This actually happened last year, but it is just so blog worthy I must begin with it. So anyone who knows a thing about web comics, or comics in general should know the name Scott McCloud. If not than shame on you. He is a big influence of mine, and wrote what is in my opinion the best book series on comic creation and comic theory. He spoke at my school last year, and I was able to get him to sign my copies of his first two books 

UNDERSTANDING COMICS and REINVENTING COMICS. If you have an interest in comic strips (if you read this blog than I assume you do) pick up these books. They are not much and are quick reads. (They are comic books themselves).