Illbeback

I got a chocolate biscuit from him (Yeah really) , well worth the trip from down Halifax to meet. Very friendly guy indeed.

That was probably me in the "queue" if it was around 4pm ish - chap in front of me had a really good chat with Caroline which I didn't mind waiting around for as he probably had a lot more questions than I did, and she was lovely to meet when I got to say hello. I watched Sinbad last night so I had a few questions to ask her about it. There was a very long queue for Ade Edmondson when I met him at collectormania in Birmingham back in June and he was disappointing on reflection (rude) - long queues don't equal a nice experience at the end of them in some cases. I was happy there weren't queues for the wrestlers in attendance today as I got to have a good chat with them which I wouldn't have gotten with a queue behind me. Overall I had a great day, this is my 3rd Sheffield con and I really enjoyed it. I hope these carry on in Sheffield.

Very decent of you after queuing...you should have let him go first on the condition he took an extra one with both you and Richard for free...

Good grief not another one. That's a shame. (Puts Tugboat and Shockmaster figures in drawer next to Ted Raimi figure) Nasty Boys..if by some small chance you read this, please don't cancel also...I've bought train tickets already

I was in the same boat, got turned away as I didn't have a ticket so hung around for an hour or so to finally get to see him with a small amount of people behind me and you'd have thought he was paying 25 quid to meet me to be honest. My experience with Ade was that he started to sign in black pen before I had chance to request if it could be signed in bronze sharpie, however he did say the photo he was signing did look better in black ink of the ones he'd signed... I asked for a quick photo (of him, not with) but he said I should have taken that earlier (presumably whilst I was having said chat about requesting the ink colour...) I did manage to get a quick photo (as he was about to sign the next person's photo in silver pen) and seeing as I was still stood there still having my turn (and didn't want things to end on a sour note) I took the opportunity to shake his hand and told him I thought he was brilliant in the Young ones and Bottom amongst other things, which he certainly was. I've been a fan of those shows for 20 years and its nice to read of peoples good experiences with him, I just left feeling a bit deflated by the whole experience. I met Danny John Jules in April and found him to be the complete opposite, engaging and friendly and from what I saw, the last person in the queue was as important as the first and his line was just as long as Ade's. I must add however that the signature (In black ink, not bronze) is very well written...

I was really surprised and happy to find out that Kristanna had been added as a guest and was not disappointed - I found Kristanna to be marvellous, great conversation and friendly. She happily signed 2 T-X figures for me using my pens and let me leave them with her whilst the ink dried. The signatures came out great. Well worth the trip.