Thought for a hot New York second that I was gonna do a minute by minute blog of what I did at the SDCC this year but realized that it would probably take just as much time to write as the actual transpired events. Just know that it was more hectic, more chaotic, and more stressful than last year but at the same time, more exhilarating, more fun, and more crazzzyyy than ever before.

Certainly, the most inspirational experience a geek could endure for a week. For me, SDCC is a celebration of all the things I was embarrassed about as a kid growing up in the midwest and it still blows my mind that comics have come to dominate the pop culture landscape. You can let your nerd flag fly high and proud and you will still be outnerded by the guy next to you in a full on mohair Chewbacca costume, waiting 5 hours in line to get his con pass, boiling in the hot Socal sun...

So what I am going to do is just showcase a random assortment of pics from my con experience with a caption or two. Pictures missing are of course the high level business/editorial sort as it kind as it's sort of a dealmakerbuzzkill when you whip out the Sony T-200 mid-negotiation.

Here's a quick glance at my Tues to Sun schedule--from 10am to 3am. All things blue are meetings/events/panels/PR parties. Green are optional, and red are other personal events on my schedule. Light blue are televised Padres games. Overlapping bars means doublebooked events and the lil gaps are my futile attempts to put in for the very first time, 15 min breaks between events so that I could actually translocate from one area of the convention floor to another. Would work fine if I never ran into anyone I knew or had to eat or hit the head or got stuck behind a battalion of cosplaying Fire Emblem warriors...




One of the first dinners of the con--every year, Will Dennis, Cliff Chiang and Brian Azzarello and I like to meet up and hit the racetrack but it was closed Tuesday so we settled for the excellent sushi at Nobu. With us is good pal and comics retailer John Dolmayan.


At the Sony DC Universe press party to promote the first demonstration of the game to the public. SOE knows games but more importantly, they know how to throw a GREAT party, hahahaha.


First round with the boys from All Access from the G4 network...here's what we shot earlier that day during a marathon 4 hour press junket...



to be continued...