New York Comic Con

So this past weekend I went to New York Comic Con down in NYC. I went Friday and Saturday. I had a blast and it was a lot of fun. Cons always are. Like usual, I spent way too much, but fun is all that matters. I attended a bunch of great panels like the world premiere of the new Futurama movie (pretty good this time around), a premiere of Yatterman, got to see the Penny Arcade guys, saw some great Funimation products, and even got into a discussion of gender in comics. I got to see the creator of VGCats which was awesome! I also was able to visit an official Square Enix store and [watch] people play prereleases of actual games, like game journalists do. It was a very cool experience. The whole thing though was absolutely huge. There were well over 60k people there and it sure was packed at times. This is both good and bad. Big cons come great opportunities as well with them bringing in some great panels. There were also plenty of exhibitors. The show floor was absolutely huge. It took me both days to walk through the entire thing. One major complaint which I feel conflicted about, is how the con was advertised. It was advertised as a pretty equal mix of comics, anime, gaming, sci-fi, movies, and tv. This was simply not true. All of the other content paled in comparison to the comic book stuff that was there. Plenty of panels and almost every exhibitor was dealing with comics. I feel conflicted since even with my limited appeal to comics, there was still plenty for me to do and see, even too much as several panels conflicted. I initially thought this would be a great time to learn some more about comics since I want to somewhat, but I couldn't devote much time to it. My other major complaint about the con weekend, is that their panel rooms were entirely too small. Every one I went to was pretty much packed to capacity. Some of the panels I wanted to see, I couldn't even get in since they were so full. It also became unwieldy to navigate the panel area since the lines had over 1000 people in them. I would have loved to go see other panels like the guys behind Robot Chicken, the guys behind Venture Brothers, and the crew of Dr. Who. Instead I saw plenty of other stuff, but I feel this could have been handled better since only 1000 ppl could see them with attendance over 60K. I also missed out on the Fringe cast and panel. It was being held Sunday and as much as it would have been cool to go back down, I needed sleep and that was pretty much the only event I really missed on Sunday. Some of them seemed more kid oriented. A great weekend. Next year I might be more accustomed to it all.

Real quick, I saw the movie Ghost Town recently and wanted to quickly comment on it being a very good movie. It was genuinely funny and was endearing.