COMIC CON 2005 REPORT: Preview Night

Before I continue I got to say something.

I usually go to Comic Con with my best friend here in San Diego. He is still in the Marines and has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in about a year's timeframe. He is just as devoted to comics as I am. He had to go to Sgt Course last month and I have not heard from him. I called his cell today and left a msg. A few secs later he called me back. He told me that he had to go back home because his mother has just been diagnose with cancer.

All I can say is: Cruz, I've been there. My mom is a cancer survivor since 1998 when she was diagnose with breast cancer. I am here for you bro! Your mom is in my thoughts and best wishes. I Sincerely hope that she recorvers.



Comic Con has arrive in San Diego!

It feels like it was only last week that I walked away from Comic Con 2004 saying to myself that I hope July 2005 comes fast, and guess what it has! Last year we had to wait in line for almost tow hours to get our badges. You see, if you pre-register for all 4-days early, you get to go to preview night to pick up your badge and well...see the showroom a day earlier. What happened in 2004 was that instead of having people manning the desks to take in your pre-regirster paperwork, they had computers. Computers are not for everybody, some people just don't know what to do when all they have is a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. In all honesty the computer system they had last year was good. However, some people were just not able to work with it, thus the prolonged wait in line.

This year there was no line, none, nill!!! I was truthly surprise! I walked into the place waiting to stay in line, play a game of porker on my cell while listening to music. The showroom was suppose to open at 6pm, and it did! Just not where we were waiting to go in. Security kept holding us back. I noticed that 3 doors down from where we were people were being let in. So two other guys and I maded our way there. Once we were inside we walked past the door that was not letting us in and I say "3 doors down!" the looks on peoples faces that saw me in line with them and all of the sudden saw me inside the showroom was priceless.

This year there were more people in the Preview Night. It almost felt like it was Saturday It was insane. I saw the guys from Red Vs Blue and Penny Arcade. I found a comic that a friend of mine had requested and then went on my search for the limited edition of Halo 2's Master Chief. It turned out that it sold out for the night and they will have 200 more for sale tomorrow and another 200 on Friday for 20 bucks. Altogether I hate Bungie for how they destroyed the story of Halo, I still love the Master Chief and I am getting that figure....Period! Plus a friend of mine wants one and this is the only way I could think of paying him back for all the great things he has done at gamertag.com

The Transformers booth is really neat! They actually got a Big Red Truck all covered up!!!! I hope they dismantled it tomorrow I cant wait to see what it looks like. On the mantle it gives the date that the movie is being released....which...I cant remember now! DAMN IT!!! Pay attention man!!! I could have had an exclusive for you guys instead I completely F'd up!

I got back from work, put my messenger bag down, empty it, took a piss, picked it back up and headed for the Convention Center, so I forgot to take my digital camera with me. However in tomorrow's post I will have links to pics ready, plus the Final Fantasy Concert is tomorrow too :)