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[Comic Con post]

If you really want to know about it, keep reading. If you came here hoping to see pretty pictures...scroll down.

Anyway!
Just got back from San Diego the other day. It was not my first time working that Con but it was my first time working at the SG booth!

I truly had so much fun helping out at the Suicide Girl booth....I actually can't wait to do it again!
I must admit...I was a bit scared at first. I can be so shy around people (other girls especially) and I never met any of the SGs who were there in person before. I was a bit intimidated at first because it appeared like they all seemed to know each other already...or had close friends who are also SGs. I felt like maybe I might get left out. But that was far from the case!

I can't tell you guys how sweet these girls are!
Every single one of them made conversation with me, involved me in what was happening, and were just so easy to talk to. (and i can be painfully shy at times....so that is no easy feat!) It has been a long time since I have met such a sincere and truly wonderful group of people. It made me proud to be part of this site for as long as I have.
And it made me really want to get more involved on here....to really start helping out as much as possible and seeing these girls not just as my fellow SGs...but also, quite possibly, some of the most awesome people I will ever meet!
I really hope I get the opportunity to do this sort of thing with them more often.


I also got to meet my long time geeky-stuff-bantering-buddy here on SG, OpticNerve, in person! Finally.
He was everything I had hoped for and more.
Smart. Asian. Geeky. And willing to kick Joe Quesada in the balls.

What else could one possibly look for in a friend??

Seriously, I had so much fun with him. We spent quite a bit of time together and I honestly can't think of anyone else I would rather go to Cons with now! I hope to see him again soon!


Things I learned at Comic Con....

I learned that Marvel guys are dicks. Sat in on a whole bunch of Marvel and some DC panels. Even though I am a Marvel girl to my very core...I have to admit, they act like over-grown children and show no respect to their fans. The DC guys were sweet, informative, and polite during their panels. The Marvel guys couldn't stop making shots at DC and thought it was funny to act like jerks to their fans. Very disappointed. Made me want to start reading more DC stuff.

Learned that Marvel is tricky. Titling a panel "The Ultimate Universe must Die!" and then talk for an hour about how they are going to do a huge crossover to save it does not a happy Squeak make. I went there expecting the best news ever. Left the panel disliking Marvel even more. Erg!

Learned that Marvel doesn't actually read the comics they publish. They kept telling us how great the new animated series "Wolverine and the X-Men" is going to be. They claimed that it mimics the series of the 90's and they tried to stick to the comic books as closely as possible. I am pretty sure they claimed it is about 90% canon with the comics. Well.....if that is true...then the 3 episodes they showed were the other 10%!!
I am not totally complaining...it wasn't bad...and I'll most likely avidly watch the show each week....but I am still convinced that Marvel may not actually read their own comics....ever. (PS. Never a good sign when I abuse the ellipsis in a paragraph...)

Learned that Paris Hilton is incapable of reading name tags since she walked right past hers in the Repo panel and sat down in the director's seat. I still don't know how I feel about her being in the movie. Fortunately, there are enough really talented and awesome actors to make up for it.
If you don't know of which movie I speak...I am referring to Repo: The Gentic Opera:



I tried to shamelessly promote the movie a few months ago...but none of you people seemed interested. Well, I'll try it again.
They showed three clips from the movie and they were all awesome!! In the traditional, full of awe kind of way. Check out this clip if you don't believe me:

Look at me or be eaten by a horde of angry three toed sloths!!!

If that song (cheesy or not) doesn't get stuck in your head for the next day or so, you aren't human.

Joss Whedon is the best thing since hairless rats for not only saving X-Men, creating one of my favorite shows, or including Ron Perlman in one of his movies....but also for creating "Dr. Horrible" which they showed at the Con in its entirety. So...friggin....good.

Okay okay...I guess I have written enough now. I know why you guys really read through all that.....
to get to pictures of course!

So here you go...."The Stuff You Don't Have to Read" section of the post:

My BFF Soni and me waiting outside to get in:


Soni and me with Blaze at the SG booth...


My friend Stormtrooper Elvis and I:


Vivid and me...I made her a pinkie-swear that I will not ever get drunk until she comes to visit...she wants to be the first one to get me smashed!


Paris is easily confused:


My bestest Con buddy ever!:


Soni and me:


The Devil appears to us in many forms...sometimes even that of Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, Joe Quesada:


Indian food is Soni's and my favorite....we found a really awesome Indian place too!


Goodbye STE....see you next year...


Soni freaks out looking for her keys and dumps her stuff out onto the road:


I'll post some booth pics later!!
I have to finish my handout for one of the classes I'm teaching at Pennsic this year!!