A day in the land of Nerd.
I flew down to San Diego and headed to the convention center to partake in some comic book geekdom. I had a free Southwest flight was going to expire... today actually, so I felt the need. The need for comics. That doesn't rhyme, I know. But you know what, I don't care. Ha.
And as much as I thought I'd "grown" out of comics. I haven't. I LOVE pop culture.
Walking around and seeing thousands of people dressed as comic, TV and movie characters, I'm thoroughly entertained. Seeing Thing push his way through the crowd, or hordes of Final Fantasy characters with oversized swords working their way through the crowds, or drooling at the Naughty Nurses, Vampirellas, Black Cats ... ... ....
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...wait what? I'm sorry I just got stuck in that flashback. What?
What I love too, is checking out the small artist booths. You get to see so many styles from people who are just trying to make a name for themselves. It's so cool. I bought like 5 prints from these sections for pretty low prices. Shit, buy a frame hang it up, looks frickin cool to me. And it helps out an up-and-comer. Actually I did buy one mainstream print of Shi, by Billy Tucci. It just looked hella cool.
They hand out so much free shit too. Stuff that I was totally excited to get at the time but now I'm looking at it wondering what in the hell I'm going to do with it...
Am I really going to wear a Spike TV shirt promoting "Sream Awards"? I don't even know what the "Scream Awards" are! But hell's yeah, I totally kicked Wolverine in the nuts to get one.
Anyhow, it was cool. Alot cooler than I thought it would be considering I've "grown" so much... who am I kidding, I'll be 12 for the rest of my life, laughing at crude South Park jokes, watching cheesy horror shows, and drooling at Naughty Nurses. God bless America.