Hyperbolic guesstimates by me say 85-90% of the tri-state area’s geek population laid seige to the ginormous Jacob Javitz Convention Center (it covers about 2-3 city blocks) this weekend in order to attend the first annual New York Comic-Con…only to find the obviously well-timed con to be the toughest ticket in Gotham.
When I arrived at the Double-J Ranch early(ish) yesterday thinking I could cruise onto the narrow and well-guarded con floor relatively hassle-free, I ran into thousands of eager folks already waiting in a line that wound its way throughout the convention center — thousands more were milling around trying to figure out how to get a golden ticket. There was also a life-sized Lego sculpture of Batman and a dude’s buttcrack.
As you may have heard by now, later on in the day the fire marshal actually closed the convention floor to new attendees for about four hours, and according to the NYCC’s website, no more tickets are available for today (2/26). Hey, kudos to the folks who marketed/publicized this thing — guess it’ll be moving to the Big Floor next year.
Anyway, a big thanks to our kid Dan “DK” Brooks who help finagle me in, where I proceeded to take some lame pictures of stuff. Check it out:
Man, those Sours are fucking fantastic! Apparently, they debuted at last summer’s SDCC, but I don’t recall seeing them amongst the mayhem.
Hey,
Glad to see me and Wolverine made it on your site! Thanks for the publicity.
Did you see the Burger King storm trooper? Hmm I wonder if he had to eat at Nathan’s or he just ate the burger he was carrying around. LOL
CycLawps,
No sweat. Man, unfortunately I missed the Burger King storm trooper… Sounds beyond rad, though.
I saw him. He was awesome. Unfortuantely my digital camera had no battery power left.
Same thing happend to Kenobi when he faced Vader on the first DS, dude.
I had a dream once where I had the Force, but I could only put on hats with it. That was kind of Kenobi-esque.
I heard the force has power over weak hats.