June Drawing Winners + Special July Drawing Contest!!

It's been a hectic start to July with a handful of events and preparation for San Diego Comic Con!

First off, the drawing to win the Monsters Inc. Sully 12x18 signed by John Goodman!  We had a lot of entrees this month.  It was anyone's ballgame but it was nice to see it go to someone who actually purchased an animation piece in order to get into the drawing.

 

The winner is...ROBERT NINE!!

Secondly, the monthly newsletter drawing.  The entrees on this drawing were a little scarce and we need to pick up our game on this one but it did go to a long time customer and friend of Inked Autographs...

The winner of the Alexander Skaarsgard signed 8x10 is RICH APENZELLER!!! (My apologies for Edwin's botched pronunciation! :)

NOW, onto the July drawing.  First a refresher on the rules.  Every $20 spent leads to a ticket in the drawing.  You spend $35? you get 1 ticket.  You spend $41? You get 2 tickets.  Pretty simple.

Okay, for this month we wanted to do something that is relevant to the month.  This month is all about San Diego Comic Con.  It's something we look forward to each year. So this month we are gonna do something a little different.  There will be three names drawn from the tickets.

The first name drawn will have first choice of the three items available.  The second name drawn will have second choice of the two remaining items and the final ticket drawn will take home the third and final item.

Here are the three items....

First up an 8x10 of one of our favorite celebrities and a huge part of one of the biggest shows to be apart of comic con year in and year out.  An 8x10 of Shane Walsh from the Walking Dead in Zombie form signed by Jon Bernthal!

John Bernthal signed 8x10

Second item up, an 11x14 signed by the director of Pacific Rim, Guillermo Del Toro holding the Hellboy hand gun.  Guillermo's work is loved by fanboys and girls everywhere and he has one of the prettiest autographs there is.

Guillermo Del Toro signed 11x14

The third and final item...well, it's a complete surprise!!  You can roll the dice and pick it before the other two or you can leave it for the third ticket pulled to take home.  What is it?  Who knows...we'll find out at the end of the month.

I googled surprise and this is what came up. I dig it!

The Walking Dead's Jon Bernthal: Nicest celebrity you'll have the pleasure of meeting!

I've had the opportunity to meet Jon Bernthal on a few occasions and there is one thing I can say about the man.  He is hands down the nicest man in Hollywood.  Guys like Jeffrey Dean Morgan & Matt Bomer are right up there but with Bernthal, everything just seems so personal.  He shakes your hand and looks you dead in the eye and introduces himself.  He remembers the moments he's shared with you despite the thousands of faces he sees regularly via conventions or out on the streets.  This guy genuinely looks forward to interacting with each and every fan and it makes your experiences with him mean that much more.

Flounder & Jon Bernthal. Pure happiness.

 Last week I heard Jon was going to be out and it had been awhile since we'd seen him so we decided to head down.  Flounder came along with his Walking Dead drawing (previously signed by Andrew Lincoln & Norman Reedus) and was excited as can be to meet Shane Walsh himself.  After a little wait we looked up to see Jon come walking down the street towards us.  He stops and shakes each of our hands and asks our names and says he'll go inside and come back out in 5-10 minutes and sign our stuff. This is something you hear quite often in the autograph collecting but with Jon these words are not hollow.

5-10 minutes later out walked Jon and he began to sign for us.  We talked a little and joked around and he made Flounder's night by hooking him up with some cool autographs and a photo with. It was just another great experience to go with all the other ones I've had meeting him. Here are a few of my favorite items he signed for us.

Jon hooks Flounder up.

Finishing off one of my cast pieces.

Knockin' out some items for Edwin.

Minutes after we got back Flounder had his stuff framed.

His personal drawing signed by Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus & now, Jon Bernthal.

"He Fuckin' Shot me" inscription.  He, of course, referring to Chandler Riggs.

"Aim for the Head" inscription.

He finished off this 12x18

Finished off this 12x18.

...and this one, all personalized to me.  I'm not gonna' lie.  Wish the one in silver was to me :)

After it was all said and done he took pictures with us and shook each one of our hands and said thank you for coming out and called it a night.  Hands down one of the classiest, nicest guys around.  Do yourself a favor and support this man.  Check out Lost Angels when it comes out on TV.  Go to the theater and see Wolf of Wall Street. He deserves all the support. Thanks Jon.

Jon fell asleep on me but it's alright.  

The Green Arrow signs some autographs!

It's been dead lately with it being 4th of July weekend and all so when we got word Stephen Amell was flying in decided to give it a go.  We met Stephen at comic con and he was very nice but since then we've missed a few chances to get stuff signed by him.  He was just as nice as the last time we met him and signed three for each of us and took photos with us.  Quick and productive little outing.

All images 11x14