NY Comic Con: The Online Tour
My husband and I went to San Diego a few years ago and he chroncled the trip with video. We labeled it the Taco Tour based on the incredible amount of tacos eaten at all night taco places. (Yes, such places do exist, because you never know when you might need a taco.)
My trip to NY Comic Con is going to be labeled the Online Tour. Not becaue I’m blogging it, but cause we spent most of the two days standing in lines. (When I say we, I mean me and my new friend Anne. My husband firmly avoids all things geek. I met Anne through another writer on this network, Debbie, who blogs at Watching Heroes, and I am forever grateful, because we had a great time. Thanks for coming to Comic Con with me, Anne!)
So, first of all the Javitts Center is massive. MASSIVE. We had to keep running from side to side and up and down to get to the next thing, mostly just after the line was already at capacity for the room. So then you have to decide, do you want to wait and take your chances or go see something else you don’t want to miss. By the end of the first day, we were both really tired. Plus, my feet hurt.
It turned out that most of the things we wanted to see were also things that all the rest of the 70,000+ people wanted to see. At the exact same time. So there was lots of confusion and craziness, but all in a good way. We did get to see lots of really great stuff, though, and I’m gonna share. I did take pictures and videos, but mostly, they didn’t turn out too good. I think I need to take a class, like Photo Taking 101. Hopefully, Anne’s turned out better.
So here’s the plan. I’m gonna post several blogs over the next few days sharing different aspects of our experiences at Comic Con, and I’m going to do that between my two blogs, here and at Watching CW. I’m just doing it that way because I want to. So be sure to check over there as well.
February 10th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Unfortunately my pictures didn’t turn out any better! All of the ones I took in the screenings were really blurry.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:18 am
well, that’s sad. But I’ve already seen lots of great pics online, so maybe we can steal some of those and say we took them!
Or better yet, maybe we are actually in some of the pics that other people took. On second thought, I hope I’m not.