Not too long ago,
David Finch helped revive and reshape them for DC's nu52 in the story
Forever Evil.
David was a guest at Comicpalooza 2017 and though I had not planned to spend any money and was in line for just an autograph, I changed my mind and had him draw his Ultraman for me.
David doesn't just whip out a sketch, he takes his time and does people in order and in real-time so it takes awhile. Naturally, the folks in the line talk to each other and David. Our line would let signers with a reasonable number of books skip (I liked that). You can see that "sketch"
here.
Anyway, I came to find out that David liked Sponge Bob and that his son Isaac is a really big fan. I pointed out that the voice talent was at the show. He wanted to get an autograph from
Tom Kenny, the voice of
SpongeBob SquarePants for Isaac. I offered to use my VIP wristband to help him cut the line since he didn't have a lot of time to stand in line.
On Saturday, we made our run. We moved to almost the front of the line, they gave David a print of the characters as part of the autograph fee, and we started talking. I mentioned his comics, Tom's manager at the con looked at him, I said, "This is David Finch." The guy went all fan-girl. I have honestly never seen a comic book fan get so caught up meeting a favorite artist. He was thrilled. David was embarrassed. He gave David his money back and said he'd get the Tom and the others (
Bill Fagerbakke (
Patrick Star) and
Rodger Bumpass (
Squidward Tentacles)).
It was quite a surprise for all of us. I'm not sure that anyone else in line was impressed, but David managed to save a lot of time and money. :) I made a new friend.
Anyway at OAX 2024, I asked David for a sketch of SpongeBob and he laughed and obliged. I think it's wonderful.
