Originally Posted By DlandJB We got back late this afternoon from Comic Con in San Diego. It was our first time as a family to go (DH had been before) and we had a blast. It was incredibly crowded, and that could be overwhelming, but there was so much to do and see. Got a year's worth of people watching done in a weekend, Got to go to some terrific panels, including Disney's Bolt and D/Pixar's Up, one for The Office, attended a sneak preview screening of "The Rocker" with Rainn Wilson in attendance and taking questions from the audience and signing (the kids got their CC exclusive Dwight bobble heads signed, also got to hang out (briefly) with both Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Culp. Got some neat stuff to take home and learned that the only way to get to the panel you want is to be willing to sit through 2 earlier panels (so I got to learn about "Ben 10" and "The Sarah Conner Chronicles" while waiting for "The Office) It was a pretty amazing weekend, and astounding that the whole thing started out in someone's basement 39 years ago. We've already bought our tickets for next year (and got $10 off of each one for doing it on-site) Did any other LP'rs go?
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF No, but I'd love to get to it someday. When I lived in CA I had plans to go but had to cancel them a couple weeks prior. I have been to WonderCon a bunch of times. I think, though, they need to rename the whole event. I mean, if it's Comic-Con, why are they covering stuff like "Bolt" and "The Office"?
Originally Posted By mawnck Went for a few hours on Thursday. Had a pro pass and was planning two full days, but conflicts arose and I had to scale waaay back. I was coming from OC and there was a horrid wreck on the 5, so I pulled off at Capistrano and caught the train for the rest of the way. Anyway the result was I arrived at 11:05, just in time to miss the panel I really wanted to see, most of the cool free stuff (that I was aware of), and the time period in the morning when it's possible to actually move in the ballroom. So did I have any fun? Well, I met Chris Saunders and got his Kiskaloo book <a href="http://www.kiskaloo.com" target="_blank">http://www.kiskaloo.com</a> , I met a slew of Disney animators and got their Rocket Johnson artbook <a href="http://www.whoisrocketjohnson.com/" target="_blank">http://www.whoisrocketjohnson.com/</a> , saw an awful lot of people in craaaaazy costumes (including some very attractive young ladi--- uh, women), caught up with several good friends I hadn't seen in awhile, saw Lou Ferrigno, and just generally had a better time than any one person should have in 3 1/2 hours. Why would anybody want to miss this thing?
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I'd give just about anything to go to ComicCon once. I've been dying to go for the last several years. Maybe I'll finally make it out there sometime.
Originally Posted By DlandJB The best advice we got was to get you tickets early. Months early. In our case we got them last year in August and this year while we were there. Hotels are the biggest hurdle. Still have to find one now for next year, but I think they need to get over this weekend first! We heard about that wreck on the 5 on Thursday - what a nightmare. We came down Friday after the kids got out of their summer classes and had pretty smooth sailing.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I didn't go, but a guy that works in the mailroom at my company did. He and his wife went and ended up buying a loooooooot of stuff; he's a Disney fan (he has a 30th anniversary POTC watch), as well as a comics and movie fan. He bought a $1500 framed and matted original pencil drawing of Chernabog from "Fantasia" (he also has the Fantasia lawn/garden statues; the Chernabog statue is next to a growing aloe vera plant, lol) that he said he'll bring on Wednesday. This will be good because I haven't been to the mailroom yet, lol.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby Here's a picture from the Con for the guys: <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/photos/hottest-of-2008-comic-con/946106/" target="_blank">http://www.cinematical.com/pho.../946106/</a> - kch
Originally Posted By mawnck That girl in Picture 6 is one hot tomato! (PS Saunders = Sanders. Sorry, Chris.)
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF >>but a guy that works in the mailroom at my company...bought a $1500 framed and matted original pencil drawing of Chernabog from "Fantasia"<< Sheesh...maybe I'm in the wrong line of work...
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs But this guy is a super collector, lol; he told me he also has a POTC pinball machine, various cels and artwork. He told me about "Der Fuhrer's Face" and I told him that the Fry's Electronics in our area was *still* selling the WD Treasures "On the Front Lines" so he picked it up.
