This is my recap of my 4 days at Comic-Con 2008… or at least as much as I can remember. It was a long week, and I spent a lot of it in a Scooby-Doo costume, so I’m a little light-headed.

I’ll tell you right now. I’m writing based on my own personal Comic-Con adventures. So if you’re looking for secret Hugh Jackman appearances, love or hate debates over Twilight, or first-look videos that will eventually be deleted from YouTube, you’re in the wrong place. Let’s do this!

THURSDAY

The first day of any convention is always the hardest and most sucky (technical term) for me. You have to learn the city. You have to learn transportation. You have to learn parking. And you have to learn the event itself.

You know how they say it takes about a year before you get adjusted to moving to a new place. You have that same experience at Comic-Con… but you have to adjust in like an hour.

Luckily, I found my way to the tail end of a panel filled with the creators of Tiny Toon Adventures and Freakazoid! Very awesome stuff. There were talks of Particle Man and Happy World Land.

And a very simple answer was given as to why Freakazoid! was cancelled. Kids weren’t watching it.

Later, I actually got a poster signed by all of them. They had cut off the line because a big security guard who would hurt me said so. And I tend not to stand up to guys who can hurt me.

But magically, more time was allowed, and I happened to be right by as big scary guy turned into teddy bear and said I can get in line.

And that’s the last time you’ll hear me refer to another man as “teddy bear.”

Then I walked into the massiveness that was the Comic-Con floor, full of vendors, fans, and swag. Walking into that room turns your brain into a mixture of childlike joy, adoring awe, and intense stupidity.

You’re excited about what you see, but don’t know where to go next. You actually run up to people in weird costumes, when in real life, you’d run the opposite direction.

And you completely forget how to walk. Seriously, you will look directly at a person while walking right into them.

The main attraction seemed to be the Ghostbusters booth. Looking like the firehouse from the movie, the place was packed with people lined up to try the new Ghostbusters video game. Or to learn more about the complete animated series The Real Ghostbusters being released on DVD.

I’m sure having the Ghostbabes there didn’t hurt. Or are they Girlbusters?

You notice I’m not talking too much about panels. There’s a reason. I didn’t go into many of them. Why?

I HATE LINES!

I love panels! But my short attention span just has no capacity for standing 3 hours in line. Especially at Comic-Con. There’s just too much going on for me to stand still.

Later, I caught up with Rob and Hailey from Coin-Op TV. They had a press pass (I wonder if Black Nerd Comedy can qualify as press?) and were doing interviews with game creators, including the creator of a funny Strongbad “Video Game for Attractive People.”

And it was with then that I ran into the infamous Geoff Mendicino.

For those not familiar with the story, Geoff Mendicino of FreezeCracker.com was supposed to be on Coin-Op TV the same night I ended up being on it. I don’t know all of the story behind why this happened, but apparently he and/or his fanbase got mad and retaliated by writing horribly racist and derogatory comments about me on Coin-Op’s message board.

But in person, Geoff was my buddy, gave me a hug, and assured me he personally had nothing to do with it.

No matter what’s fact or what’s fiction, it still always amazes me the attitudes of person-to-person interaction vs. the attitudes of people on the Internet. Anyways, I’m glad we met and hopefully all the nastiness is pushed way behind us.

Because I’m a grown-@$$ man.

Well, that’s about it for day one. I didn’t do much that evening because I had to finish the updated look for the website. But there will definitely be more Comic-Con goodness in Part 2.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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