I apologize for the delay between posts; work actually got busy this week and I got sucked in to DMing a little for John and Chris (more on that in a later post). So here we are; part two of my Comic-Con report.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22nd
We took John's mom out to lunch at Chevy's today, since it was her birthday and we also wanted to thank her for putting us up for the week (because seriously, she saved us a good $1500 dollars that we would have had to spend on hotel rooms for the week we were out there). Then we hit up preview night; Sam and Tim and I took the trolley because parking in downtown San Diego was a NO. A big, loud, stinky no. So we got into the convention hall a little later than the other three (who got a ride with John's mom, who was nice enough to drive us around, as we were minus a car at this point), but we all met up and went nuts wandering around. Sam made a beeline for the Square Enix booth (she's a huge fan of Final Fantasy XII) to buy character figurines, and Judy and I wandered around looking at various booths and shopping for goodies. I found booth 1230, where
all my favorite webcomic artists were chilling out. So I got some awesome sketches, bought some books, and picked up an awesome t-shirt at The Devil's Panties booth.
Totally sweet shirt.
My other major purchase was
this little guy, who was limited edition (and also about $10 cheaper at the con :3). He works like a dream and comfortably holds 4 GB.
Judy and I also found the booth for The Guild, and we made twits of ourselves in front of the whole cast by accidentally jumping the line (which we didn't even know existed). So yeah. Made a twit of myself in front of Felicia day. Go me. :3
But all was well, and everyone left happy that night, bags full of shiny swag. We grabbed some sleep and got ready for Thursday; the official start of the con.
THURSDAY, JULY 23rd
Another ride on the trolley brought us to the Gaslamp district, where Sam and I scurried away to grab breakfast at an adorable little bakery with really tasty baguettes and yummy cheese. Then I got back to more wandering around the exhibit hall and doing some more shopping, so of course by the time lunch rolled around my feet hurt like hell and I was ready to sit down. I had a panel at 5-ish; Legend of the Seeker (I wasn't gonna make it into Hall H to see Terry Gilliam, much to my disappointment), so I lined up for room 6DE and got in two panels early. So I got to sit through the Spotlight on Geoff Johns, as well as a panel about breaking into Marvel Comics. The legend of the Seeker panel was really good; I got my book signed by Terry Goodkind, who is scary-looking:
That's him on the right. He looks really scary, but was so nice when he signed my book.
So that was Thursday for me; good fun, then we headed back to the house and enjoyed a movie (Serenity). A good first "official" day at the con.
FRIDAY JULY 24th
Up early again, but I missed my early panel (The Guild Panel) because we got lost trying to get to the Interstate. Go us. So we went to get breakfast at this little place called the Cheese Shop (where Sam and I got these sweet liter bottles of mexican coke, which I managed to bring home with me too), then Tim and I got in line for Ballroom 20 and the Bones panel. The panel started at 3pm. Tim and I were in line by about 11:15 AM. We got into Ballroom 20 by 1 PM, which was in time for the
Big Bang Theory Panel, which was excellent. I catch the show on occasion, so it was cool to hear the actors talk about the season. After that was the 24 panel. I don't really watch 24, but it was still cool to see Keifer Sutherland and Freddy Prinze Jr. up there.
The Bones panel was disappointing, but only because David Boreanaz couldn't make it; he was up in LA with his wife, who was dealing with pregnancy issues. So it was understandable, but still a major bummer. Tim didn't get to ask his question, and he left when it was over. Judy came to join me for the Dollhouse panel, and we had a major squee-fest when they aired the 13th episode, Epitaph one, which was fantastic. And then the Q&A was great, because the actors who play Topher and Sierra showed up to sit and discuss things with Eliza Dushku and Joss whedon.
So that was Friday. I was in Ballroom 20 for a grand total of five hours, and I was glad to get out of there, believe me.
So thats the first three days of the con. Next post will be about Saturday, Sunday and the drive home. :) And sorry for the lack of pictures; the only one I posted here took fifteen minutes to upload because the wireless at my parents' house is a bit buggy. If I can I'll edit and add some pictures later.
