My Comic Con Comic
For years, I’ve wanted to join the ranks of the Storm Troopers, Superheroes, and Movie fanatics and participate in the chaos that is COMIC-CON! With some time on my hands, I finally got tickets, booked my hotel and headed down to beautiful San Diego.
Comic-Con International is a multigenre convention which takes place annually in San Diego with over 125,000 attendees. Orginally started as a comic book convention in 1970, it has since become a host for comics, movies, video games, card games, and television. Collectibles, movies, posters, games, and comics from all over the world. During the day, panels and previews take place in different sized conference rooms where fans and media can get sneak peaks at upcoming works.
With my feet quickly tiring, I quickly grabbed the collectibles that interested me, was handed free swag, and played some of the new games coming out later this year. Among the thousands of people, we spotted a few celebrities including Walter Koenig, best known as Chekhov from Star Trek, Robert Culp, known for the Green Hornet, I Spy, and Greatest American Hero, and Lou Ferrigno, body builder and actor who played the Hulk. Among the hundreds of celebrities that we didn’t see, we did occasionally see crowds of people scream and run towards an areas. Even some panels and previews had lines around the corner as fans waited for hours to get a seat and a peak at their favorite writers and actors.
Overall, this high energy convention rivaled any convention that I’ve been to with higher ratings of Fun, Activities, and Content. My only complaints came when I waited in line on Wednesday to get my badge for 1 hour. The line had to be at least 2000 people long and wrapped the length of the outside convention hall 4 times with people frequently cutting in line. The floors were so packed with people, walking was difficult and lines to get exclusive Comic Con toys were practically impossible. Even with an enormously large convention hall, it still felt small with the amount of people that came. But in the end, it was a great experience for the 2 days I attended as I got a few exclusive toys, saw a few celebrities, and had some fun. Now if I could only afford that life sized limited edition Terminator 2 skull and life sized Iron Man Movie Prop!
