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ComicCon (GrumbleGrumble)

GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
edited 2015-03-03 21:57 in General Discussion
What's the point of having a cool convention in your own home town if you can never buy tickets for the thing? ComicCon tickets ("badges," which we don't stinkin' need) sold out in an hour this year. Last time I went was like 15 years ago. I got tickets at the door.

Either move the show to a convention center in some other town that can handle more than 10 people, or float a barge in the San Diego harbor and extend the floor space. Sheesh!

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  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2015-03-02 21:45
    GordonMcComb wrote: »
    sold out in an hour this year.

    Are the tickets being scalped?
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2015-03-02 22:07
    Aren't you a bit too old to be reading comics? :)
  • msrobotsmsrobots Posts: 3,709
    edited 2015-03-03 00:57
    @Heater.!

    How old I have to be to not read comics? Or enjoy ComicCon?

    Age range?

    Enjoy!

    Mike
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2015-03-03 01:28
    Comics are more than just DC and Marvel...

    Ever read Digger?
    www.diggercomic.com
    (I have the signed limited edition Hardcover Omnibus. It's next to Sturlasons Kings Sagas in my bookshelf)

    The day I'm too old for comics is the day I put on the wooden overcoat...
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2015-03-03 03:53
    Collectible wombat comics for adults? I love this!!!! LOL.

    Heater needs to enrich his imagination.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2015-03-03 05:49
    Not just collectible, but Hugo Award-winning comic.

    I was lucky enough to find the comic just after Ursula began posting it, but never bought the magazines she had made, so when the Omnibook edition came, I didn't exactly hesitate...

    Incidentally, this is a picture I have on a wall in my office:
    http://www.redwombatstudio.com/studio/anthropomorphic/one-odd-ocelot/
    (Not from Digger. Just a piece of art from the same artist)
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2015-03-03 07:50
    Don't think I've read a comic in 40 years, actually. Not a diss, but they just aren't my thing. ComicCon is THE place these days for SF news and views, meets and greets. Once a Trekker, always a Trekker.

    Duane, supposedly they have policies to prevent widespread hording, but it probably happens anyway.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2015-03-03 10:18
    GordonMcComb wrote: »
    Last time I went was like 15 years ago.

    I may have bumped into you there. I only went once, many moons ago, when it was easy to get into.

    Walked in, tracked down Bill Mumy/Will Robinson signing autographs. Had my picture taken with him, walked out and went home. Simple!
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2015-03-03 10:26
    I sincerely enjoy studying Chinese via Japanese manga comics printed for the Taiwan market.

    Doremon, the blue earless robotic cat from the future is excellent for this purpose.
    Others are Conan, boy detective and New LIttle Crayon.

    Where on earth are people going to learn real modern colloquial native languages if they don't read comics?

    ++++++
    Science Fiction is simply not understood in southern Taiwan. I have to import books and almost nothing is translated into Chinese. On the other hand, there is a very popular Chinese fiction genre that is Chinese historic fantasy heros, which I am not too interested in. Seems the cultural barriers between East and West still are in play.
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2015-03-03 14:08
    erco wrote: »
    I may have bumped into you there. I only went once, many moons ago, when it was easy to get into.

    Walked in, tracked down Bill Mumy/Will Robinson signing autographs. Had my picture taken with him, walked out and went home. Simple!

    My 10 year old son and I were there a good 4-5 hours, and were exhausted after it. I'm not an autograph hound, so I tended to just skip those booths. But I recall some folks at a LIS-related booth signing. I'd have stop if it had been Angela Cartwright, for sure!

    He was a little taken aback by the skimpy cosplay outfits some of the females wear. Note I said taken aback. I don't think he blinked once!

    Friday and Sunday Wondercon tickets are still available, apparently. I may get those instead. Smaller shows are often more fun, anyway.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2015-03-03 16:35
    My brother in law still has comics on the back of his toilet for your reading pleasure!!!! Never too old.
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2015-03-03 21:29
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    My brother in law still has comics on the back of his toilet for your reading pleasure!!!! Never too old.

    1970s and 80s MAD Magazine reprints for this household. Never too old for a chuckle.
  • hazletthazlett Posts: 35
    edited 2015-03-03 21:57
    I read Marvel comic when I was a child although it only took a year then my attention divert in video games.
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