Missed - Bernie Wrightson, EW's: Filmmakers with Kevin Smith, Frank Miller, Zack Snyder and Judd Apatow, PRISON BREAK
Tío and I head off to get a sandwich in order to make it back for MST3K 20th ANNIVERARY REUNION, only to find the line cut off (1st biggest bummer of the Con). Tío heads off with the end theme of The Incredible Hulk playing and I sit through another show to make sure we can get in the last show of the night.
NICKELODEON AVATAR: SOZIN'S COMET. The young folks love, love, love this show. I've never seen it, but now I've seen the final two episodes. Lots of cheering, lots of fighting, and a little kissing. I tried to sleep, couldn't find a quiet location. Nicest t-shirt of the con given away here - traded it for Watchmen.
The highlight of every Con seems to be WORST CARTOONS EVER and it didn't let us down one bit this year. The return of Super President and another chapter of Spunky & Tadpole. That damn story still hasn't ended - will they survive? Gotta tune in next year. And definitely the best/worst Mighty Mr. Titan of all (involving some tushy exercises).
SATURDAY, JULY 26
I usually dread the Saturday crowds but I was prepared this year to spend most of my day walking the floor. Getting freebies and just enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells (um, not so much) of Comic Con. My plan was to avoid wasting time in lines and just make the most of the day.
Missed - THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS, FUTURAMA, Ralph Bakshi, THE SIMPSONS, HEROES (all because of over-crowding)
BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE and THE SECRET SATURDAYS. I ended up in here because I figured there were two panels in the room that I wanted to see afterwards. While I've only occasionally watched Ben 10 - I found the voice cast and creators to be very fun. Plus, two of them were voices from Teen Titans - Terra and Beast Boy. My favorite questions of the Con came from the little kids in here asking questions of the voice actors like they're really the characters - "So, in that last episode you turned into a mutant robot but they never explained how you turned back. So how did you turn back? No, really, not joking around, how did you do it?" (asked by a seven-year-old). The Secret Saturdays looks pretty derivative - it's easily The Incredibles meets Johnny Quest.
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