San Diego Comic Con Recap – Day 2
Written by Landen
Posted on July 29, 2009
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With Comic Con now officially in full swing, I and the other 100,000 people woke early to find ourselves waiting in long lines that seemingly led off into nowhere. It was completely worth it though. Friday bore fruit in the form of freebies. Say that five times fast.
Today was just as packed as the day before, but still much lighter than preview night. And even though the “Masquerade Ball” (the annual evening dance and show for those who come in costume) wasn’t until Saturday night, there were hundreds and hundreds of people decked out in custom character gear. I saw stormtroopers, Jack from Jack in the Box, a handful of zombies, a couple pirates, a whole bunch of random anime characters I have no knowledge of, and of course, no Comic Con would be complete without a few Batman and Jokers running around. It was all very creepy, but welcoming at the same time.
Friday’s panels were mostly related to comic books. All of the major publishers and labels had their own unique discussions and meetings taking place. DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, IDW, Oni, all of the above. There were a few random film-related panels for Warner Brothers’ movies, and Disney childrens movies, but nothing noteworthy.
It was because of this that I found myself with a load of free time on my hands. I didn’t feel like doing any shopping, and by mid-day I already had a bag full of freebies (Warner Brothers was still having difficulty handing out their goodies). After cruising around the exhibit hall one last time, I decided to go donate blood at an off-site hotel that happened to have a blood donor van there that weekend. An hour or so later, I was a few pints short, but another whole bag of swag richer.
Everyone who was kind enough to give blood and survive the constant heckling of a guy dressed up as The Joker (don’t know why he was in the blood donor room. He didn’t work for them. Just some random lonely guy doing impressions in a Joker costume.), was given a bag of random free stuff. My bag included a generic superhero t-shirt, a shirt from the HBO vampire series True Blood, a action figure of William Riker (with command chair, yes!) from Star Trek, a few comic books, and few postcards for other freebies I had to pick up back in the exhibit hall. I was pleased.
I walked down into the downtown area, away from all of the hub-bub of the convention, got some food, and dropped my 30 pounds of swag at the car before I made my way back into the exhibit hall.
I snagged a few more freebies from Paramount (they had cool stuff all week), and then hit up the video game area to play the newest in hit games. The new DC superhero game was awesome, as was the new Ninja Turtle smash brothers-type game. The new Ratchet and Clank wasn’t all that fun, but they did give me an inflatable wrench for trying out the game. Nice.
Lastly, before I left the dank halls on day 2, I heard shouts and screams coming from the movie area in the exhibit hall and went to check it out. Turned out the celebrities were out in full force that night. Gene Simmons was back again, a few kids from Disney Channel shows, Tyrese Gibson, the cast from True Blood and few other once famous actors were scattered all about. The crowds were so massive and autograph hungry, that I turned away and left for the night. But not before I grabbed a free Transformers seat cushion from the Paramount Booth.
All in all, Friday was an excellent day to get things done, and to get free things while getting things done. I left with a smile on my face, eager to return the next day for more Comic Con craziness.
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