In the tradition of our popular Mega-Con 2000 Pictorial, it's ...

A Pictorial Guide to Motor City Comic Con 2000 Friday-Sunday, May 19-21, 2000

Text and Photos by SCOTT SIMMONS

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LEFT: The Motor City ticket booth at one of its slower periods on Friday afternoon.

RIGHT: Chris (left) wasted no time getting out on the convention floor to shop for Golden & Silver Age books for the store.

The H&D booth always gets interesting visitors at conventions.  LEFT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo tries hard for a comeback.

RIGHT: I'm sorry, but we're not doing many trades at this show.  I'll gladly take a credit card ... .

LEFT: Chad becomes our first prisoner of war at Motor City.  It took 7 issues of DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU to negotiate his release.

RIGHT: Mini-comics guru Matt Feazell has a simple, one-table booth chock-full of goodies.  What else would you expect from the creator of CYNICALMAN?

Among the earliest guests to arrive was The Cardinal, super-heroic (?) mascot of Alpha-Omega.  The Cardinal stood watch throughout the show, inviting aspiring creators to contribute to Alpha-Omega's fanzine.  (For those not in the know, A-O is an amateur press association, or a.p.a., for Christian comics strips and creators.)

LEFT: When a scheduling snafu left one of the meeting halls empty, Larry Niven (left) and Tom DeFalco gave an impromptu writing seminar.

RIGHT: VAMPIRELLA's Dorian Cleavenger shows off paintings from a wide variety of genres.

LEFT: Brian Michael Bendis - "Look, if you don't put down that camera, I'm going to do something straight out of GOLDFISH, page 17."

RIGHT: Dan Brereton proves a little easier to slip up on.

LEFT: Sure, I think you'd make a great 12" figure, but people are more interested in the classic characters right now.  Give it time.

RIGHT: A delightful study in duality from one of Motor City's many costumed couples.

LEFT: Tommy Lee Edwards takes a break from sketching ...

RIGHT: ... while Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) director Chris Oarr catches up on his reading.  Whether he's reading comics shorts or legal briefs is anyone's guess. 

LEFT:  "By authority of the emperor, I order you to put down that camera."

RIGHT: The Team Rocket kids stopped by our booth and tried to fight us with evil versions of our own Pok�mon.  Lucky for us, Pikachu had returned from his visit to the Chaos! Comics booth ... .

LEFT: All-time world heavyweight champion of inkers Terry Austin dropped by the booth to say "hi" and look for some key issues.

RIGHT: Always in the market for a good deal, Steve Lauterbach (left) of Investment Collectibles and Ed Jaster of Jaster Collectibles couldn't resist eyeballing the goodies and checking the OVERSTREET for prices.