The most amazing thing for me though, was in the 1980's when I went to my first San Diego Con, and met people like Rick Oliver, Peter Gillis, and Karen Berger, I was wearing a nametag from pre-registration, and it amazed me they all recognized me from the letters I'd written them.
I never expected that!
I also ran into a guy named Kurt Goldzung who was then the marketing manager for First, who I saw for the first time in years, but had known as the owner of a comic shop in Hollywood, FL (circa 1980-1985) before he closed his store to move to Chicago and work for First Comics.
I have to admit I was a bit disappointed that didn't lead to comics work for me. I submitted several scripts. I started submitting during a change of the guard, and the new editors at DC didn't know or care who the fuck I was.
