All Things: San Diego Comic-Con

jerseydevil said:
Bite away or fire away...yes it's cool to say 'I was there back in the day' and I get that. I love a good rant more than most. I appreciate that it has grown away from the purpose that it served and I thank those that came before me. In the meantime I love the sights, smells, and memories that the con has afforded me the past couple years. You have to remember...time changes all. Comic books were in the closet so to speak when this started...and now...they have come out screaming. A good idea is a good idea and success breeds contempt. Is ComicCon perfect? NOPE. But it's multicolored multi-paneled...just like the comics that spawned it(see what I did there). And I will cherish it till I cannot anymore. My cynicism goes away when I get to go all fanboy for 4 days. I get to see folks who I admire, laugh at those less fortunate than I, and come home with swag, toys and cool memories. Once again...CANNOT wait for the bad food, geek body odor, and long waits in line. Excelsior.
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don't get me wrong... i hear ya, and often times i would heavily lobby against most things 'purist' as evidenced by something as simple as my musical tastes. problem is, there are certain facets of my life that prohibit me from being able to plan so far in advance for something like this, and the ever increasing gaggle of non-geeks gives me preemptive heartburn - to the point that i don't think i could stomach the nausea i'm sure to encounter because of such a large mob and having to at least feel the compulsion to fast-track rather than meander... and take in that nerdy fanboy effervescence in all its glory.

the success per se isn't what has bred my contempt... the bi-product has, dig? that said, beleee me, i would NEVER want it to go back to the days of the early/mid Nineties... f*** THAT noise!

the last one i went to was the Revenge of the Sith-ic Con, so i think i ended on a high... farting was still funny then, whereas now it seem the general climate would think it grodie!
 
Well, I got one this year. No bitching for the next 365 days from me on the ordering process this time. It went WAY smoother on this end I thought. Having said that, I'd STILL like them to give people more notice than one day. It sorta still feels gimmicky like that. Sucks for people out of town or waiting on a check or something.

Anyway, since there probably won't be any BIG movies that I'm interested in this year, I'll be looking to catch some small stuff and have more fun this time around.
 
So Friday starts Wondercon in Anaheim.
My wife & I are going Friday and then my brother and me are going Saturday.

If anyone else is going and might like to meet up and put a face to internet handle I would not mind. I might even bring a couple of Itoya books with some of our collection if anyone would like to see them.

Feel free to PM me if you would like.
 
So it turns out I was not the only guy wearing Kings gear at Wondercon today. Saw at least four other guys in Kings stuff and one in not in Kings gears who yelled "Go kings!" at me as we passed each other.

Saw only one dude in a ducks hat!

We rule Wondercon!!!

On a side note I met Danzig today! Got to talk to him for a bit and much to my surprise he very cool and friendly. I had heard for the last number of years he was, well, an a-hole and he could not have been nicer.

Anyways it is always sweet to meet someone you liked as a kid and were a fan of and they be cool when you finally meet them.
 
Kings Provisional said:
So it turns out I was not the only guy wearing Kings gear at Wondercon today. Saw at least four other guys in Kings stuff and one in not in Kings gears who yelled "Go kings!" at me as we passed each other.

Saw only one dude in a ducks hat!

We rule Wondercon!!!

On a side note I met Danzig today! Got to talk to him for a bit and much to my surprise he very cool and friendly. I had heard for the last number of years he was, well, an a-hole and he could not have been nicer.


Anyways it is always sweet to meet someone you liked as a kid and were a fan of and they be cool when you finally meet them.
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Oh man...color me jealous. DANZIG :target:
 
Went to Wondercon the last 2 days, OK con but maybe a 1/4 size of Comiccon and a few of the artists I was looking forward to see did not show up. I did find one seller who specialized in underground comic art from the early 70's. I was pleasently surprised to find a nice Vaughn Bode "Cheech Wizard" strip drawn for National Lampoon in 1972 for a reasonable price. Most Bode original work normally start at $1k and works it's way up.
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The nice thing is the seller will also be at San Diego so I can hopefully save up additional funds to get more of his stuff.
 
I had a ****ing great time at WonderCon.

It is a lot smaller than SDCC, but it's also a lot less crowded, which I liked. KP, was that you wearing the Norstrom jersey??

I got all my American Vampire hardcovers signed by Scott Snyder. All my Locke & Key hardcovers signed by Joe Hill. A whole bunch of **** signed by Bill Sienkiewicz, my favorite artist of all time, all of my Goon trades signed by Eric Powell and a whole ****load of great TPBs for half off.

If they keep it in Anaheim, I will go every year.
 
adgy-san said:
I had a ****ing great time at WonderCon.

It is a lot smaller than SDCC, but it's also a lot less crowded, which I liked. KP, was that you wearing the Norstrom jersey??

I got all my American Vampire hardcovers signed by Scott Snyder. All my Locke & Key hardcovers signed by Joe Hill. A whole bunch of **** signed by Bill Sienkiewicz, my favorite artist of all time, all of my Goon trades signed by Eric Powell and a whole ****load of great TPBs for half off.

If they keep it in Anaheim, I will go every year.
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No, that was not me. I could only go on Friday and wore a black shirt with Kings homeplate logo on it.

And I am with you, I will go every year too if it moves down here.
 
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