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So, today marked the start of 2022 San Diego Comic-Con.
Basically, this is the High Holy Weekend for Geek Culture.
As a comic selling professional I have an interest in this event, which also sparks nostalgia. In my youth, I used to go to SDCC. I would meet up with Internet friends and we would hit the panels and the booths and go crawling around the Gaslamp District after hours.
Once, after attending the Eisner Awards, I got blitzed on an open bar and wound up doing jello shots with Bill Mummy a.k.a. Will Robinson from Lost in Space and Lennier in Babylon 5.
Another time, I got so drunk that I blacked out and woke up the next morning with three Welsh soccer players. Nice fellows. I got Christmas cards from them for years afterwards.
It's been ages since I went to SDCC. I stopped going just as it became more media-centric and less comic/fan-focused. A few years ago, the big comic retailers who had promoted the con and helped make it what it is now, stopped going because it just wasn't financially viable any longer.
Many switched up to local cons. Denver Comic-Con is supposed to be an excellent, comic-centric show. HeroesCon in North Carolina is another.
I have no desire to go to shows any more. I had my time in the sun and, honestly, being jammed into an auditorium with a bunch of young people of questionable hygene, just doesn't appeal any more.
Still, I have pleasant memories.
I suppose that, and the news sites, will have to be enough.
Basically, this is the High Holy Weekend for Geek Culture.
As a comic selling professional I have an interest in this event, which also sparks nostalgia. In my youth, I used to go to SDCC. I would meet up with Internet friends and we would hit the panels and the booths and go crawling around the Gaslamp District after hours.
Once, after attending the Eisner Awards, I got blitzed on an open bar and wound up doing jello shots with Bill Mummy a.k.a. Will Robinson from Lost in Space and Lennier in Babylon 5.
Another time, I got so drunk that I blacked out and woke up the next morning with three Welsh soccer players. Nice fellows. I got Christmas cards from them for years afterwards.
It's been ages since I went to SDCC. I stopped going just as it became more media-centric and less comic/fan-focused. A few years ago, the big comic retailers who had promoted the con and helped make it what it is now, stopped going because it just wasn't financially viable any longer.
Many switched up to local cons. Denver Comic-Con is supposed to be an excellent, comic-centric show. HeroesCon in North Carolina is another.
I have no desire to go to shows any more. I had my time in the sun and, honestly, being jammed into an auditorium with a bunch of young people of questionable hygene, just doesn't appeal any more.
Still, I have pleasant memories.
I suppose that, and the news sites, will have to be enough.
