That’s the sun rising in the fog as we rode the train to NY this morning for another (our 8th?) comic con. You know the drill by now, legions of people, otaku madness, great exhaustion, much excitement.
And so it started again!
We only had to line up for a half hour or so to get in, but the crowds are truly massive. Once inside it started off on a pretty high note, as I lined up to get my very own Yugioh token card made:
I think I nailed the pose didn’t I?
Usually seeing this piece of remarkable art made entirely of Jelly Beans would be quite a thing, but here it’s just one of an endless cavalcade of spectacles. One minute you could be checking out a display of costumes from the upcoming Warcraft film, next minute you could be digging through old comics or getting a wrestlers autograph and the next moment you could be shopping at a stand that only sold Star Trek merchandise:
We saw all sorts of amazing figurines…
We saw fine art, action figures and stuffed toys…
We saw amazing cosplay:
Really amazing cosplay:
Old toys…
And even an incredibly expensive pack of trading cards:
It was a long day, and even after 6.5 hours we know there’s still much left to see (not to mention panels etc.)
But day 1 was a big success 🙂
The giant Monster Hunter cat? That’s KLS’s birthday gift 🙂