Comic-Con Day 1

Comic-Con 2009! Day 1 Thursday

So John Paul and I wanted to start the day in Hall H seeing the Disney panel and then the 3-D panel. We were on the fence if we wanted to stay for New Moon too, but I wasn't really interested. I had other plans. When we arrived the line was out of control! Frickin' Twi-tards had been waiting in line since 4 am. Really?? Totally lame. Needless to say, we didn't get in to see the Disney panel so we bailed. Guess who missed seeing Johnny Depp??? That's right, we did. Twi-tards suck and they ruined it for the rest of us. Whatever.

While standing in line outside for a couple of hours, I did get to see this really cool Pro-Racing Catamaran. yay...... Well crud, I somehow erased the picture and can't get it back, whatever. Stupid Twi-tards, it's all their fault.

John Paul and I decided to kill some time in the Exhibition Hall. It was really fun...if you like extremely large crowds and stupid people. I bought some books that were really cute and had them signed by the author/illustrator. Then I headed up stairs to room 6CDF to wait in line for the Cloudly With A Chance of Meatballs panel. Luckily I was able to get in right away and get a good seat for the panel that was already in progress, Disney's Timejumper. From what I gathered it was created by Stan Lee and stars Natasha Henstridge.

Stan Lee is a pretty funny guy!

When the Timejumper panel was over, I was able to move forward for a better seat for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Stars Anna Faris, Andy Samberg, and Bobby J were there. They were super funny and it was obvious they were having a great time.

Directors of Cloudy...forgot their names. My bad.

After Cloudy, I was going to head next door to room 6AB to see Robot Chicken with Seth Green. Sadly, the room was full so no dice. I did however get to see Seth Green just before he walked in the room. He's so short and cute!

Now with nothing to do, I grabbed a bite to eat and waited for John Paul. I headed outside, where the sun was shining and grabbed a shot of the Coronado Bridge. Side note, I hate this bridge, waaaayyy to high for me, but looks nice from a distance.

Since I had some time to kill before my next panel, I joined John Paul for the Legend of the Seeker panel. The star is super HOT and has an accent...Yum. The show looked pretty good, I'm surprised I'd never heard of it. It's a Disney produced show on the CW. Interesting. The panel was full and has a pretty good following.

This show is based on a series of novels written by the bald guy in this picture. The guy next to him was one of the stars and had just arrived from New Zealand. He was a little tired.

I had to leave this panel early in order to get over to room 30A for a Graphic Novels/Anime Programming in Libraries panel. I'm very happy I went as I actually learned something new. I know nothing about Graphic Novels or Anime or Manga. I'm actually now looking to start getting more of these genres in the school library. I know the kids will love it.

So that was day 1. It was very long, lots of waiting. But it all worked out well. On to Friday!