Gary
Author Comments aka Comic News
Wizard world, quick summary
Comics, comics everywhere! I will admit I'm a total geek. Wizard world was great. I was surrounded by my kin, of a sort. Unlike many others, I did not have the courage to dress up, but I did enjoy seeing everyone dressed up as their favorite comicbook character.
The quick run down (I'll try and put more up this week). Jen, Stephen, and I got there at around 9:30 and saw a massive line. Luckily once it started moving (a few brief moments after we got there), it was only a matter of minutes until we were inside the convention center. Our party got split up as Jen went to get liquid and Stephen went to get his badge, but we found each other and entered.
Inside, we were surrounded by video games, comic books, collectables, toys, and geeks. I was home at last. I got to see Bioshock, it looks really cool. I'll have to pick it up. We then spent a lot of time drifting through the comics, picking up ones we had been looking for.
Around noon, a friend of Jen's, Gabby, made it to the convention center. After Jen broke off to get her, and we somehow all re-found each other, we decided it was time for lunch, so we left, got in Stephen's car, and left a completely packed parking lot (this was not our best idea). We found a McDonalds and ate. We each had about 3 times our daily sodium and 4 times our lifetime's value of trans fat, but the meal fit the experience. We then returned to the still packed parking lot and circled for maybe 20 minutes until we found a spot.
When we made it back to the convention center, we were on a mission. We had to find something for six from Battlestar Galactica to sign, so we ran from booth to booth to find non-existant bsg minimates. Along the way there was a "frak me" t-shirt which I kept trying to convince people to get signed, but no one listened to me.
As I was looking for these elusive minimates, I saw Richard Hatch, the original Apollo from Battlestar Galactica, signing autographs. I imeadiately stopped what I was doing and got an autograph. He was very nice, he personalized it, signed it, shook my hand, and thanked me for watching. It was very cool. Not all celebrities are that nice.
The search then continued and ended with the purchasing of a cylon bust. It was now 2:30 and time to line up for the signing. Gabby went and got her autograph. Jen and I headed over to the artist alley.
The artist alley is where a lot of independant artists and comicbook publishers are, plus it's were a lot of top name artists are selling their work. We walked around there, and remet up with Stephen there, until about 6pm. I bought lots of comics and have lots of comics to read. I also bought some dvds. I'll let everyone know the cool ones I found as I read them.
And that ends the brief summary. I hope to add more info as the week goes on, but we'll see what time allows.
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