Record crowds at the con yesterday, and record heat in San Diego. I managed to get to a few good panels yesterday, but a number of panels I was interested in were impossible to get into.
Category: comics
Comic Con – oddball stuff
I picked up an exclusive Ikki Tousen PVC statue today: Kanu in Red School Girl Uniform. I’m not sure if I should be ashamed of that or not. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I’m just not sure where I can display it.
I also picked up a Harry Potter trading card “mystery box”, which included a “costume card” that has an actual piece of cloth from Neville Longbottom’s pajamas attached to it (from the Goblet of Fire movie). Weird.
On the more mainstream side of things, I picked up a couple of sheets of the new DC superhero stamps. The USPS has a little booth in the convention center lobby that’s doing a *lot* of business.
Infinite Crisis
I just started reading Infinite Crisis. This site has some nice notes explaining the many references in each issue. Whatever happened to footnotes in comics? In this case, I guess, the footnotes would have gotten quite overwhelming. Still, it’s weird to pick up a book like this and not get maybe half the references, despite having read a number of the prequel stories and having at least some knowledge of the other stories via the web.
Comic-Con 2006 :: Programming for Thursday, July 20
The Thursday, programming schedule is up, and it looks like it’ll be the usual overabundance of wonderful things this year. Also, there’s an RSS news feed for the con now.
Warren Ellis at Heroes Con
Warren Ellis is always fun. I wonder if he’s going to San Diego… Hmm, I don’t see his name on the list. Oh well.
A9 San Diego maps
A9 Maps has some pictures of San Diego, including a couple of my hotel. Browsing through some of their San Diego pictures, it looks like a lot of them were taken on a rainy day, which is pretty weird for San Diego. And looking at some of the pictures on 7th has reminded me that there’s a bit of an uphill climb involved in getting to A St.
Comic-Con Star Wars Exclusives
Lots of Star Wars goodies at San Diego this year, as usual.
more Comic-Con stuff
I heard back from the Comic-Con folks today about registration, and it turns out that they are just late in sending out the registration paperwork. They said they’re sending stuff out this week. That’s a bit of a relief, since I was starting to think I’d lost mine.
Meanwhile, I’ve been checking in with SignOnSanDiego.com every few days to keep an eye on the weather and local news. Let’s hope we don’t have a big quake while I’m out there!
San Diego Comic-Con
Only about a month until Comic-Con. I realized today that I haven’t received my little registration confirmation card yet. I registered back in March, so I’m not sure if this is a problem or not. They may just be late in sending them out. I guess if it doesn’t show up, I can maybe talk my way in with a copy of my cancelled check and a photo ID. Or I can sneak in the back door. Or I can just spend the week at the San Diego Zoo instead. Either way, I’m looking forward to the vacation.
Every year, it seems like I really start to get enthusiastic about the Con around this time. It just seems like I start to go stir-crazy in mid-June and really start wanting to get out of New Jersey, and get away from my job for a few days. This year’s probably a bit worse than usual, for a few reasons, mostly work-related.
And, regardless of any bureaucratic worries, I always wind up having a good time in San Diego, so I probably shouldn’t worry about anything this year either.
under the weather
I’m feeling a bit under the weather today. I’m hoping I feel better by Monday, since it’s likely to be a hectic week at work. I guess it was a good day to feel a bit bad, since the weather was pretty bleak anyway.
I finished watching the first season of 24 today. I bought the DVD set off eBay a few weeks ago. I’m kind of hooked on it now. I have the season two set waiting, and I’ll probably pick up season three at some point. (I’ve seen the last two seasons on regular old TV, so I don’t think I’ll pick up any DVDs past season three.)
I had been thinking about going to Wizard World Philly today, but just didn’t feel up to it. I walked across the street to the local comic book store instead. I actually didn’t buy anything, but I was seriously thinking about picking up the first few issues of Warren Ellis’ new Marvel series Nextwave. I’ve heard good things about it.
Tomorrow is the Somerville Street Fair. I’ll probably have to avoid the gyros and other tasty treats, if I’m still feeling off. I’m hoping at least that it doesn’t rain, so everybody else can have some fun, even if I’m mostly lounging on the couch drinking herbal tea.
Well, it had been a while since I blogged, so I let this entry become a bit of a ramble. Hope I didn’t bore anybody.