Let's Get Personal
I've already told that I went in line at the Promenade at Greenhills when the time read 8:00am on July 10. Call me a loser but I got a pic of the queue ticket I got if only for my being happy to get a lucky number.
As I am nearing my turn, Ainna called and said "Fritz, you have got to hug him, I swear!" Hahaha! She was still in high heavens after having been kissed and hugged by Neil Gaiman, a great turn of event as she really felt like crying at the time.
After a long wait and several dead skin cells thirsty of SPF protection, I finally got to meet up-close the genius behind the books I have been collecting for 11 years.
From the outside, it would seem that I am explaining something which is actually my well-rehearsed query with regards to the censored cover of Sandman #45. I showed Neil the comicbook I proudly own and asked him to confirm whether what I got is the uncensored version, to which he replied: "The nipple should be somewhere here or somewhere here," while gesturing his pen tentatively over the upper-right hand portion then to the upper-left. You read it right. There should actually be a nipple in the original cover art rendition made by Dave McKeen. Of all the questions, why that? Eh sa trip ko eh, bakit ba?! Hehehe. And that settles my issue. I shook his hand while I said my heart-felt thanks for 11 years of magic.
In less than a minute, it ended. I left Fully Booked and met with Alan and Jess (a happy couple who were lucky enough to have a much apt psuedo-photographer hold their camera at the signing), who happened to have clearer images of me with Neil (second clearer pic above), bid thank-yous hopeful see-yous for the anticipated premiere showing of Mirror Mask, and took this very last shot of Neil through the looking glass in the bookstore. I then re-lived with Ainna her account of what happened and her pictures would tell all. Hard evidence. Happy happy joy!
Below are the books I got Neil to sign. The Sandman Annual is in near-mint condition and my American Gods with but a single line at the spine.
Like most happy endings, we all lived happily ever after.
posted by Fritz @ 6:05 AM
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Feeling artistic siguro yung kumuha ng picture mo!!!
Abstract na nga mukha ko anlabo pa! Starstruck cguro kay Niel kaya inatake ng pasma :p
nice... :)
Thanks. I remember you from Rockwell. Dropped by your site from the INQ7 link. Thanks for being nice last Saturday :p
kuya, hindi malabo. naka macro lang =)
Hindi na to yon! Binago ko na. The first post I did was really blurry. And the settings I made is definitely NOT macro. It's manually configured to use natural lighting, light saturation set to +1, white color balance captured in the venue, set to vivid, and all. Definitely not macro.
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