I'm going to San Diego Comic-Con!! Best news this year for me (so far..)

I found out that the tickets sold out in 1 hour today...unreal and the fact I got one of those tickets (and a 4-day pass, mind you) is even more unreal...I cannot wait

Anyone else going?

Awesome. Color me jealous. Big Cons aren't my thing, but I'd like to experience it once. My main concern is trying to get the ML exclusive if its cool enough. Wonder where they'll go this year?

Yeah this is my one and only major con trip...I normally just hit Chicago cons and the now new Madison con but seeing as this is the Grandaddy of them all, I just had to go once.

My mind is a flurry of exclusive possibilities...

Argh. You lucky duck. I forgot they were on sale, I had work like crazy. Color me mega jealous.

Grats!!!

I have been a couple of those conventions in San Diego in the past at my age - approaching 60 in 4 years - I guess my days of attending them are over. I had great memories of attending them in the late 80's and early 90's.

Have a great trip Savant!

I went to the '93 SDCC, with Carbunkle Cartoons, while we were working on Baby Huey. It was an overwhelming event then and I'm certain it's even more overwhelming now. Even with a industry pass it was nuts getting in--even back then. Took over 2 hrs to navigate the convention floor ONCE.
But there really is nothing like it, and the amount of money in that room is scary.
When I went, Image was just starting up. Rob Lefield had his full-sized mock-up of the Youngblood space-ship on the foor--full-sized. Todd McFarlane was just launching Spawn toys, and had a huge booth with TV monitors running all along the top.
I stopped to watch the start of the looped "first" commercial: Smoke effects generators running on screen, Todd comes out of the smoke wearing a leather jacket, speaks to the camera ( with a bit of a lisp): " Hello boyths and girls, I'm Todd McFarlane and this ith THPAWN!!!!"
God help me, I just about lost it. About 2 dozen other people around me were giggling, laughing uncontrollably...
I was collared at the Penthouse Comics booth by some large fellow, who called me out because I was wearing a Carbunkle Baby Huey t-shirt. I spent a half-hour easy talking to him, and a stunningly gorgeous woman ( who MAY have been a Penthouse pet) who asked me to contribute work to the magazine--I had to decline because I was committed to Carbunkle at the time. Seriously, the calibre of talent working for Penthouse Comics was waaaaaaaaaaaaay out of my league, then or now.
Later got to chat at length with Gene Colan and Gil Kane in the artists area--the guys were left alone by almost everyone. Only a couple people went up to chat with them. They both gave me some heart-to-heart advice on being a cartoonist, that I've never forgotten.

SDCC is an event that, I think, every fan has to visit at least once--like a pilgrimage to Mecca. It is a assault on the senses, total 100% over-whelm at every level........a tsunami of geekery. But there's nothing else like it.

Ken Davis - I went to the '93 SDCC, after checking my records of travels and I remember it was a madhouse trying to move from one end to another. You are right on thing it's nuts going from one end to another and it's was mind-blowing seeing all of it at once. I was there for 2 days and mainly went to hear people speak and experience it altogether.

What you've written here - brought back memories and I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your experiences with us.

Doctor Fate wrote:I have been a couple of those conventions in San Diego in the past at my age - approaching 60 in 4 years - I guess my days of attending them are over. I had great memories of attending them in the late 80's and early 90's.

Have a great trip Savant!

Thanks Doc, I plan on making the most of this trip; thank God I have 4 days to do it so I don't have to get TOO overwhelmed ("why can't anyone just be 'whelmed'") all at once...

Ken Davis wrote:I went to the '93 SDCC, with Carbunkle Cartoons, while we were working on Baby Huey. It was an overwhelming event then and I'm certain it's even more overwhelming now. Even with a industry pass it was nuts getting in--even back then. Took over 2 hrs to navigate the convention floor ONCE.
But there really is nothing like it, and the amount of money in that room is scary.
When I went, Image was just starting up. Rob Lefield had his full-sized mock-up of the Youngblood space-ship on the foor--full-sized. Todd McFarlane was just launching Spawn toys, and had a huge booth with TV monitors running all along the top.
I stopped to watch the start of the looped "first" commercial: Smoke effects generators running on screen, Todd comes out of the smoke wearing a leather jacket, speaks to the camera ( with a bit of a lisp): " Hello boyths and girls, I'm Todd McFarlane and this ith THPAWN!!!!"
God help me, I just about lost it. About 2 dozen other people around me were giggling, laughing uncontrollably...
I was collared at the Penthouse Comics booth by some large fellow, who called me out because I was wearing a Carbunkle Baby Huey t-shirt. I spent a half-hour easy talking to him, and a stunningly gorgeous woman ( who MAY have been a Penthouse pet) who asked me to contribute work to the magazine--I had to decline because I was committed to Carbunkle at the time. Seriously, the calibre of talent working for Penthouse Comics was waaaaaaaaaaaaay out of my league, then or now.
Later got to chat at length with Gene Colan and Gil Kane in the artists area--the guys were left alone by almost everyone. Only a couple people went up to chat with them. They both gave me some heart-to-heart advice on being a cartoonist, that I've never forgotten.

SDCC is an event that, I think, every fan has to visit at least once--like a pilgrimage to Mecca. It is a assault on the senses, total 100% over-whelm at every level........a tsunami of geekery. But there's nothing else like it.

I can't even begin to understand what it's like for someone working the show floor there; I worked conventions before for a previous job, and while fun, it was tough by the 3rd day.

Appreciate the knowledge bombs and I will be happy to give my report and join this crew of veterans.