Truthfully, if it wasn't for the freaks I get to see every year, I probably wouldn't go (or at least not as often). That's the biggest reason I go...all the other stuff is icing on the cake.
And it is awesome to get to talk to the fine folks at SSC and Weta, artists like VanderStelt, Adam Hughes, etc...
I agree with this.
If it wasnt for meeting friends, I probably wouldnt go.
I live in the NW, so the collecting community is really small out here. I get to chat with Averone and go to the Emerald City con (which looks like a farmers market compared to SDCC).
The exclusives can be had online anymore. The sneak peaks of any upcoming projects have pictures on the web by the end of preview night wednesday night. And any video footage can be found on the web somewhere. Everyone has a camera on their phone now.
I go to hang with friends, meet new freaks, and just have a good time. When Im on the convention floor, Im bored if Im walking it by myself. Im usually the first one to text "hey, where r u ?"
honestly, the two biggest, well three biggest highlights of the con:
1. Being a Green Lantern fan, meeting and getting my picture taken with Neal Adams.
2. The Freaks party. I want to meet more people, but I dont drink, so its hard in that setting to do.
3. Party saturday night at Macks house. we flipped his furniture over and and NERF gun wars. His MIL made everyone badass ribs. and we Rockband'd all night. I leaked the smooth milky vocals of A-HA's "Take on me"
none of those three things could have been done at home.
Everyone should go at least once. I talked my wife into letting me go in2008 saying "once in a lifetime" blah blah blah. Ive been going now for 4 years straight
cory
