New York Comic Con

[JustJon]

It's next weekend. Who's going?

I'd go Friday, but the Neil Gaiman reading and auction starts at 6, and I don't even get off work until then, so I'll be there Saturday only.

[Gritty]

It's next weekend. Who's going?

I'd go Friday, but the Neil Gaiman reading and auction starts at 6, and I don't even get off work until then, so I'll be there Saturday only.

I'm going on Sunday. There are a couple of video game panels my son wants to see. Looks like Saturday's going to be a busy day. Looks like a lot of good stuff.

[Thebazile78]

Apparently, I can get in for free because I work for a sister company of one of the sponsors.

But ... I think I'll be in Baltimore.

[Sheeplovr]

Apparently, I can get in for free because I work for a sister company of one of the sponsors.

But ... I think I'll be in Baltimore.

ewww

[Sheeplovr]

im going friday i want to see Chirs Carter talk with the x files 2 thing then all day saturday

[JerseyRich]

Say hi to Ryan Adams.

http://data.tumblr.com/ulkzyvO7R7ndcy4m7eGUabfJ_400.jpg

[furie]

I'm stuck working security for the Papal visit. it sucks becuae I'll be in the city the whole weekend.
Jeez, I haven't been to a comic con in ages.

[Thebazile78]

I'm stuck working security for the Papal visit. it sucks becuae I'll be in the city the whole weekend.
Jeez, I haven't been to a comic con in ages.

Do you carry a gun?
Can you shoot him for me?

[JustJon]

Say hi to Ryan Adams.


Is he going to be there? I know Claudio from Coheed and Cambria will be.

[JerseyRich]

Is he going to be there? I know Claudio from Coheed and Cambria will be.

Not in an official capacity...But he is an enormous comic book fan, and will, no doubt, be in attendance.

[Mike Kingston]

I posted this in the other thread but I guess it has more relevance here...

I will be at the con all three days. I write a wrestling themed comic book called Headlocked from AAM/Markosia, that's received a bunch of really good reviews. (www.myspace.com/mike_kingston)

I'm sharing a small press table with some other creators (booth 2450) and that's where I'll be spending the majority of my time.

However, I'm also going to be a guest signer at the Comic Collector Live booth (booth 2504) on Saturday from 12-2PM.

I'll also be popping into the Markosia (my publisher's) booth at various times as well (booth 1756)

So if you're at the con, stop by and check out my book or just come and say hi!

[AKA]

Reservations made last week...!

http://blog.omgili.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/sdiegoconctr_sdcc06.jpg

[furie]

Do you carry a gun?
Can you shoot him for me?

what are you, Lutheran?

[Thebazile78]

what are you, Lutheran?

That might not be a bad idea. :innocent:

Maybe I should nail some feces to his face! :devil2:

[Hosp]

Will be there on Saturday with my roommate, working the rest of the time.

[Caseyelan]

Will be there on Saturday with my roommate, working the rest of the time.

Then I will be going any day but that day.

I jest.

I want to go to one in nyc. I went to one in Miami once and it was a total hoot. Lot's of pointing and staring at mutants and sweaty people.

[JerseyRich]

Then I will be going any day but that day.

I jest.

I want to go to one in nyc. I went to one in Miami once and it was a total hoot. Lot's of pointing and staring at mutants and sweaty people.

Are you sure you aren't mistaking a Comic convention for Bar 9?

[Thebazile78]

Are you sure you aren't mistaking a Comic convention for Bar 9?

No, those are mouth-breathers not mutants.

[JustJon]

I posted this in the other thread but I guess it has more relevance here...

I will be at the con all three days. I write a wrestling themed comic book called Headlocked from AAM/Markosia, that's received a bunch of really good reviews. (www.myspace.com/mike_kingston)

I'm sharing a small press table with some other creators (booth 2450) and that's where I'll be spending the majority of my time.

However, I'm also going to be a guest signer at the Comic Collector Live booth (booth 2504) on Saturday from 12-2PM.

I'll also be popping into the Markosia (my publisher's) booth at various times as well (booth 1756)

So if you're at the con, stop by and check out my book or just come and say hi!

I'll have to remember to visit. Maybe I can even vandalize your booth with Obey Fez stickers :happy:

[Mike Kingston]

If you can remember, come for the signing on Saturday from 12-2. It's the first time anyone has asked me to be a guest signer but obviously my name means less than nothing in the comic book world so I'd like to at least make it look like my name means slightly more than less than nothing....

[Hosp]

Then I will be going any day but that day.

I jest.


Ouch.


I've never done a comicon, I've been to a wrestling convention before and that was scary enough.

