Well , it was Father's Day weekend...and things on that Saturday were pretty hectic.We were celebrating Father's Day at my brother's house.Food needed to be purchased and cooked and little errands here and there needed to be attended to, aside from the usual Saturday madness.On top of all of this, there was a signing of the Hellboy Animated DVD of Blood and Iron at Dark Delicacies in Burbank.I didn't know if I was going to get everything done in time to make the signing.But it was Father's Day after all,and "I'm" a Father ! So this signing was something that I wanted to do .I wanted to go and support the creators of the DVD,who I have had the pleasure of getting to know through out the years.There was traffic on every freeway that I needed to take in order to get there.Needless to say, I made it!(an hour and a half late,but I made it).To my surprise there was hardly anybody there.The last time out for the release of Sword of Storms ,was a sell out!This was bad for the store, but oh so good for me!The first person I see is composer extraordinaire,Chris Drake.He is the coolest! such a great and talented person but also a big geek-fanboy like me.We talked about the Star Wars Celebration IV, and his upcoming projects.What a cool cat,that Chris Drake is!Then, I had great opportunity to chat with the writer of Blood and Iron, Kevin Hopps,another cool and funny guy.Next up was my friend, Mr.Tad Stones .What a great guy he is .He is and always be the same nice person that I first met years ago.I am so happy and proud of all his success and I hope that the DVD sales numbers are great for him ,so the he can produce another Hellboy DVD.and Last but not least, the great Mike Mignola and his lovely wife,Christine and their equally lovely daughther ,Kate.Mike is such a great talent and his art and writing also inspire me.I am truly an admirer of this talented man.Every chance I get to meet him ,I'm truly in the presence of greatness.Eventhough ,I will never be the great artist he is,he inspires me to continue to put pencil to paper.A true living legend!!! All the creators were kind enough to sign all the stuff I brought with me .And I even was lucky to get a preview glimpse at the new San Diego Comicon Hellboy sketchbook and print.Wow!I was also fortunate to get a sketch from Mike and Tad.What a great Father's Day present!Thanks to Mike ,Christine ,Kate ,Tad, Kevin ,Chris,and Del of Dark Delicacies.Also a special thanks to my wife for putting up with all my Hellboy madness!!!Happy Father's Day to ME!
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