YESSSSSS. I finally picked up the first few volumes at SDCC this weekend. I also got Max Brook's Extinction Parade (SIGNED!) and Transmetropolitan. I think there's a video of Max Brook's panel somewhere but the man is incredibly quick witted and clever. I was laughing the entire time. key moments I'm excited to read more Alan Moore.
Yeah I've been seeing all your photos on facebook and have been burning with jealousy the whole time. I'm going to be in CA next month instead of my original plan of being there last week and this week, and knowing I could have gone when you had spare tickets... Although, the best picture I've seen from SDCC is of Buzz Aldrin wearing the Infinity Gauntlet
That photo is amazing. The worst thing about actually being at SDCC is never catching the insane moments live. I still read the blogs / twitter for all the best moments and photos. There are such an insane amount of people and none of us felt like sitting / sleeping in line for 8 hours for the big Hall H stuff. The only way I can describe SDCC is like a theme park but much bigger, more crowded, and filled with a lot more sweaty people in costumes. It didn't help that the heat & humidity was OVER 9000 - something really unusual for California. We woke up to a freaky thunderstorm Sunday, which ended up doing major damage up the coast.
Yeah I heard someone died in that too. Crazy week. Here in DC we have my favorite comic event, SPX, which itself gets pretty crowded, but nothing like SDCC, obviously. But it's a nice thing to do. Last year I was able to talk to some of my absolute favorite artists for twenty minutes about their work, and I could tell they were legitimately extremely happy that people really read and loved their work. So many personally signed things now from it.