I will be there in my Obey Fez t-shirt and I will come support you, Mr. Kingston.

[JustJon]

If you can remember, come for the signing on Saturday from 12-2. It's the first time anyone has asked me to be a guest signer but obviously my name means less than nothing in the comic book world so I'd like to at least make it look like my name means slightly more than less than nothing....

I dunno, you're signing at the same time as Claudio from Coheed and Cambria :innocent:

[Mike Kingston]

I dunno, you're signing at the same time as Claudio from Coheed and Cambria :innocent:

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there won't be much of a line for me....so come there first and then go there :)

[Freitag]

Apparently, I can get in for free because I work for a sister company of one of the sponsors.

But ... I think I'll be in Baltimore.

ewww

Comic Con is cheaper than Baltimore. Besides, we can still go to Camden Yards later this season.

See you Saturday!

[Thebazile78]

Comic Con is cheaper than Baltimore. Besides, we can still go to Camden Yards later this season.

See you Saturday!

OK, fine.

But you have to be ready to go early. Things will be crazy with Pope Palpatine in town.

[ToLEEdo]

from someone stuck in the MidWest:


POST PICS!!

[Freitag]

OK, fine.

But you have to be ready to go early. Things will be crazy with Pope Palpatine in town.

from someone stuck in the MidWest:


POST PICS!!

Fridays Photography will be in full effect. I need to update the portfolio. Booth girls and hot cosplayers, HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[JustJon]

OK, fine.

But you have to be ready to go early. Things will be crazy with Pope Palpatine in town.

And if you didn't preorder tickets, get there before the doors open. I waited on line for at least an hour - and missed the Buffy panel - because I didn't preorder my tickets last year.

[Freitag]

And if you didn't preorder tickets, get there before the doors open. I waited on line for at least an hour - and missed the Buffy panel - because I didn't preorder my tickets last year.

Will be taken care of tonight. Just have to confirm Liz gets in for free.

[Thebazile78]

Will be taken care of tonight. Just have to confirm Liz gets in for free.

I love it when rumors turn out to be true.

[Gritty]

http://www.newsarama.com/nycomiccon2008/

[Sheeplovr]

Soooooooooo im taeking the ferry saturday morning to go right to the javits center and spending the whole day there
then plan on going to the hackensack bergan county bar night thingger jigger

im not sure about friday i think im going to hang out with peopel after unmasked
ill jsut have to read about xfiles sat morning

but liz matt dude do the weehawken ferry then it comes right to the javits center its a nice boat trip to

ummmmmm what else

look at www.nycomiccon.com (http://www.nycomiccon.com/)

check out the schedual and pre plan it out seeing the floor as early as posible seams to work for me the past 2 years then afternoon with panals

this year they say i don't have to wait in line if i have my ticket so im jsut goign to walk right into areas i want to go and see what happens

[JustJon]

this year they say i don't have to wait in line if i have my ticket so im jsut goign to walk right into areas i want to go and see what happens

Just go wherever it says VIP because you're a very important sheepy!

[Mike Kingston]

I'm leaving in a few hours to head downstate....if you are at the con, please make an effort to come by and say hello. I'll be at booth 2450 in small press most of the time but if you could come by the Comic Collector Live booth on Saturday from 12P-2PM I would really appreciate it!

Hope to see you at the con!

[Tenbatsuzen]

this year they say i don't have to wait in line if i have my ticket so im jsut goign to walk right into areas i want to go and see what happens

Grace Park's dressing room?

[Tenbatsuzen]

but liz matt dude do the weehawken ferry then it comes right to the javits center its a nice boat trip to

I might do that. With the pope in town and the con itself, my usual parking spots will probably be taken, so the idea of taking the boat is appealing. Plus I can probably get some shots of the city heading in.

How do I buy tickets? I can't seem to buy one ticket online. (For the ferry, not the con)

[Thebazile78]

I might do that. With the pope in town and the con itself, my usual parking spots will probably be taken, so the idea of taking the boat is appealing. Plus I can probably get some shots of the city heading in.

How do I buy tickets? I can't seem to buy one ticket online. (For the ferry, not the con)

You can't buy single-trip tickets online. Only monthly passes and 10-trip tickets.

For anyone else taking the Ferry, this is from the NY Waterway site:

Pope Benedict XVI NYC Visit
4/16/2008 8:58:27 AM

April 18 to April 20, 2008:

Due to Pope Benedict's visit to NYC, NY Waterway may experience delays. The routes most likely to be affected are the 42nd, 50th and 57th. Please plan accordingly. Thank you.

