Last month, I was fortunate enough to be invited back to my home town for the second annual New York Comic Con. It had been at least five years since I'd been back, so returning to the old neighborhood was fraught with all sorts of memories -- all of them good!

I arrived Thursday, February 22nd and made my way uptown to attend the private showing of the Art of Joe Quesada at The Caribbean Cultural Center.

Come Friday, I was off to the convention, and the rest was an exciting blur of old friends, long-time fans, rabid website aficionados, and new professional acquaintances.

I wish to thank all the people who came by my booth to offer their support for my creative efforts in the past and for the new endeavors to come. It was a pleasure talking to each and everyone of you, and I'm looking forward to doing it again next year. Enough talk, on with the photos!

Entrance to the Exhibitor's Room

Aerial view of the main ballroom

Aerial view from a different angle

Marvel Comics booth

DC Comics booth

Artist's Alley (2nd floor)

Bernard "The Doctor" Chang and Sean Chen's table

Bob poses with his two former Valiant stars

Bernard and Bob attempt to talk over the noise of the crowd by cell phone!

"The Doctor" and Bob

Ted McKeever and Bob share a table

Ted and Bob "hug it out!"

Bob does the first of MANY, MANY, MANY, Iron Man sketches

Bob meets with Virgin Comics CEO Sharad Devarajan

Former Bob Layton assistant and  Simpsons' inker

Phyllis Novin

Bob reminisces with former Magnus: Robot Fighter's John Ostrander

Bob reunites with an old friend--the legend himself-Joe Sinnott

Former X-O Manowar and Freemind illustrator Mike "Slow" Leeke

Bob fanboys out on his artistic idol, Brian Bolland--

Former Future Comics publisher Skip Farrell

Brochure from Joe Quesada's Gallery Opening

Bob shares a few memories with former Doctor Tomorrow writer Jeff Gomez

Mathias (one of Bob's three French comic musketeers) proudly displays yet ANOTHER Iron Man sketch by Bob