Category: comics

52

After initially deciding that I would skip 52 entirely, or maybe pick up the collections after it’s finished, I broke down today and went over to the comic shop and picked up issues one through twelve. I just finished reading the first issue, and it looks like it might be an interesting series. I’m still balking at getting all 52 issues at $2.50 a pop though. That’s a bunch of cash.

another Comic-Con down

I’m done with the con, and back in my hotel room, trying to figure out how to fit all my stuff back in my luggage. I think I’ll get everything packed away OK, but I’m wondering how it will all look by the time I get back to Newark. Hopefully, everything will still be in one piece.

Looking back, I think I did most of the things I like to do at a con:

  • Ric Meyers’ kung-fu thing.
  • A few DC and Marvel panels.
  • A couple of the panels done by the CFQ guys. (This year, the movie preview and Robot Rumble panels.)
  • A couple of Mark Evanier’s panels. (This year, the cartoon voices panel, and a panel on cover art.)
  • A couple of TV or movie panels. (This year, BSG and Blade.)
  • I picked up a few cheap TPBs from TFAW’s “nick and dent” sale.
  • I picked up a few books from Mile High’s “last hour of the con” 50% off sale.
  • I picked up a stack of books out of somebody’s $1 box.
  • I picked up a couple of action figures. (Hellboy and the Ikki Tousen figure I mentioned in a previous post.)

As usual, I’m not 100% sure if I’ll be going back next year. I probably will, but the con is getting so big it’s almost a hassle to deal with it. I find that I can still have a good time, if I set my expectations correctly. I don’t assume I’m going to get into any particular panels, or get any specific signatures, or anything like that. That generally works.

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.