Ok
folks, I hope your 2019 will be an awesome one and you get all the autographs
you want. Here is my, albeit small, 2018 autograph review.
January:
This
was my son and I’s first time going to an IWR (Imperial Wrestling Revolution)
event. The name has since been changed. But that night was really cool for the
most part. The autographs I got that night were from WCCW legend “Iceman” King
Parsons and Lisa Marie Varon aka WWE’s Victoria. I also got to see Ross &
Marshall Von Erich.
February: zip
March: zip
April: Actor Ed Gale was having a
sale on his website. Four 8x10’s for $20+shipping. Could not pass up that one
of a kind deal.
My
friend Paul in the UK went to a signing with Russell T. Davies. Out of the
kindness of his heart he got Russell to sign the photo of him and I when I
visited Cardiff last year.
May: I purchased a small handful
of sports autographs including Byron Hamspard (8x10 card), Bert Emanuel (8x10
card), David Murphy (8x10 photo), Keshawn Martin (signed card), Ian Kinsler
(8x10), Michael Choice (signed card), Todd Collins (8x10 card) , Vernand
Morency (8x10 card), Yatil Green(8x10 card), & Albert Connell (8x10 card)
June: Tina Packar from the Doctor
Who series “The Web of Fear” as Anne Travers. She signed my 8x10, a print out,
& two index cards.
My
friend Paul attended Utopia 2018 in Whitney and had Waris Hussein sign a
postcard for me. Waris directed 11 of the original series including “The
Unearthly Child”
July: Bonnie Langford aka Melanie
Bush from Doctor Who. My friend Nigel attended the London Film and Comic Con
and picked up this awesome autograph for me.
Corpus Christi Hooks pitcher Riley Ferrell. I met Riley when we visited
watched the Hooks take batting practice off of the USS Lexington. A couple
weeks later my friend Greg surprised me with a signed card from Riley since I
wasn’t able to get his sig in Corpus.
August: I had won tickets and meet
and greet to the Lost 80’s Live concert. I met and got autographs from the
following people.
Mike
Score (A Flock of Seagulls) , Nick Feldman (Wang Chung) , Valerie Day &
John Smith (Nu Shooz) , Astrid Plane & Bill Wadhams (Animotion), Clive
Farrington & Andrew Mann ( When in Rome) , Dale Bozzio ( Missing Persons )
, Christopher Anton, & Michael Aston (Gene Loves Jezebel)
I
placed an order for a small handful of Doctor Who autographs from Tenth Planet
in the UK. I got signed 8x10’s of Frazier Hines (aka Jamie McCrimmon), Louise
Jameson (aka Leela), & Daphne Ashbrook (aka Dr. Grace Holloway). To
make my order even sweeter they had a private signing with Paul McGann (The
Eighth Doctor) and he signed my photo at no charge.
September: David Newell aka Mr.
McFeely from Mister Rogers Neighborhood. He sent me and my three kids signed
photos, me a personal letter, two books of Fred Rogers, and a children’s book
of Mr. McFeely. To say that I was very floored by this would be the
understatement of the year.
My
friend Craig in England had an extra David Gooderson autograph and he sent me
one. Mr. Gooderson played Davros in Destiny of the Daleks on Doctor Who.
October: This was a total surprise.
Actor Jamie Hill. I have spoken of Jamie so much that even those who have never
heard of him before know who he is now. For the few that might not, Jamie
played some really cool characters in recent years on BBC’s Doctor Who. I met
Jamie when my daughter and I visited Cardiff, Wales for the closing of the
Doctor Who Experience. That day I had taken a couple photos with Jamie. I had
sent my photos of him and I along with a photo of a Mondasian Cyberman (that
Jamie portrayed). As a surprise to me Jamie signed all three of photos along
with seven additional signed photos of various characters he has portrayed.
November: I purchased a ticket to the
Dallas Comic Show: Holiday Special 2018. I personally only got one IP autograph
from the show and that was from actor Ray Wise.
The
next day I took my son to the show for his first “Comic Con”. I made a custom
t-shirt that said “My First Dallas Comic Show” on it. I give him a closed
sharpie and we just walked around meeting everyone. Five celebs signed his
shirt. Actor Ray Wise (Fresh off the Boat, Robocop, & Swamp Thing), Harry
Goaz (Twin Peaks), Jason Douglas (Preacher, The Walking Dead), Cynthia Cranz
(Dragon Ball Z & YuYu Hakusho), and local artist Terry Parr. He had an
awesome time meeting everyone and seeing everything. And everyone seemed to have
loved meeting him.
My
friend Mark (Who owns and runs the Dallas Comic Show) also sells autographs
that he’s pick up over the years at various conventions. Well I was able to
pick up two gems from him. Actor Michael Jayston (The Valeyard in Doctor Who)
and actor Nicholas Hammond (The Amazing Spiderman & The Sound of Music).
Most
who know me know of my fondness of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Well to round
out my November, I received some really awesome autographs from Officer
Francois Clemmons himself. Mister Clemmons sent seven really cool autographed
photos that I will always treasure.
December: This month started off
pretty darn cool. My friend Angel who goes by the name Saqman sent me a
Christmas gift. It was a t-shirt with his latest Doctor Who (Jodie Whitaker)
designs on it.
To
my surprise my friend Dave surprises me with two Doctor Who Christmas cards (I
didn’t even know there was such a thing) signed by the great Penelope Wilton yes Harriet Jones herself
and by the talented Lee Evans aka Malcom from Planet of the Dead. Then
to go even further, he sends me two Doctor Who Target books (Doctor Who and the
Hand of Fear & Doctor Who and the Time Warrior).
As I said with my success from
November, most know of my love of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Well I had sent “Handyman”
Joe Negri a First Day Cover of Mister Rogers’ stamp. To which he graciously
signed as well as sent me a signed photo of himself as well. Absolutely love
this as well.
And to round December off
with a bang. Dave comes through again. He was doing some in person autographing
around London and thought of old Riley. He was able to get me three index personalized
signed index cards of a few Doctor Who (and other things) actors. He was able
to get:
Ron Cook
(Sean the Irish bastard in the first series of The Black Adder or George
Merchant in Hot Fuzz, or even as Mr. Magpie in the episode “The Idiot’s
Lantern” in Doctor Who)
Phyllis Logan
(Some would know her from the Doctor Who episode and series finale “The Battle
of Ranskoor Av Kolos”, or in Lovejoy as Lady Jane, or even in Downton Abbey as
Mrs. Hughes)
Bill
Bailey (Some might know him as Droxil in the Doctor Who episode “The
Doctor, The Widow, & The Wardrobe”, or in Hot Fuzz as Sergeant Turner, or
even on the hilarious Never Mind the Buzzcocks)
And also an interview I did with Jamie Hill was printed in the latest issue of Cosmic Masque from the Doctor Who Appreciation Society.
http://www.dwasonline.uk/CM7_STD_format.pdf
Well that’s
it for 2018. For autographs it was a pretty good year I must say. Got a new
son, got some cool autographs, and made some cool friends. 2019 has got to be
better and I wish it better for you. Thank you for your time and good luck with
you collection.
MERRY NEW
YEAR
BEEF JERKY?
