Luke
*Which I sadly haven’t read, because due to the fact that I am constantly borrowing out my books, I haven’t read Volume 5 yet and now it’s stuck all the way on the other side of the planet, in Central Victoria, Australia.
