Maaaaannn

Well rule number 1 if you visit comic-con, spend weeks planning every move you'll make or you just end up wandering; numb to the amazing amount of people, the size of lines, and general information overload.

As part of our road trip vacation, my friends and I hit up one day (Friday) of San Diego Comic-con... with no idea what to truly expect. There was the requisite nerds dressed up, the spectrum of nerd voices from the nasal to the judgmental. But, we severely underestimated what was required to see any panels that interested us. Most had lines going around and around, weaving in and out. In the end we managed to see half of The Spirit panel, the Star Wars panel showing clone wars stuff (ehh), and the film-makers panel with Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow, Zack Snyder (director of 300, and the upcoming Watchmen), and Frank Miller. It was all kind of exhausting, and I would argue the convention has reached its size limits. None-the-less, I get some geek/nerd cred, and attending the biggest con must have hardened us for any lesser ones.

I'd really like to attend as an exhibitor/part of panels; I think that would be a more enjoyable if just as exhausting way to experience it.