[Freitag]

Will the Pope being having a panel on Mythology and the modern world?

[Thebazile78]

Will the Pope being having a panel on Mythology and the modern world?

If that's code for "he's gonna talk about how he looks EXACTLY like Palpatine from Star Wars" then, yes, yes he is.

Actually, there's really a panel that's discussing something similar. It's called "Our Gods Wear Spandex" and it starts at 5pm.

[Freitag]

So it's...

Jon
Hosp
Mike Kingston
Liz
Sheepy
Matty
AKA
Gritty (Sunday only)
Casey Elan

I miss anyone?

Dave should go to the show just to get audio for R&F, even though that's Big Kev's gig on O&A, I think Dave could make it work a lot better.

[JustJon]

Will Matty be carrying a flag and leading us around like a Japanese tour group?

[Thebazile78]

Will Matty be carrying a flag and leading us around like a Japanese tour group?

He doesn't have a flag, but he does have an umbrella.

That's what they use at Arlington National Cemetery.


p.s. - You know better than to encourage him, Jon. I am ashamed of you.

[mikeyboy]

So it's...

Jon
Hosp
Mike Kingston
Liz
Sheepy
Matty
AKA
Gritty (Sunday only)
Casey Elan

I miss anyone?

Dave should go to the show just to get audio for R&F, even though that's Big Kev's gig on O&A, I think Dave could make it work a lot better.

I'll probably be in for at least Sunday. What time are people getting there on Saturday because I would have to leave early if I went Saturday.

[Freitag]

Will Matty be carrying a flag and leading us around like a Japanese tour group?

Maybe we can all cosplay. I know, we can be the cast of Hellboy! Dibs on Red.

[angrymissy]

Jeff and I are going, but I don't know what time yet.

I want to hit the zombie preparedness thing at noon

[Freitag]

I'll probably be in for at least Sunday. What time are people getting there on Saturday because I would have to leave early if I went Saturday.

We're going to be there for doors opening, because I want to get the Iron Man bust, the Biggie Smalls, Superman, and Batman figures.

[Thebazile78]

I'll probably be in for at least Sunday. What time are people getting there on Saturday because I would have to leave early if I went Saturday.

I think that it depends on which discussions, signings and contests you want to do. The ComicCon has the panel discussions listed in a PDF on their site. I printed it out this morning and still can't decide what I want to do ... mostly because I'm torn between seeing Stan Lee in real life and going to the "highlights" screening for Prince Caspian.

Also, if you didn't pre-purchase your tickets you might want to get there early. (As he's already mentioned, Jon missed the Buffy panel last year because he had to wait in line an hour before he got in.)

I don't know what time we're getting there. For me, it seems like it's all up to Matty.

[Freitag]

I don't know what time we're getting there. For me, it seems like it's all up to Matty.




I told you, doors open at 10, we're getting there around 9.

[Thebazile78]

I told you, doors open at 10, we're getting there around 9.

I have paranoid visions of people camped out waiting to get in.

[Freitag]

I have paranoid visions of people camped out waiting to get in.

Yeah? And? It's not like I've cut a line before. You are way too paranoid especially since you're married to me.

We go to where you pick up the pre-sale tickets. I get mine. We find your contact. We get in. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM??

[mikeyboy]

I think I'm Sunday only. At most, I'd get only 2 hours on Saturday, unless I decided to bring my kids and drop an additional $40 to get my older one in, which I'm probably not going to do.

[JustJon]

I plan to be there around opening. I have to leave early to go to a seder, so I want to make the most of my time there.

[ToddEVF]

not sure if its been mentioned however Saturday (or is it today) there is supposed to be a "Confidental" WB gimmick happening sometime between 4 PM and 9 pm. Major speculation says it has something to do with The Dark Knight. One main reason being NYCC's site originally listed at 4 PM WB would be doing a Speed Racer/Dark Knight event in the theatre. 2 days after it was posted on their site it was replaced with confidential WB something or another. then was pulled all together. However NYCC has mentioned that TDK will have something at the event.

This may be spread into something larger with possible ties into the ongoing Dark Knight Alternate Reality Game, much like the San Diego Comic Con had last year. I am not positive about the ARG thing, but being that I have been following it, with all the recent events, chances are good but not guaranteed.

So keep an eye open if your interested

[Sheeplovr]

not sure if its been mentioned however Saturday (or is it today) there is supposed to be a "Confidental" WB gimmick happening sometime between 4 PM and 9 pm. Major speculation says it has something to do with The Dark Knight. One main reason being NYCC's site originally listed at 4 PM WB would be doing a Speed Racer/Dark Knight event in the theatre. 2 days after it was posted on their site it was replaced with confidential WB something or another. then was pulled all together. However NYCC has mentioned that TDK will have something at the event.

