Concept art for Oa, from the Green Lantern: Animated Series, by Joshua Middleton.

I am just a few sleeps away from being in New York City for ReedPop's New York Comic Con. The two things I'm excited about: (1/3)

This is my confidence level for NYCC over the past couple weeks.

Sometimes I'm Finn Balor, sometimes I'm Keith Lee.

Currently feeling Keith Lee.

That moment when you realize you created the roadblock for
yourself, and you don't actually have to ask permission to do what you really want to do.

(Art by the late Gerry Alanguilan, from Elmer)

I am firming up my schedule for my first comic con of the year: C2E2. I've got some panels, some meetings, and a lot of work.

Who will I be seeing there?

My wife and I when we find the perfectly shaped chicken nugget in the meal.

An early, inky Wolverine vs. Hulk by Jim Lee from 1987.

Future versions of Wolverine, Cable, the Punisher, Deadpool, Psylocke, and Hope Summers as designed by Julian Totino Tedesco for Marvel.

Early designs for Marvel's Omega Red, by Jim Lee.

Frank Miller and Geof Darrow collab on a Marvel cover.

An unused panel by John Romita Jr. from Avengers vs. X-Men #1.

Mike Mignola & Mark Chiarello's take on the '90s X-Men & FF, from this forgotten X-Men: Days of Future Present collection cover.