Monday, February 9, 2009
Comic Con 2009
The 2009 New York Comic Con was pretty hectic on its opening day. Even though I have never been to any sort of convention besides the auto show, I cannot say that I was too awe inspired. In fact I would say that it was pretty much what i expected it to be. Not to say that it was a let down. In all honesty I did not attend any seminars or sneak peeks or anything like that.We tried to get into the Furturama movie but it looked too crowded I pretty much stuck to the main floor. We started out in the ATM line right outside of the entrance which was perhaps longer than any other line. While waiting to get some money I saw several scantly clad women in Princess Leia and Supergirl Costumes. When I finally entered the main room it was kind of like sensory overload. Everywhere you looked someone was geeking out to the max. I noticed a whole bunch of video games that hadnt come out yet that i would have liked to play. However I didnt really want to wait in anymore lines, plus I figured I would get my chance. I think I was there maybe 10 minutes before I bought my first item, "Mavel's: A Celeration of Dinosaurs". I figured Id get a sense of the whole place so I hit up all the spots. I waled through the artist alley and got to see what its like to be a struggling artist in a sea of other struggling artists(cant wait until that is me). Over in the video game section we were confronted by this woman who in a crowd of Chewbaccas and Captain Americas seemed out of place. She tried pimping this rotating video game seat to us and was all in all very creepy about it. The one cool game that i saw and actually tried to play was this game called "Deadly Creatures" where you play as a tarantula in the desert, biting peoples feet and eatin' rats. It was pretty cool to walk around and see so many familiar comic books from my child hood. I purchased several Spiderman and X-men issues based on the covers alone. Half way through though I realized what I really should be setting my sights on, Akira in Color. I didnt even know if they existed in English but my friend told me that he once read a colored version of Akira in French so i had to see.The rest of my time there was spent going from booth to booth seeing if any of them had any old issues from the 80s when Akira made its first North American run. After the first several failed attempts at finding it, I finally came across a booth that had many issues, including the very first one, AT HALF PRICE! I proceeded to buy all that I could, but still would up coming short of the complete set. It was still pretty awesome though. After my purchase I finally felt that i should leave, knowing that if i stayed there any longer i would have to make another trip to the ATM. I took one more victory lap then bounced. I really had an interesting time there to say the least.
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Mike,
ReplyDeleteI appreciated your account concerning ComicCon, as I continue to learn from your BLOG reports. For instance, I did not know about Marvel's: A Celebration of Dinosaurs. I looked it up online. Thanks. Also, I did not know about AKIRA in COLOR. Please bring some samples to class. I am glad you got such a great deal on them!
I found out (but did not play) that the WOLVERINE video game was suppose to be awesome. I will have to check with my Marvel sources who actually played it.
I will look for DEADLY CREATURES.
Best,
Cynthia