Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Orlando Sentinel News Story


After becoming engaged a reporter from the Orlando Sentinel approached us and asked our permission to publish a story about the whole affair. He snapped this photo of us, interviewed Brian and wrote the following article. If you read the entry "Darwyn Cooke is a peach" you'll see that he embellished a bit. To date we haven't spoken to Darwyn on the phone and it is unlikely that we will. 


Just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, the last day of MegaCon, the loudspeaker on the show floor announced "Attention Shannon Baxley... Brian Alvear has a very important question to ask." Yes, it was indeed *that* question.

Weeks earlier, Brian Alvear, who works at Comic Connection in Orlando, contacted his favorite comic book artist, Darwyn Cooke, and told him about his plans to propose to his girlfriend, Shannon. Brian said he had never called an artist he admired before so he was a bit nervous, but they ended up talking for 2 hours.

DarwyncookeengagementIt all came together on Sunday when Cooke sketched Brian (as Green Lantern) proposing to Shannon (asZatanna). The announcement was made, and the question was asked.

Oh and in case you're wondering, she said yes.



Click on the image to see an excellent copy of the sketch Darwyn made us.

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