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So I rocked up to Oz Comic Con this cold Saturday morning with a pre-purchased ticket, only to find out that line was x-zillion times longer than the line to simple buy on the day. LOL SOPHIA who paid and got in straight away, whilst I had to wait 1.5hours in line Y_Y

Clearly they didn't think it through too much but OHS, there was no entry in for an hour or so. >.> err bye bye taking picture with Stan Lee. but YAY MIRU who got to film his entire speech. AWESOME!
Should have volunteered and get priority entry XD

anywho, I'll keep it brief_
.disappointed that there was not many comic stalls for a "comic" convention
.really impressed by the about of sci fi, comic, movie, steam punky Melbournians that were out there
. EPIC Xmen group cosplay to which I never manged to take a pic of ..*sadface*
. managed to get a hold of Xmen #104, still missing Uncanny Xmen #479-486 drats
. spent more money on food than comics>.>
. bumped into a guy that I had an hour conversation with at a party a month ago to which he does not even remember me...great >.>
.found money on the floor
.found valid train ticket on the floor to which no one claimed
.was given a weekend pass, despite paying for Saturday only
. geek heaven ^^

some pictures_

WAY TOO LONG
a lot of people rocked up in onesies =P

he was behind me in the line =P

car from Supernatural

AVENGERS!

The massive-st wacom tablet I've ever seen 0_0

pushing Darth Vader's buttons

oh shiny.

rogue!

damn, the flash was to quick for my camera >.<

miru professional camera-woman!! with the Alice in Wonderland crew

my pathetic shot of being in the same room as Stan Lee but him not being there

Jack Sparrow on the right, best cosplay I saw that day, UNCANNY

the most creepiest costume for the day =/

the end

send the rest of the afternoon shoe shopping.

Will I ever get a hold of those gumboots >.>

Labels: comics, convention, feature

was an incredible experience.

i dunno how to put this but..the moscone centre in San Francisco is epically huge. Out bigs Melbourne exhibition centre anyday. Kinda felt like the entire grounds of the Melbourne show but placed under a big roof. hmm..an exaggeration possibly. but it was HUGE.

firstly, just walking to the station to pick up my badge took 4mins after entering the building.
There were a tonne! of people from all backgrounds. Many westerners dressed up as anime-like characters. Kinda creepy but very picturesque.

many many MANY stalls. probably 900 all up. of comic retailers, industry, artists etc etc.

lewl i actually missed her appearance.
i only attended Fri, as a Stanford excursion was planned out in advance for the Saturday.
and ZOMG i missed out on seeing Stan Lee *sob*
oh wells. I'll travel back one day to comic con.. hehehe..

MARVEL WAS PRESENT yay! I attended one of their talks "Breaking into Comics the Marvel Way" from four really big shots,
C.B. Cebulski, SVP creator & content development;
Axel Alonso, Marvel's editor-in-chief;
Jeph Loeb, Marvel's head of television
and Jason something who was an artist =] (i don't have my notes with me so apologies for forgetting the surname)

They answered questions about how to get a foot in the door at every level in the creative process and how to make your job Marvel. really cool.

another talk i attended was The Secret Origins of Game Designers. one word summary: happenstance. getting into the industry to them was really a work of luck combined with talent and friendly people that noticed them.

picked up many freebies such as badges, a hello kitty eye patch (strange i know), children's book signed by author Ragnar, pretty pictures.

Comics were selling for as low as $1 each!! Dang i spent so much XD, and i dunno when i will read them, but i did manage to find some comics i have been looking for since four years ago. AWESOME.

on a creepy note. some random nerd started talking to me as i was 110% focusing on flicking through the boxes of comics trying to find Uncanny Xmen #479 - 486, having no luck. I probably took 1min before I realised he was talking to me.

"you like Xmen I see"
"yes, why I do" *continues flicking through the boxes*
(insert talk and conversation I didn't take note of)
"...you look exactly like my ex-girlfriend"
@_@!!!! SAY WHAT?!?!!! turns around and looks at his face and smiles awkwardly
"well, nice to meet you too, don't put any assumptions of your ex-girlfriend onto me"

then he spent the next hour or so walking with me around the stalls >.>
nice guy ..but too random. even for the likes of me.

=.=" sigh. why do I have a generic face that pops up everywhere. people also think im korean. how weird.