This may be spread into something larger with possible ties into the ongoing Dark Knight Alternate Reality Game, much like the San Diego Comic Con had last year. I am not positive about the ARG thing, but being that I have been following it, with all the recent events, chances are good but not guaranteed.

So keep an eye open if your interested

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[Tenbatsuzen]

I will write my review in a bit, but I'll start it with this teaser - the Fourth Doctor Who was David Baker.

[MadMatt]

I will write my review in a bit, but I'll start it with this teaser - the Fourth Doctor Who was David Baker.

The fourth Doctor Who was Tom Baker. Is that just an honest mistake or part of the tease?

I'm guessing honest mistake... :happy:

Even so, if you saw Tom Baker I am very jealous.

[Tenbatsuzen]

The fourth Doctor Who was Tom Baker. Is that just an honest mistake or part of the tease?

I'm guessing honest mistake... :happy:

Even so, if you saw Tom Baker I am very jealous.

Part of the tease. Wife went up on the Prince Caspian panel, started with a 45 second preamble to her question, dropped the named "David Baker" and immediately got called out by the room filled with geeks. Without a doubt, seeing my wife fail for once is incredibly gratifying.

[MadMatt]

Part of the tease. Wife went up on the Prince Caspian panel, started with a 45 second preamble to her question, dropped the named "David Baker" and immediately got called out by the room filled with geeks. Without a doubt, seeing my wife fail for once is incredibly gratifying.

Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh! Pwned!!!

That is definitely not the place to make a gaff like that. :lol:

[mikeyboy]

Are people still going tomorrow? If so, around what time are you getting there?

[Hosp]

I ran into Jon, Liz and Matt and met Mr. Kingston and a few other writers who were fans of the show and I supported them. I think Jeff and Missy walked past me but I was trying to catch up with my friends and couldn't stop. I realized today that it's been a long time since I've done the "Disney Shuffle".

Got turned away from the panel area when I tried to go to the Robot Chicken and Quick Stop entertainment panels. The "volunteers" were getting physical with people and the state troopers were brought in and I got the fuck out of there.

My roommate wants me to go out to the San Diego Comicon, so who's in?

[Tenbatsuzen]

Got turned away from the panel area when I tried to go to the Robot Chicken and Quick Stop entertainment panels. The "volunteers" were getting physical with people and the state troopers were brought in and I got the fuck out of there.

My roommate wants me to go out to the San Diego Comicon, so who's in?

When did this happen? It was crowded but "chill" when I was there, but some Javits security guards (guys who run security for the actual venue, not ComicCon or Reed Expos) were giving me a bit of the evil eye.

[Tenbatsuzen]

I've been to a bunch of sci-fi themed events, mainly the Chiller cons up in East Rutherford, so I knew what to expect. Lots of colorful people, varying levels of hygiene, fat girl cleavage, and things that make you say "oooh."

The NYC Comic Con was the same thing on a much grander scale.

The morning started off with Liz and I debating taking the ferry in. I was doing the math in my head, and I realized that it's more expensive to take the ferry in when you figure in parking and fare vs. actually going into the city and knowing where to park. Liz was paranoid about Pope traffic, but we sailed right into the city and got parked.

We met up with Sheepy, and proceeded to get our passes. We were then cordoned into this huge holding area, with me feeling very uncomfortable with people hacking and wheezing around me.

Volunteers started tossing out free T-shirts and Batman figures while we were on line. I used my height to it's fullest advantage, knocking a figure out of the air and coming down with it, one-handed. I never cease to amaze even myself.

I walked around the floor a bit, and started to realize some things:

1) I'm too fucking old for this shit because I don't recognize half the stuff people are cosplaying in. What the fuck is a Gohan?

2) I've seen pics from the San Diego Comic Con and Wizard cons. There are some RIDICULOUSLY hot cosplayers there. Like, women who are so hot they open paysites.

NYC is the greatest city in the world. So where were the hot cosplayers? I even saw a few "Slave Leias" who were better suited to be Gammorean Guards. I'm all for girls wanting to dress hot, but know your limitations, please!

The Battlestar Galactica panel was pretty good.

I'll throw up some pics if you want to see, but it was pretty disappointing.

[JustJon]

Gohan is Dragonball Z.

