I'm back from the 'Con and had a great time. Panel discussions and celebrities galore. A chance to enlighten myself and knock out one of those last few dykes (figuratively speaking, of course!) and tap into that long dormant creative side of myself. I'm back world, and watch out!
Now for some of the general highlights.
I'll have to admit, there were more beautiful and scantily-clad women than you could shake a stick at, and believe me, I tried. Costumes and the masquerade played a big part in this year's festivities. Some were about to bust out of their costumes, in more ways than one and not all entirely good.
There was a lot of gaming abound, but I didn't take part of it really. Like I stated, I was there mainly for the panel discussions and to meet a few celebrities. I attended a very informative panel about women in the comics industry and their impact on it, how they are represented in the subject material, and how they too are still subject to that classical glass ceiling. I also attended a similar panel about jews in comics which addressed many of the same issues as the fem panel, with the exception of the glass ceiling. I also went to an audience discussion with Howard Chaykin, one of the greatest creative minds in comics today where we got a chance to discuss some new upcoming projects, older things, and the current state of the industry. We had a bit of a disagreement about wether Marvel really is the house of ideas or is currently stagnanting in what it presents (which was my opinion. I'm sorry, but not counting the Ultimates line, a lot of Marvel really is just the same old stuf we've all been reading for the last 20 years, but I'll expand on this later), but he's still a hell of a guy. I also attended a panel about blogger's rights (which will be the subject of a singular future post).
I managed to get Marv Wolfman, another great jewish comic talent to sign a copy of History of the DC Universe and the script for Beast Machines Episode 16, Prometheus Undound ! I also got Mr. Chaykin to sign all three issues of Green Lantern: Evil's Might, one of the best DC Elseworld's titles in a long time. I also got a chance to meet Dean Haglund of X-Files and Lone Gunmen fame to autograph a pic for me. He was a very smart and funny guy.
Well, that's all for now. Just wanted to let everyone know I'm back and over the next few weeks I'll be doing some in-depth highlights of my favorite parts of the convention.
By the way, if you ran into William S. Turbos during the convention, just wanted to let you know that was me.
Later all. Think for yourself. And don't trust anything you're told. Except for that. And that. At least witout some independent research of your own.
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