Greg Louganis

1996 Upper Deck Olympicard & Post Card signed by Greg Louganis

Notable Signatures: Greg Louganis, Olympic Gold Medalist (1984 Los Angeles, 1988 Seoul)

Today, I completed my dual Olympic diving trading card by having Mr. Greg Louganis sign his side. In addition to signing the card, he also included a post card (which he folded to fit inside my SASE) advertising a documentary he is in called My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story and signed it next to his picture:

Method: TTM
Request Sent: 5/9/2012
Item Received: 5/23/2012
Total Days: 14 Days

Address Used
Mr. Greg Louganis
P.O. Box 4130
Malibu, CA 90264

Norman Alden

Index Card signed by Norman Alden

Notable Signatures: Norman Alden (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017491/)

Method: TTM
Request Sent: 4/7/2012
Item Received: 5/22/2012
Total Days: 45 Days

Address Used
Mr. Norman Alden
c/o Amsel, Eisenstadt & Frazier Talent Agency
5055 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 865
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Gordon Lightfoot

Index Card signed by Gordon Lightfoot

Notable Signatures: Gordon Lightfoot (http://www.lightfoot.ca/)

I am really happy to get Mr. Lightfoot's autograph as I've loved his honest and beautiful song-writing for quite some time.

Method: Via Venue
Request Sent: 5/7/2012
Item Received: 5/18/2012
Total Days: 11 Days (7 Days After the Show)

Address Used [NO LONGER VALID]
Mr. Gordon Lightfoot
c/o Ulster Performing Arts Center
601 Broadway
Kingston, NY 12401

Ed Asner

Index Card signed by Ed Asner

Notable Signatures: Ed Asner (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000799/)

I had originally sent Mr. Asner another custom index card back in November (he was one of my earlier TTM attempts) but unfortunately, it never came back. I'm glad that this one did! :-)

Inscription: "Steve The Best of Life + Thanks"

Method: TTM
Request Sent: 5/11/2012
Item Received: 5/16/2012
Total Days: 5 Days

Address Used
Mr. Ed Asner
c/o Quince Productions
12400 Ventura Boulevard
Suite 371
Studio City, CA 91604

Dr. Sammy Lee

1996 Upper Deck Olympicard signed by Dr. Sammy Lee

Notable Signatures: Dr. Sammy Lee, Olympic Gold Medalist (1948 London, 1952 Helsinki) and coach of future Olympic medalist, Greg Louganis

Inscription: "Rx Best of Health"

In addition to signing my trading card, Dr. Lee also included a signed and personalized business card:

Business Card Inscription: "Rx Always Good Health to Steve & Family"

My next step is to send the card to Mr. Louganis to have him sign it!

Method: TTM
Request Sent: 5/3/2011
Item Received: 5/8/2012
Total Days: 5 Days

Address Used
Dr. Sammy Lee
16537 Harbour Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92649-2105

"The Guild" Cast

Comic Book signed by "The Guild" cast

Notable Signatures: The cast of "The Guild" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1138475/): Felicia Day ("Codex"), Vincent Caso ("Bladezz"), Jeff Lewis ("Vork"), Robin Thorsen ("Clara"), Amy Okuda ("Tinkerballa"), and Sandeep Parikh ("Zaboo")

This was the main reason why I took the several hour trip up on public transit to Los Angeles for Free Comic Book Day: to meet and get the autographs of the cast of The Guild! It was really cool because we got to talk to each person for a bit since they were only letting a few people in at a time. I spent the most time talking to Jeff Lewis (who is the nicest guy ever!) and of course, Felicia Day! Here is a picture I took with her (I look a hot mess because I only slept two hours the night before in order to catch the first bus out lol):

Oh, and I totally got photobombed by Vincent Caso! Sweet. Felicia was really nice (and just as adorable as you would expect!) and we talked about her YouTube channel, Geek and Sundry, and her "The FLOG" videos (watch the end where she talks about hows she deals with internet trolls!):

Method: In-Person
Date Received: 5/5/2012

Andrew Chambliss

Comic Book signed by Andrew Chambliss

Notable Signatures: Andrew Chambliss, writer known for his work on Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" comics (Season 9), and several episodes of "The Vampire Diaries" (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2544048/)

I met Andrew Chambliss at the Free Comic Book Day event at Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles. He signed the cover of the free "BTVS/The Guild" comic book they were giving out.

Method: In-Person
Date Received: 5/5/2012

Scott Shaw

Custom Simpsons Sketch and Comic Book signed by Scott Shaw

Notable Signatures: Scott Shaw, comic book artist known for his work on "The Simpsons" comics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Shaw_%28artist%29)

This year, I attended the Free Comic Book Day (www.freecomicbookday.com/) event at Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles where I met Scott Shaw. He was drawing custom sketches for his fans (for free!) which had one of the longest waits that day. He was a really funny guy and even though I wasn't able to get him to draw my first choice (Mr. Sparkle!), I did get my favorite character, Ralph, drawn. Here he is drawing the picture: 

It's a little hard to see on the scans, but the blue pencil lines where we sketched the outline are still visible which I love. This guy was amazing on how fast he could draw certain characters! My favorite one I saw belonged to the guys in front of me: he drew them a shirtless Flanders in all of his buffness. It was hilarious!  

Drawing Inscription: "To Steve", "I Like Free Comics!"

I also asked him to sign a copy of the free Bongo Comics they were giving out:

In my best Comic Book Guy voice, "Best. Day. Ever!" haha

Method: In-Person
Date Received: 5/5/2012

David Frankham

Index Card and (4) Photos signed by David Frankham

Notable Signatures: David Frankham (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291301/)

Index Card Inscription: "Hi Steve!", "Sgt. Tibs 5.1.12"

In addition to signing my custom index card, Mr. Frankham also included four photos of his own, which he signed and inscribed:

Photo #1 Inscription: "For Steve", "5.1.12"

Photo #2 Inscription: "For Steve", "5.1.12", "Sgt. Tibs"

Photo #3 Inscription: "For Steve", "5.1.12"

Photo #4 Inscription: "5.1.12", "Thanks for writing Steve and for the kind words!"

Method: TTM
Request Sent: 4/7/2012
Item Received: 5/5/2012
Total Days: 28 Days

Address Used
Mr. David Frankham
c/o 2376 Camino Capitan #4
Santa Fe, NM 87505

Jayma Mays

Index Card signed by Jayma Mays

Notable Signatures: Jayma Mays (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1724323/)

Inscription: "Sending lots of good clean love"

Method: TTM
Request Sent: 11/6/2011
Item Received: 5/5/2012
Total Days: 181 Days

Address Used
Ms. Jayma Mays
c/o Framework Entertainment
9057 Nemo Street
Suite C
West Hollywood, CA 90069