And it was a decent time. Saw Hosp, Sheepy, Fezzie, Earl, Jeff, Missy, and some other friends. Went to the tables for Big Kev, Comic Book Dennis, Mike Kingston, and Joe Caramanga (but Joe wasn't there). Because I had such a limited amount of time, I didn't hit a single panel, but did walk most of the floor.

And working on something special for RF.Net from a contact I made at the con... wait for it...

[One Dead Fred]

If anyone comes by Artist's Alley, I'm in row E. (about the 2500 isle) I have a table and a cow bell. Artist's Alley sucks.

[JustJon]

If anyone comes by Artist's Alley, I'm in row E. (about the 2500 isle) I have a table and a cow bell. Artist's Alley sucks.

I would have come by yesterday if I knew you were there....

[furie]

I'm here in the city but can't go, I'm still working.
luckily i found an internet connection.

[Sheeplovr]

alot of problems with the set up of this years con
last year was perfect why didnt they do it the same
im dissapointed inthat only

but getting to see the batman trailer ruled so hard wow
i can't wait for batman

i gotta talk more about it
but im tired

[chubbyknuckles]

Please tell me someone saw the guy on Saturday that was a huge pudgy guy that was dressed like collosus, with silver body paint and little red briefs? HILARIOUS!

[Tenbatsuzen]

Please tell me someone saw the guy on Saturday that was a huge pudgy guy that was dressed like collosus, with silver body paint and little red briefs? HILARIOUS!

OH MY GOD! YES! I SAW HIM! I almost choked because I was trying to stop from laughing at him loudly.

PERFECT example of fat people who cosplay who don't realize they don't look good.

[Gmann]

In an age where basically everyone has a camera phone and NONE OF YOU get a pic of this genious in comedy action ??

[AKA]

My roommate wants me to go out to the San Diego Comicon, so who's in?

Me.

Reservations made last week...!

http://blog.omgili.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/sdiegoconctr_sdcc06.jpg

Going out Wednesday for Preview Night, and returning Saturday, so I'm not getting the FULL treatment, but still pretty good. All of the hotels downtown are officially sold out, but I was able to get into one 5 blocks from the Convention Center using Expedia.

I'm looking forward to it, but I know it will be sensory overload and I also am going to be "working" it a bit (film festival, DVD series, novel, tv show), so it might not be as fun (for me) as just hopping up to the comic con in Baltimore in September (hell,that's drunk, crazy talk...I'm going to have a blast!).

San Diego Comic Con (http://www.comic-con.org/cci/)

[Gritty]

Had a much better time this year at the Con than I did at the first. May just have been the difference between a Saturday crowd and a Sunday crowd. So glad they used the big room for the exhibit floor. Lots more room to move about and tons of great stuff to see. Here are a few cosplay pics, nothing too exotic (I had my 11 year old with me) but I still felt like a dirty old man each time, "Excuse me Miss, quick picture?"

Anyone know who the guy doing the Reese's Pieces rap on the stage was? I recognized the moderator as one of the Newsarama Pulp Secret hosts but had no clue who he was interviewing (and the rap sucked).

Only picked up a couple of things, Vol 5 of Invincible (from the CBLDF booth, signed) and Secret Invasion #1. Got a couple of freebies though, autographed paperbacks and such and learned of a daily strip called which is actually funny and I think I'm going to order a trade or two.

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Leeloo!

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6182/nycc008010slaveleiacropvz0.jpg
Slave girl Leia

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Battlin' Supermen

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4276/nycc008005cosplaymf6.jpg
New Yawk Jedis

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1310/nycc008004fettsbp7.jpg
The Fett boys

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Gotham Grrrls

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5035/nycc008015zatannaey3.jpg
Zatanna

[Gritty]

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8404/nycc008001hulkbb0.jpg
Jolly Green Giant

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6351/nycc008011marioluigikc8.jpg
Mario & Luigi

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Various

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Various 2

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6240/nycc008014roguems5.jpg
Rogue's ass (OK, my kid was over at the Ubisoft booth, I am a dirty old man, and it don't make me a bad person.)

[Gritty]

OH MY GOD! YES! I SAW HIM! I almost choked because I was trying to stop from laughing at him loudly.

PERFECT example of fat people who cosplay who don't realize they don't look good.

Awww, let him be a hero...if just for one day.

[mdr55]

What the heck is a cosplay????

[Tenbatsuzen]

What the heck is a cosplay????

Costume play. People who dress up in costume for events such as Comic Con. There are people who do it just for a goof, people who are really into it, people who do it to be sexy, and people who are so out of touch they do it and look really really bad.

Sometimes, the people who are into it really commit to it, and spend a lot of money to make their costumes look really accurate. THen there are others who don't realize how bad and how foolish they look.

