Teaser: Pop Candy, Pop Culture & Heroes
It is 2am and I am exhausted, but I had to take note of the evening I just experienced while it’s still fresh.
Tonight we went to SF and met up with Whitney Matheson, who writes USA Today’s Pop Candy blog. She was there to chat with her readers and share her enthusiasm for comics and graphic novels. The event took place at Isotope, which is a very cool comic book store/lounge hybrid.
Whitney was so sweet and very accessible, and it was so great to talk with her about Lost!
On top of that, artist Tim Sale was there (he is the very talented man behind all of the art featured on Heroes). Long story short…I watched as Tim sketched and then painted an original portrait of Claire Bennett from Heroes, just for me. It was an incredible pop culture experience, watching him create that piece in only ten minutes. Tim was very nice and patient with all of the fans lined up for autographs and custom sketches (only 10 were allotted; I was first in line).
We even received custom pint glasses designed by Tim Sale himself, each with a portrait of Whitney! They also created a Pop Candy cocktail just for the occasion (see photo above).
I will post a photo of Tim’s sketch on Monday before taking it to get matted and framed.
Unbelievable.
Happy Easter!