I apologise for not finishing this sooner, but we opted not to continue getting the exorbitant $12.95 per day internet after Friday, so I was unable to post.
And then it turns out that both Saturday and Sunday were kind of boring. It had been rumored that both days were sold to capacity and everyone anticipated serious crowds in the dealers room. But really, the added numbers translated into even more people coming to wait for panels in other parts of the Con. Now for clarity, a panel generally consists with a 'discussion' between an audience of fans and a comic creator/tv or movie cast/tv or movie creator. They'll start with the guest talking about whatever property the panel's about and then a short Q&A with audience members.
And peopel are willing to wait for HOURS to get into these panels, some will even camp if they're allowed, especially ones for TV shows and movie properties, many of which have little to no relation to comic books. It's kind of a shame but comics are being marginalized at their own convention.
At any rate, I am unwilling to stand in lines that could be hours long for these things, so I have very little by way of cool stuff for the last two days.
I saw some street art:
And this girl's cool Katamari hat that she made (she's kinda cute, too
):
And of course, I got a few costumes, but it seemed like there were fewer costumes than Friday - perhaps the costumers were in the panels... This first one was a couple staying in my hotel:
And, yes, it looked great from the back, too...
;D:
And a few famous people, here's C.S. Lee who plays Masuka on
Dexter:
Chewbacca!:
I must say, Lou Ferrigno looks great for being 57:
And here's a pic of me with Tom Lennon and Ben Garant from
Reno 911 and
The State. They insisted I be in the pic with them so BatDan had to man the camera:
And then it was time to go, here's part of the exodus from the building:
And here's the slow teardown:
We eventually got our boxes and were able to finally pack-out all of BatDan's leftover stuff (which was most of it still as he didn't sell much of anything the last 2 days), a task which took us nearly 4.5 hours due to multiple complications with Convention Center load-out policies.
But that means I didn't get to see the room completely empty.
Also, I never got an end to the photo set of Tex and his Planet of the Apes painting because he never finished it. He actually didn't do any work for most of a day and a half and as a result is already behind on the issue of
The Punisher he's supposed to have turned in tomorrow night (that's Tuesday 7/27 as of this writing.
