Hello, Chicago! The obligatory shot of the Sears Tower. I mean, the WILLIS Tower.
No, I'm sticking with the Sears Tower.
Grand Moff Tarkin figure
Exhibit hall on Preview Night. Note the lack of a DC booth, which used to be prominent at the front of the floor.
Cathe, Chris, JJM, JJ, Mike B, Bo, Tim at Hooter's on Higgins Rd, outside on a gorgeous Thursday night.
Later, some of the gang joined Voodoo Jim in his hotel room to down some absinthe. Jim's gonna be a daddy. From left, Bo, Jim #2, Bruce, JJ, Voodoo Jim, John.
Jim #2 prepares for battle, after downing some absinthe.
Artist Eric Michael Maruscak begins a mural on the convention center's lobby floor on Friday morning.
Stormtrooper in black armor. TIE pilot, maybe? The guy looked cool. And gave he a high five after this pic!
View of the back end of the con from one level up.
When Captain America sells his mighty shield . . .
Another view of the back of the con.
A scarecrow version of Iron Man appears to hover over a hapless security guard.
This is the mural as of Friday afternoon.
A possessive Luke would NOT let Princess Leia pose by herself. And Jedi mind tricks did not work.
Hal Jordan proudly poses with the Lady Green Lantern Corps.
Batgirl
Anakin, an Imperial Officer, a sandtrooper, and a clonetrooper. What's going on here?!
The very same sandtrooper with . . . The Scarlet Witch? Me am confused.
The black trooper / pilot again.
Supergirl and Black Canary
Harley Quinn
Sandtrooper and a lady biketrooper.
And the lady biketrooper's backside.
Spider-Man vs Pimp Daddy
Supergirl
World's Finest
Black Canary
Neo
A brunette Ms Marvel and Phoenix
Back to the Future's DeLorean time machine.
Mystique
JJ and Mr. Weber, I presume, at the Weber Restaurant in Schaumberg.
Yeah, the steaks are done.
Mitch & JJ at Weber Restaurant.
Tony D, Tim, Glenn, Bruce, Ramsey, Mike B, Christian Beranek's colleague, JJ, Christian, Mitch at Weber after dinner on Friday.
Death Star officer and a stormtrooper on the way to the con.
A Red Lantern
Another shot of Hal and the Green Lantern Corps.
Zatanna
A Guardian from Oa. Long way from Chicago.
The Scarlet Spider
Bo with one of his favorite artists, Greg Horn.
Mitch, John, Mike B, Tim, JJ, Bo at breakfast at the Embassy Suites on Saturday morning.
Tim & JJ.
Mitch & John.
Tim & JJ, again.
Are you threatening me?
No, I'M threatening TIM!
John and Mitch
Green Arrow & Green Lantern
Sarah Palin and some guy take down GL & GA.
And now The Punisher and some other guy do the same thing.
Truth in advertising.
Voodoo Jim
Some vampire chick
Bad guys united
A brunette Ms Marvel and Phoenix.
Iron Fist and Ms Marvel
Young Kitty Pryde and Iron Fist!
Joker vs Jedi
The Joker, Harley Quinn, and The Penguin. Not to many guys come dressed as The Penguin!
Looks like The Punisher really wants John's new comic.
The Heath Ledger Joker.
Ms Marvel
Mitch & JJ confer
JJ
JJ and two Jokers.
JJ and Maggie meet up in Chicago.
JJ, JJM, Maggie. CBG's entire Chicago task force.
Mitch Hytler
Mitch parting his hair.
Supergirl and Superman
That GI Joe chick.
Michelle Rodriguez from Lost
Michelle Rodriguez checks out the mural
Michelle Rodriguez
The mural on late on Saturday.
Rogue, Black Canary, The Scarlet Witch, Changeling, and Dr Strange.
Phoenix, Legion dude, Blue Lantern, Green Lantern
Vindicator, from Alpha Flight
GI Joe cast
Suicide Girls
Rorshach
Batman & The Joker
Green Hornet joins in.
Superman reborn
Phoenix and Elektra
GI Joe cast meets the Empire.
Batman takes on The Joker.
Dark Phoenix
Black Canary, some chick, Batgirl
Princess Leia, Dolly Deathstar, Luke
The Black Cat and Spider-Man at The Embassy Suites.
Um, yeah.
I don't know who these girls are.
This is the first Chewbacca I've ever seen.
A rare Threepio sighting.
Batgirl and Wonder Woman
A Green Lantern fan.
Another fan speaks his mind about the con.
Star Wars vs Young Marvel Zombies
Super Mario
A Gamorrean guard
Emperor Palpatine
Darth Maul & Jango Fett
The Flash and Supergirl
Silk Spectre
Elektra
Another Green Lantern fan
Sarah Palin made the trip for the con.
John Constantine, Hellblazer
Superman and Batgirl
Psylocke and . . . Duff Dude?
Psylocke
Batman
Jim McCann at the Mondo Marvel Panel
Mark Panaccia, Dan Slott, Lauren Sankovitch; Mondo Marvel Panel
Chris Yost, Craig Kyle; Mondo Marvel Panel
Silk Spectre and stormtroopers
The Mural on late Saturday.
Some Joker, and a Batman villain.
Rogue and Dark Phoenix
Edward James Olmos
Black Canary, Lex Luthor, Supergirl
Mike with Dark Phoenix
Mike with Elektra
Bo, Tim, JJM, his friend Susan, Chris, Cathe, Mike B, JJ at Gino's for dinner Saturday night.
Purple R2
The mural is done.
Poison Ivy
Drs Jones & Jones
Craig Shutt, at his annual Mr. Silver Age trivia panel.
Ian Sattler, DC story editor, at DC's Sunday conversation panel.
Franco, at the same panel.
Ditto Art Baltazar.
The atrium at the Embassy Suites.
The atrium again. Many a fun time has been had here. It's kind of sad thinking that this might have been the last time.
The Sears Tower as seen from Ed Debevic's.
Bo at Ed Debevic's
Bo, Mike B, Tim at Ed's.
Ed Debevic's
The dancing waitstaff at Ed's.
Bo, Mike, Tim, JJ at Ed's on Sunday night.
The Sears Tower at night.
Gino's East downtown. We don't usually eat at this one.
The Hard Rock Cafe
The Chicago Chop House
The 50s-era McDonald's.
The Rainforest Cafe
JJ and his new friend.
The Embassy atrium at night. Very calm!
