Recently, I attended the San Diego Comic-Con. I highly recommend attending this event even if you’re not a comic aficionado. It is no longer limited to the comic arena, but also expands into the entertainment industry and pop culture in general.
Preview night was sensory overload. I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people. Although, it was really interesting to see how mob mentality sweeps over the masses and all common courtesy is lost when limited free “stuff” is offered.
Over the course of the four days, I tried to attend to as much as possible. Unfortunately, popular panels overlap and to even stand a chance of seeing them, you have to wait over an hour in line ahead of time. Every morning when looking over the schedule, I had to triage my events and pick the few things that I really wanted to go to.
Some of my personal highlights were: I had many portfolio reviews and received a lot of positive feedback. I met my all time favorite author (Orson Scott Card) and had a giggle-fit soon after. I saw Kevin smith, Seth Green, Stan Lee, Jim Lee, John Howe, and the Mythbusters, among others. I viewed sneak peek previews to next year’s movies. I also saw some of the most elaborate costumes as well hundreds of storm troopers.
My excitement didn’t end at the Con though…
As we Con-zombies vacated the convention center on the last day, my friend and I decided to celebrate the end of our rampaging with dinner. The lady who was “sleeping” in the seat directly behind us turned out to be dead (no joke). Whomever/wherever you are Ma’am, I hope you had a good meal before you went.
After that, a college teacher showed me how to win any race down escalators (thanks Dave for being a fountain of knowledge is such matters). I traveled to L.A. and experienced my first earthquake, saw Wicked, took a tour of Paramount Studios, went to the Bodyworks show and experienced so many things that validate all the blisters on my feet. I’m still recovering from this trip, but I plan on going back again next year!
