Monday, July 18, 2005

Only Dorks Go to Comic Conventions

Got back from the San Diego Comic-Con a couple of days ago. I had bucket loads of fun. I got to meet the creators of Invincible and Walking dead, and The Goon. I saw tons of cool toy prototypes, and I spent about 200 bucks on toys and stuff. We went on a Saturday. Mental note: never go to the Con on a Saturday. Next year I want to go on Thursday and maybe Friday too if I can, and by “if I can” I mean if Marie will let me.

I took a bunch of pic’s of Ben standing with (or near) his favorite superheroey types. He had fun, but not as much as me I think. He slept in the stroller for a couple of hours. Don’t even ask how bad it sucked to push a stroller around in a densely packed crowd of 10’s of thousands of people, but at the same time it was a life saver, because I hauled all of my junk around in it, so I can’t complain too much.

Here are the pictureses.

Being shy with She-ra

Being shy with Spiderman

Being shy with a different Spiderman

Green Lantern

If you don't stop with the shyness Harlequin is gonna cap you.

"I'm not even gonna stand close to those guys."

Thing, Vader, Batman, and slightly shy He-man.

Adam the Alien sketch by "Invincible" artist Ryan Ottley.

He-man by Ryan Ottley

The Goon by "The Goon" artist/writer Eric Powell. He did this one in about 2 seconds. He wasn't doing sketches, so I feel lucky to get anything at all.

Zombie by "Walking Dead" artist Charlie Adlard,

My son won this bad boy at the Tower Records/BCI MotU costume contest. He dominated the junior division by being the only entrant. It's a framed 10 X 13 print of the DVD cover signed by Lou Scheimer.

Them's the pic's. Even though Ben looks super shy in every picture, he actually freaked out if I didn't let him get a close look at every superhero that he recognized (which is a lot). He only pulled the shy act when he got too much attention.

The crew at BCI took a lot of footage of him, so hopefully he'll make it into a future DVD documentary. *crosses fingers*