Examples:

The woman who was too old to be Jubilee, wearing dishwashing gloves

The guy who was too fat to be Colossus

The kid who tried to be Nightwing but was just such a geek couldn't pull it off right

Fat/Ugly Slave Leias

There were some REALLY good outfits though...

I saw a great Ben Kenobi, a guy who was an awesome movie-version Reed Richards, a good Black Cat, a decent Indiana Jones costume (but as the guy was hispanic he couldn't pull it all the way off) and a few others.

I have to get my pics together.

[angrymissy]

Please tell me someone saw the guy on Saturday that was a huge pudgy guy that was dressed like collosus, with silver body paint and little red briefs? HILARIOUS!

I saw that guy, and made him stop, and had Sheepy try to take a pic of me w/ him and the camera pulled a FAILDOZER

[angrymissy]

Too late to edit my my previous post, but I just checked my camera and it looks like Sheepy performed a miracle:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/DSC00734.jpg

[Tenbatsuzen]

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is why Missy kicks ass. Pure concentrated evil in the shell of a beautiful woman.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Heeeeeeere... Comes... Line of the Day... Line of the Day...

Tenbatsuzen: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/DSC00734.jpg
SilentFnBob: damn. jeff looks like shit

[Tenbatsuzen]

I've just updated my Flickr site with pics from the show.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2241/2429537815_f5c370f238.jpg?v=0

Click the link in my sig to go there.

[ToddEVF]

What the heck is a cosplay????

Source: Wikipedia

Cosplay (コスプレ, kosupure?), short for "costume play",[1] is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, Japanese pop music bands, Visual Kei, fantasy music stories (such as stories by the band Sound Horizon), and novels. However, in some circles, "cosplay" has been expanded to mean simply wearing a costume.

Anime Convention activity in the United States and Canada has become a much larger and much more popular trend in the 2000s. With the added public attention coming from such popular animated series imported from Japan (see anime) including Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Inuyasha and Bleach, cosplayers and the anime world have peeked their heads into the world of mainstream pop-culture, on at least a relatively underground scale. More and more convention goers cosplay as their favorite characters from their favorite anime, and thus, the cosplay and anime subcultures have been able to have enough influence to further the creation of anime conventions to accommodate for the increasing number of cosplayers.

Conventions in America often include both cosplay and costume contests.[8] The cosplay or "masque" (masquerade) is a skit contest done in cosplay costume. The costume contest is often a test of skill, design, and audience reaction. The contestants are judged either before hand or on stage and then walk across said stage while the audience cheers. The increased popularity of convention costuming has led to the addition of several relatively new cosplay-based events, adding to the traditional masquerade and hall costume contests. Such events include the Anime Dating Game, and Cosplay Human Chess, where participating cosplayers act out their characters' role in the game accordingly.

Competition has led to the development of many cosplay groups that plan for conventions months in advance.

Non-competitive cosplay can often be seen at opening nights for science-fiction and fantasy movies, especially those with an established following. Even in small towns, some cosplayers wait in line for hours before showings of movies in franchises like Star Wars, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Even cult hits like Serenity have drawn opening night cosplay.

In the UK, US and elsewhere, fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show attend screenings of the cult film in the costumes of its characters. This tradition began soon after the film's release in 1975.

The annual Bay to Breakers footrace in San Francisco has been a favorite cosplay venue for decades. A large number of cosplayers run or walk in their favorite costume amongst serious competitive runners.

[Thebazile78]

Part of the tease. Wife went up on the Prince Caspian panel, started with a 45 second preamble to her question, dropped the named "David Baker" and immediately got called out by the room filled with geeks. Without a doubt, seeing my wife fail for once is incredibly gratifying.

You know what?

I asked you not to post that and you still did.

I didn't say "David" I actually said "Robert" ... who's a paleontologist, not an actor. And, because people in the theatre were so clueless, I got a crowd pop anyway. I love Tom Baker. He's my favorite Doctor from the original run. And I messed up his name ... crossed it with my favorite paleontologist.

After I sat down, I did a "D'oh! Fuck. It's not fucking 'Robert' it's 'Tom.' Shit." (Ask Joey. Now, you gloating about it just makes me sad.)

Remember what happened when I met Erin Grey? How I couldn't talk because I was so nervous? It was really like that. I was fucking shaking, so I'm surprised I was coherent.

Think about it. If you'd waited your entire life to have a chance to talk to Sir Peter Wolfsbane, you'd be nervous too. And you'd be bound to have a brain fart.

[Freitag]

You know what?

I asked you not to post that and you still did.

