111th Surfman Award: Stan "the man" Lee

I attended the Fan Expo the past 3 days and I had a fantastic time mainly due to the star of the show, Stan Lee! A true comics and pop culture icon, I mean who hasn't heard of Stan Lee. Even people who don't know anything about comics know about Stan. The first photo is of me, watching Stan sign some of my prized comics, like Fantastic Four #48, where we see the creation of the Silver Surfer for the first time.

The next day Stan gave a talk to a bunch of enthusiasts. He was highly entertaining. One audience member thanked him for providing us with so many childhood memories since we were children and asked him what his favourite childhood memory was? He told us how he grew up poor in Brooklyn and lived in an apartment that faced the back towards a brick wall for a view instead of the coveted street with his best memory being given a brand new bicycle and was he ever thrilled. He equated that bike to Rosebud.

And this second photo is Stan having a drink with us after the show at a pub across from the convention, thanks for making this Convention the best ever for me personally

110th Surfman Award:Baby Converse from Erin & Matt

This is my son wearing his new converse from our friends Erin and Matt. They will really fit him around the time that he is walking, which is perfect. Thank you so much Erin&Matt, I was so surprised when I opened up the little converse box to see the most awesome sneakers ever!!