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New York Comic Con 2008
I went to Saturday's convention with Gregg and Rob... and it might've been the most over-stimulating 5 hours I've ever experienced.
While waiting to enter the convention hall, STAN frickin' LEE walked out to greet fans! I got to shake his hand while quickly mumbling some kiss-ass jibberish. This moment was quickly followed by 2 hours of "I'm never washing this hand" jokes. Also, he yelled "Excelsior" before exiting the room. Surreal.
After that auspicious beginning, I proceeded to take as many photos of costumed people as my battery would allow...
Iron Banana - complete w/ empty whiskey bottle.
Boba Fett and the only non-gold bikini Leia; Dancing Stormtrooper.
X-Wing pilot; C3PO.
NY Jedi club madly swinging their lightsabers; Mara Jade.
Chalk artist quickly drawing a giant Captain America head.
Gregg and I attended the Battlestar Galactica panel discussion. While it was fun to see/hear the actors talk about their experiences, Gregg and I haven't seen the 3rd season yet and THEY IMMEDIATELY REVEALED ALL THE SURPRISES. That Season 3 box set will continue to collect dust on my shelf... Damn my work schedule.
BAT FANS!
Alex Ross & Lou Ferrigno [strange table neighbors]; Milo Ventimiglia, of "Heroes" fame.
Black Cat & Wolvie; Zombie Wolverine.
Awesome marshmallow thing [someone please tell me what this is!]; Dr. Girlfriend & The Monarch from "The Venture Bros" [weird to hear Dr. Girlfriend speak w/ a female voice!].
Someone REALLY needs to build a happy, smiling Hulk sculpture. Just because.
Pokemon's Ash runs into the Naruto crew; Spider-man & Black Cat.
Ho, MAN... this gives me the willies.
HUG ME
Kean Soo sketches for a fan; Chip Kidd talks to... Green Arrow.
Hot Green Lantern [not sure which character the left girl's supposed to be].
YES.
This asian Superboy is looking really bummed-out.
Miss Deep from R.O.D. [also unsure who the left character is]; Random cosplayers.
Impressive Chewbacca and Hellboy costumes!
Got to meet veteran Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles artist Michael Dooney and commissioned this Jhanna drawing [from TMNT #13, 1988]. Sweet!
Also fulfilled my childhood fantasy of meeting Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird! We chatted about the TMNT comics and movies while he drew a Ninja turtle head for me. He was a very friendly guy!
Blue Beetle 2008 - Blue Beetle 2007.
AVATARDS!!!
B-boys busting out some moves.
Snake from Metal Gear Solid 3 & Trigun; Silent Hill weirdo.
On our way out, Rob and I bumped into the tail end of a Hellboy 2 panel. We stopped to listen to director Guillermo Del Toro speak w/ reporters for a minute. Out of nowhere, a girl runs in front of me and shoves her cell phone at Del Toro...
Girl: "My friend's a HUGE FAN of yours really wants to talk to you"!
Del Toro: "Sure! [grabs phone] Hi, who is this? This is Guillermo, the guy with the funny accent. How are you?"
[etc, etc]
So... rather than ignore the girl or allow himself to be pulled away by his entourage, he actually had a brief conversation w/ this random person! What a gracious fella. I LOVE HIM EVEN MORE NOW.
Like I said before: Most Jam-Packed 5 Hours Ever.
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