I didn't say "David" I actually said "Robert" ... who's a paleontologist, not an actor. And, because people in the theatre were so clueless, I got a crowd pop anyway. I love Tom Baker. He's my favorite Doctor from the original run. And I messed up his name ... crossed it with my favorite paleontologist.

After I sat down, I did a "D'oh! Fuck. It's not fucking 'Robert' it's 'Tom.' Shit." (Ask Joey. Now, you gloating about it just makes me sad.)

Remember what happened when I met Erin Grey? How I couldn't talk because I was so nervous? It was really like that. I was fucking shaking, so I'm surprised I was coherent.

Think about it. If you'd waited your entire life to have a chance to talk to Sir Peter Wolfsbane, you'd be nervous too. And you'd be bound to have a brain fart.

Soooooooo, it's OK for you to bash me when I make a bad call in to the Ron and Fez show, (and plenty of other times) but the ONE TIME I actually have one up on you and tease you about it, you get upset. See how the road goes both ways, dear?

[MadMatt]

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[Thebazile78]

Soooooooo, it's OK for you to bash me when I make a bad call in to the Ron and Fez show, (and plenty of other times) but the ONE TIME I actually have one up on you and tease you about it, you get upset. See how the road goes both ways, dear?

I asked you nicely not to post about my question.

Now I am calling you out about how that's not fair.

[Mike Kingston]

The con went pretty good. It was huge this year as they increased the floor space yet again. The con will be the second biggest by next year I predict...

Since I spend most of my time pimping my book Headlocked, I don't really have time to check out the showroom floor as much as I'd like so you'll have to forgive me for a lack of any real detail. Most of the people I did meet happened to be walking through my aisles when I met them.

I'm not one to really geek out at conventions having only really ever geeked out at meeting Paul Chadwick in San Diego two years ago but this year was nuts...I met Chris Claremont (Uncanny back in the day is what made me a fan) Joe Kubert, Jason Aaron (Scalped is my favorite book right now) and Walt Simonson. Very cool...

In a cool bit of whatever, Dwayne McDuffie said he thought Headlocked was a really interesting concept and got a copy. Kind of neat to get props from one of the big guns..

Much love to Hosp and Jon for coming by to say hi and showing some support...I really appreciate it.

I did a lot of interviews with media and podcasts which is always fun as being the only wrestling type comic tends to get me some cred with the media for whatever reason. While I was doing my signing, a guy asked me to do an interview for his website and they had a camera and filmed it and while it was going on, a progressively larger crowd kept gathering as you could tell these people thought I must be someone. It was kind of amusing. After the interview was over a bunch of people bought books...

Next year, I'm going to have someone follow me around with a fake camera and microphone.

At night time, me and the Visionary guys hit up a bunch of the after parties and went to check out my friend Christian Berenak (Dracula vs. King Arthur, Se7en) play the guitar at a local club.

Its a good con and there is definitely a lot to see. They've really worked hard to make the con special and other areas/regions could really take a lesson from them. It was packed with comic book legends and they were all very approachable and nice for that matter.

As for the cosplay people, they're were a mixture...some good and some bad. My favorite was the demonic Elvis...Hellvis.

Oh yeah, and the highlight of the weekend.....

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[Sheeplovr]

i want ot meet headlock guy to

[Grendel_Kahn]

For some reason I forgot to even look at this board for this thread. I was working the con every day @ the Jim Hanley's Universe booth, and I would have LOVED to have met each and every one of you. I even had 40% off coupons I woulda given yas.

Hope you all had a good time. Bill Hader came by our booth and stayed for an hour or so....just hanging out. He's good friends with Ed Brubaker, and since we had HIM in for a signing on Mon, he wanted to check out the con booth. He was doing Pacino, Vincent Price, and that Italian dude the whole time. Not being a show off, but just having a good time. This year was defiantly better than last year, but next year looks to be even bigger. They are moving it back to Feb, and plan on expanding to one more part of the Javits center.

Come by our store on 33rd we still have a bunch of stuff signed from Bendis, Brubaker, Fraction,Pak, Slott, Cebulski, all from Monday, and we have a whole mess of New Frontier stuff signed from Darwyn Cooke on Wed. Tell em I sent ya and you can get the 40% coupon discount without having it.

Rob

[Sheeplovr]

For some reason I forgot to even look at this board for this thread. I was working the con every day @ the Jim Hanley's Universe booth, and I would have LOVED to have met each and every one of you. I even had 40% off coupons I woulda given yas.

