San Diego Comic Con!

San Diego Comic Con!


Well, San Diego Comic Con start yesterday 7/18/13, and it's causing me to think back to last year when I went. It is one of the most intense weekends I have had. San Diego Comic Con is the mecca of Comic Cons, unveiling new movie, games and other media related events. Actually to use the word comic when describing these cons is a bit of a misnomer, these events have more then just comics or comic related stuff but rather it should be referred to as a Universal Media Convention. Along with the above mentioned events Celebrities show up to connected with fans, taking photo ops, signing photos, or simply answering fans questions during panel discussions. Outside of these events artists line up to show their work to the industries leading professionals. Companies debut latest designs in software and equipment pertaining to all artists ranging from Painters, Illustrators to 3D Modeling and Practical Creature Creation, these events are for all artists. Last year I shared a cab from my hotel to the convention center and met an aspiring writer that won a state competition in writing and her Dad told her he would take where ever she wanted to go, she said she wanted to go to the San Diego Comic Con!


This is the place to go! Do you want to be a writer, an artist or game developer? Comic Con is not only the place to meet the Masters but also to connect with like minded people that will turn into the next generation of Masters; the Aspiring Artists. I know when I went I felt a regenerated inspiration in comics and all the things that have always interested me. Comic Cons contain a world of creative energy just waiting for you to be a part of. 

2012 San Diego was an awesome experience for me I met/saw many of my inspirations. If you get a chance to go take it! San Diego is a beautiful city and is worth visiting. However most states have comic cons going on probably within a couple hours of where you are living and though none compare to the size of San Diego they still have the same experiences and opportunities to offer, every year I go to Chicago Wizard World Comic Con and this year I went to C2E2 in Chicago for the first time and it was awesome!



If I haven't quite convinced you yet check out Morgan Spurlock' Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope , this will give true insight to the spirit of comic con!

Have you been to Comic Con? Do you want to go? What excites you the most about Comic Con? Share your thoughts with me!

Thanks,
CoolCatM 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How We Perceive Film, TV, Comics, Video Games, Etc.

How We Perceive Film, TV, Comics, Video Games, Etc. Everyone has developed different expectations when it comes to comic book based movies. Some are interested in a 'True-to-the-comic' depiction of the characters or in some cases the plot (if it is derived from a particular arc). Others like to alter the characters or plot to make it fit into a general familiarity of the human condition more or less stripping them of the nuances found in the comics over the years, but sometimes necessary to condense the character down in order for it to fit into a film lasting only a couple of hours. Some care more about the film and how it is presented and how it fits into the classic understanding of film. Finally, there is another group more interested in taking the content and turning it into a film that challenges the boundaries and the average understanding of films, sometimes this doesn't sit well with general audiences until it develops a regular audience, examples; Tim Burton,...
Read more

Chicago Comic Con

Image
Chicago Comic Con So, I tried to make a post on Friday before I left for Chicago Comic Con, but the internet went down. It's probably better because I was only going to later post what happened later. Everything started out alright until we got to Chicago. THE TRAFFIC WAS TERRIBLE! We left early in the hopes of get to the center early and we sat in traffic for an hour and maybe moved 5 miles at best! Moral of the Story: Leave Early! Know your route and if you can if there is any construction. Now that we are past that. once We go there we saw the usually suspects of Awesome Cos-players!  We made our way around the convention center when I noticed some images by Frank Frazetta that were printed to about 24 X 36in poster sized pictures. After speaking to one of the guys for a bit he mentioned that Robert Rodriguez a friend and fan of Frank Frazetta photographed the paintings in order to help raise the funds for a gallery dedicated to Frank Frazetta that would display his worl...
Read more

The Wolverine

Image
The Wolverine It's a difficult task to condense over thirty years of a characters history and experiences down to a two hour film. Some of the best moments of the character gets glazed over, connections between character and reader also lost in translation. Arguably Wolverines best moments are in the comics and not in the films, but an attempt has been made to connect the audience to the character that is Wolverine. A character that is renown for his savagery in battle and his haphazard disregard for rules, authority, or the chain of command. He's the best at what he does and he does it the best when left alone. The comics deal with his issues and like most comics circulate around the same character defects over and over. For a reader like me that wants to see his characters develop, get past there defects and develop to their potential it becomes difficult to see this recycling in comics, but it happens. The movies are some what forced to it differently. If a character d...
Read more