I just wanted to make this quick blog post before I dash off to sunny Southern California to enjoy all that is the San Diego Comic-Con. I’m really looking forward to all the fun that makes up the San Diego Comic-Con. The great people watching the meeting with friends, the great inspiring sessions and the Exhibit Hall that I hear is going to be the better than it ever has been. I’ll try to post a little when I’m not overwhelmed by the sheer volume of all the greatness that makes up the San Diego Comic-Con. Though I’ll probably be way too busy rubbing elbows with the stars of TV and film. That and going to all the wonderful parties and other events that happen during the week of San Diego Comic-Con. Who knows? Maybe I’ll bring back one of the many Comic-Con Exclusives from San Diego Comic-Con and let you see how wonderfully special it is, and therefore how wonderfully special I am for having it. I’ll try to think of you as you sit back watching Morgan Spurlock’s Documentary on Comic-Con, but I’ll probably forget as I bask in the awesomeness that makes up the San Diego Comic-Con.
Enough already. I’m doing a little online venting because I will once again miss out on Comic-Con this year and unfortunately almost every geek feed, merchant, webcomic, personality, and news outlet I follow has only been talking about it for the past few weeks, if not months. I know it will be a zoo. I know I would never ever consider waiting in line for any of the really big panels, but fortunately over the years I have learned if you like comic books, those panels tend to be easy to get in. I remember one year thinking I was going to wait in line and being waved in to a session with this one writer I really liked. Robert Kirkman was his name – like that’s ever going to happen again. Getting almost front row in a session by David Petersen where he talked about his process and drew. Same thing with Jeff Smith. So many cool things to see and so many great people to learn from. When I signed up to get a Professional Badge years ago I was so excited and now having it now three years, I have been to SDCC once since then. I do feel lucky I to have been three times, and really enjoyed myself. I know many people who have never been, who deserve to go more than I do. Last year I chose MINI Takes The States over Comic-Con and had a great time with so many wonderful friends, so no real big regrets. Yet every year around this time I feel the pull of the coast (which having grown up in Southern California is strange, because I ran screaming away from it and the California culture). I will come back to Comic-Con sometime, but probably not for the foreseeable future.
For those who will be enjoying Preview Night tomorrow- I am jealous, but there is nothing I can do about it, so I salute you and hope you have powers and abilities beyond those of mortal geeks so you may survive the experience. If you were able to snag a badge for any day… Yes, I’m jealous of you too. Have lots of fun, enjoy and take some time to support some of the fine comic creators who are there by buying something from them- expensive original art is a nice start. Without these comic creators, there would be no Comic in Comic-Con, plus there wouldn’t be a whole lot of these really cool movies or TV shows- that seem to have taken over the convention.
’nuff said.