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That’s She-Hulk assaulting one of New Yorks finest. Not a cosplayer, an actual cop! His partner was snapping a photo on his iPhone. Only at day four of NYCC!

Same old schedule: we got up early, got to Javits center when it opens, and had fun at the con!

Today was the first day KLS finally allowed me to actually buy some comics! Despite the size, NYCC still has a large comics presence with many vendors, and I can (and have!) spent hours browsing. This bores KLS to death, so we split up this morning and I spent an hour or so – and a grand total of $5.50 – buying a pile of 25-year-old comics 🙂

Today was also the one and only day Patrick Stewart was at the con. I received a late request for an autograph (from SFL) and to be honest was looking forward to ‘meeting’ him (and wouldn’t have lined up just for myself) but when I went downstairs I was told the line was by ticket only (and the tickets had been presold). Even then the line was enormous and it was hard to believe he could sign for so many in only two hours. Sorry Florry, I tried!

Here’s a random crowd shot from today:

Mid morning we ducked into the end of a Q&A by the guy who played Ianto in Torchwood, since the same room would be used for a William Shatner Q&A afterwards. When it was about to start, the lights dimmed, Star Wars music played (?) and this guy walked in:

OMG it’s Anthony Daniels or C-3PO himself. He then proceeded to tell jokes and stories about himself and Star Wars and 3PO for an hour, absolutely charming the audience in the process. A very funny man, and I look forward to seeing him in Episode 7 🙂

And what about Shatner you ask? No idea. Clearly they moved or canceled his Q&A, but why we don’t know.

Afterwards we rushed over to another panel, this time in the biggest room they have. It was a Big Finish panel celebrating Doctor Who and it drew a massive audience:

Nick Briggs and Colin Baker did a fine job entertaining a mostly young female audience with their anecdotes and opinions on all things Who. Great stuff!

And then, since we had a train to catch, this…

And so the con ends for another year.

After four days we feel like we’ve been running a marathon over and over, but there’s really nothing like the mix of celebrity, fandom and shopping that we see at NYCC and that’s what keeps us coming back year after year.

Hopefully in some small way I conveyed why we enjoy the experience as much as we do. If you’re ever in NY when it’s on, I think you’d probably enjoy it as well 🙂

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