Baltmore Comic Con 2024 Part 2: Dan Jurgens, Brett Breeding, and John Beatty

 

Though it wasn't the first table I went to, one of the things I wanted to rectify from a prior meeting of Dan Jurgens was two specific comics which I was kicking myself for missing the first time, as well as get him to sign my convention book, which at the time of first meeting, I didn't have.

When I first met Mr. Jurgens at Galaxy Con 2023, my goal was to get the Death of Superman story arc signed by him. This included the cameo appearances of Doomsday, which began as a single page at the back of the respective sereis books leading up to the event. Somehow, I missed two of these books at the time, which created a domino effect of missing them from the other two creators of the character, Louise Simonson, and Jon Bogdanove.

Dan Jurgens looking for a place to even feasibly
sign my convention book

I was able to rectify Louise Simonson earlier in 2024 at Big Lick NOVA, and while today's convention rectified Dan, I still need to track down Mr. Bogdonove again. I was hoping he would be at the show, but sadly, was not.

Also signed by Louise Simonson at
Big Lick NOVA 2024

Also signed by Louise Simonson at
Big Lick NOVA 2024

I do hope the opportunity presents itself to get the final signature from Mr. Bogdanove on both of these in the very near future.

One of the things I noticed right off the bat at this year's convention was how pricing had gone up for a lot of people. For example, when first getting autographs from Mr. Jurgens in Richmond, he gave two signatures free, with each additional being five. This time around, pricing was very different. To make matters worse, people who were free in the past, were also now charging.

Dan Jurgens: First one free, $10.00 for each additional

Stepping to the side of Mr. Jurgens was Brett Breedings. Brett not only served as a long time inker for Dan, having worked on the Death of Superman arc with him, but also contributed to a lot of Spider-Man books. Among these were a few from the symbiote story arc. This is my primary focus of books I want to get signed by people, and I was happy for the opportunity to get the final one from Mr. Breeding autographed.

Keeping on par with getting my black suit Marvel Legends figure signed by people, I also asked him to sign that.

Brett's pricing was consistent from the first time I met him, $5.00 per issue, $10.00 if those issues were key books, and $10.00 for other items, such as toys.

Brett Breeding examining and deciding where
to sign my Marvel Legend's black suit
Spider-Man figures

Though unrelated to the symbiote, there was an additional issue I wanted to get signed by Mr. Breeding, as well as John Beatty. This was The Amazing Spider-Man 263. The black suit shown is the cloth version, gifted to Spider-Man by Black Cat.

Also signed by Jim Shooter at Big Lick
NOVA 2023, and Joseph Ruben at
Galaxy Con 2023

John Beatty was charging $10.00 per signature, which was in line with his pricing from Big Lick NOVA 2024. I also picked up a signed print from him for $20.00 then regretted it because I had to juggle it the next several hours while maneuvering the rest of the show. It was also at this point that my photography skills got spotty at best. I missed, or rather, completely forgot about taking photos, focused instead on get done, get moving, and keep moving.

With those signatures checked off, and my buddy Dave Braun waiting on line for another artist to arrive, I made my way to other tables. Problems were still on the horizon, and more price increases looming to throw me off budget. Of course, you have to check back next time for the sequel, and all the segments in this series for the whole story. I hope you do just that.

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