Hope you all had a good time. Bill Hader came by our booth and stayed for an hour or so....just hanging out. He's good friends with Ed Brubaker, and since we had HIM in for a signing on Mon, he wanted to check out the con booth. He was doing Pacino, Vincent Price, and that Italian dude the whole time. Not being a show off, but just having a good time. This year was defiantly better than last year, but next year looks to be even bigger. They are moving it back to Feb, and plan on expanding to one more part of the Javits center.

Come by our store on 33rd we still have a bunch of stuff signed from Bendis, Brubaker, Fraction,Pak, Slott, Cebulski, all from Monday, and we have a whole mess of New Frontier stuff signed from Darwyn Cooke on Wed. Tell em I sent ya and you can get the 40% coupon discount without having it.

Rob


ohh man i totaly forgot didnt you work last year to
yeah so would of hooked up and meet ya
damn nuts

better communications
espcially since the floor set up was balls this year

god i hope they go back to last years set up

[JustJon]

For some reason I forgot to even look at this board for this thread. I was working the con every day @ the Jim Hanley's Universe booth, and I would have LOVED to have met each and every one of you. I even had 40% off coupons I woulda given yas.

Hope you all had a good time. Bill Hader came by our booth and stayed for an hour or so....just hanging out. He's good friends with Ed Brubaker, and since we had HIM in for a signing on Mon, he wanted to check out the con booth. He was doing Pacino, Vincent Price, and that Italian dude the whole time. Not being a show off, but just having a good time. This year was defiantly better than last year, but next year looks to be even bigger. They are moving it back to Feb, and plan on expanding to one more part of the Javits center.

Come by our store on 33rd we still have a bunch of stuff signed from Bendis, Brubaker, Fraction,Pak, Slott, Cebulski, all from Monday, and we have a whole mess of New Frontier stuff signed from Darwyn Cooke on Wed. Tell em I sent ya and you can get the 40% coupon discount without having it.

Rob

I saw the 40% Jim Hanley's booth, walked in, felt claustraphobic and left. If I knew you were there, I would have said hi.

[Mike Kingston]

i want ot meet headlock guy to

Shame you missed me at the con. I did special signings at 3 different points over the weekend with Comic Collector Live and Markosia. I was also rocking my own booth in the small press section...

My next show will be Wizard World Philly where I'll be sharing a booth with indy wrestler Mike Quackenbush and the boys from Chikara.

After that, it's San Diego!

[Hosp]

For some reason I forgot to even look at this board for this thread. I was working the con every day @ the Jim Hanley's Universe booth, and I would have LOVED to have met each and every one of you. I even had 40% off coupons I woulda given yas.
Rob

I was in that booth twice on saturday. And I'm at Jim Hanley's on a fairly regular basis. I might have to take advantage of that discount because I want to get all the Marvel Zombies stuff.

My next show will be Wizard World Philly where I'll be sharing a booth with indy wrestler Mike Quackenbush and the boys from Chikara.

Quakenbush is good people, met him through a friend a few times. If my roommate comes back in for Philly I might hit that and she's still trying to talk me into San Diego. And congrats on getting Jerry Lawler to draw your next cover. If you can get a few of those signed by him I'd love to get one and I'm sure you can provide a few to the show for promotion.

[JustJon]

I was in that booth twice on saturday. And I'm at Jim Hanley's on a fairly regular basis. I might have to take advantage of that discount because I want to get all the Marvel Zombies stuff.


Marvel Zombies series 1 was collected into 1 hardcover. 2 weeks ago, a second hardcover came out with one shot, the original story from Ultimate FF and a couple other side stories from other books. I'd say get those and snag the Marvel Zombies series 2 when it hits HC later this year.

[Hosp]

Marvel Zombies series 1 was collected into 1 hardcover. 2 weeks ago, a second hardcover came out with one shot, the original story from Ultimate FF and a couple other side stories from other books. I'd say get those and snag the Marvel Zombies series 2 when it hits HC later this year.

Yeah, but there's also The Army of Darkness vs Marvel Zombies, and I was looking for a Trade Paperback, but I guess none of them have come out yet.

[JustJon]

Yeah, but there's also The Army of Darkness vs Marvel Zombies, and I was looking for a Trade Paperback, but I guess none of them have come out yet.

Oops, forgot that one. It's in a hardcover too :smile:

Marvel Zombies 1 is in like 4 or 5th printing of the hardcover (I dunno exactly, I just keep seeing it come out with a new dust jacket cover).

[Aqualad]

My next show will be Wizard World Philly where I'll be sharing a booth with indy wrestler Mike Quackenbush and the boys from Chikara.
!

See ya there. Philly's my favorite con of the year.