Comic Con Part 1

Freed from the responsibility of attending jury duty last Thursday July 21, Bert and I were free to attend the biggest pop culture event in the U.S. and the biggest convention event in San Diego, the Comic Con International (formerly known as the San Diego Comic Con and heretofore referred to as the "Con"). We got good parking since we left early after dropping off TC at school (we took her that following Sunday). Saw our friend Supe in line ahead of us and he was gracious enough to leave his hallowed spot 30 feet ahead of us in line to join us peons. Actually, it was quite nice having a friend there with which to spend the time. We had more than 1 hour and a half to kill while waiting for the Con to open at 10 am. While in line upstairs, we saw many in costume, including a black Wonder Woman, a slighly pudgy Vulcan, and various Superman and Spiderman get ups. We saw more elaborate costumes later on the Convention floor.

Aargh I'm having trouble posting pics... Here's a few from last Thursday. This booth is Mile High Comics where Bert found some of his compilations (correct me if I'm wrong). Unfortunately all graphic novels were only 20% off. You have to really hunt for bargains (50% tables).

My mission was just to get the newest issue of Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve (#10) at the Drawn & Quarterly booth. At the Fantagraphics booth, I found out I already had #23 of Eightball by Daniel Clowes. I did not really buy anything that day.
I loved this cartoon "The Tick" when it used to be on Cartoon Network in the early 90's. They will finally be releasing all episodes on DVD in late August (correction - they wil be releasing Season 1, but only 12 out of 13 episodes due to an unauthorized use of Cindy Crawford's image). The guy who mans the booth is from the Massachussetts area. He has a major New England accent. Long live The Tick and his trusty sidekick, Arthur! Spoon!!!

The entrance near section C. This was right before we saw the Elvis Stormtrooper. I'll be posting his pic later. Damn formatting.
A view outside of the Convention Center. As you can see, construction of overpriced condos is happening all over the Gaslamp quarter. It was pretty hot that day too, about 80+ degrees.

Here is another view of the convention center from across the trolley tracks. This is when we took a break to eat lunch.

Here's a T-Shirt that I will NEVER buy for TC. FK the Disney princesses and all that they stand for.