Comic Con --Saturday

[tenaya]

You may have noticed I skipped over Friday.  A lot happened on Friday--too much to put here in the few minutes before I must turn the lights out for the sanity of my roomies.

Today was a bit of a bust.  I had no desire to get up at the crack of dawn to run down to the cue for the Heroes panel.  Maybe youtube will be my friend.  Instead, I loitered about the room, went down for an early lunch of real food instead of snacks and got to the con by 11:30.  The mass of humanity wasn't too bad outside so they must have been all inside enjoying.  I wanted to do a little shopping but the crush made browsing near impossible.  Deej had told me about the publishers area where you could get free books on Friday; not so many today.  I saw a bodice ripper.  Pass.  Next I sat in the sails area and took a few pics of costumes for the folks at work.  They think everyone will be wearing Spock ears or something....

Then, I went to wait in the line for 6B, and got into the room for the panel before Pushing Daisies.  it was Grant Morrison and Gerard Way. I was definitely not on the same vib as everyone else in that room.  Self proclaimed cool--you know, I don't know them from Adam but it usually doesn't work that way.  When the room started to fill for the next panel, I had a bad feeling.  Why would all these teenage boys want to see a panel on Pushing Daises?  Yes, that's right.  They wouldn't.  A quick check of my program documented my blonde moment.  Pushing Daisies was in 6A, the very room where peals of spontaneous delight were currently emitting from.   Unfortunately, they were full and I wasn't getting in.  They seemed to be having a great time, though.

Totally disgusted, I got my sorry self down to the bus for the trip to the hotel.  I did manage to get a lovely shot (finally) of the Continuum bus ad.  Once back at the hotel, it was nap time, followed by dinner time (ribeye!) followed by my roomies trying to sleep as I tippytap on the laptop.  I'll put up the photo first. 

Tomorrow, I need to follow Deej (who will be getting up at the crack of dawn to get into the cue for Supernatural by 7:15, cause that is when they let people into the building to stand in line for the panels.  For SG, they let people into the Ballroom 20 an hour before the panel started) and join her in line by 9am--after I pack up my car and check out of the hotel.  Yech.

Sunday night, I'll try to write up Friday's report.  Michael Shanks seemed to be fairly lowkey.  I don't think the new haircut flatters him; it makes his forehead too large.  Oh well.  Maybe they will light him well in Burn Notice.

ETA:  Forget about the photo tonight. Photobucket shrunk it down to a postage stamp size!

Comments

[theemdash]

I'm sorry you missed the Pushing Daises panel but Gerard Way!!! You were in a room with him! *flails* (I really kind of love him for being so earnest and supportive of people who feel like they don't belong.)

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

That's what was so funny. I was in a room with hundreds of people who had bonded over the feeling of alienation, of not belonging--who were so obviously all on the same vib--and I didn't belong! I felt alienated. *g*

It's all a matter of perspective.

I am intrigued enough to try to find some of their work once I get back. So, Way had a drug problem? A couple of people thanked him for inspiring them to get off of drugs.

[(Anonymous)]

The church I go to most often is technically for tourists and I'm rather pleased with the irony in that the only church where I feel like I belong is the church to which no one belongs. ;)

Gerard had a drug and alcohol problem, yes. And basically when he decided to get clean, the whole band did, and I really love them all for that. I suppose Gerard was there with Grant Morrison to talk about the Umbrella Academy? Any tidbits you remember? *is trying not to salivate*

[theemdash]

The church I go to most often is technically for tourists and I'm rather pleased with the irony in that the only church where I feel like I belong is the church to which no one belongs. ;)

Gerard had a drug and alcohol problem, yes. And basically when he decided to get clean, the whole band did, and I really love them all for that. I suppose Gerard was there with Grant Morrison to talk about the Umbrella Academy? Any tidbits you remember? *is trying not to salivate*

(Weird, I was signed in. Oh well, is me reposted so I'll get the notification.)

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

These two guys really had a real mutual admiration society going and the audience was just so thrilled by anything they said. I don't remember anything specific about upcoming plans but I was ignorant of what works they had done. The Umbrella Academy was mentioned a lot, as was The Invisibles and the work Morrison had done on different comic series (X-men, Batman....) Way said it would be great if the two of them checked into a hotel for a week and drank nothing but coffee, marveling at would come out of the collaboration.

The panel was called "Grant Morrison and Gerard Way: Born Under a Black Sun--Grant Morrison (The Invisbles) and Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy) discuss death, death, and everything: comics, culture, the war on youth, and how you can fight back. This panel will change your life!"

Morrison had an interesting observation, that putting in more detail into a work of fiction, the more it made it real, sometimes more real than reality. That's not verbetum at all.

Now I wish I'd paid more attention.