SDCC 2011

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:48 pm

And here I am in sunny San Diego!

Just got checked in, went for a walk down by the convention center and gaslamp, talked to the chicks that are first in line for Hall H for the Twilight panel Thursday morning, and got a pinkberry salt and caramel ice cream cone.

I think I might go for a short jog along the water to get some exercise, then get on with stuff. I might be meeting a work colleague tonight for a drink, not sure yet.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:58 pm

Dr. Solar wrote:And here I am in sunny San Diego!

Just got checked in, went for a walk down by the convention center and gaslamp, talked to the chicks that are first in line for Hall H for the Twilight panel Thursday morning, and got a pinkberry salt and caramel ice cream cone.

I think I might go for a short jog along the water to get some exercise, then get on with stuff. I might be meeting a work colleague tonight for a drink, not sure yet.

Sounds like a PERFECT start to the week.

I'll see you soon.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:59 pm

Elveen wrote:
Dr. Solar wrote:And here I am in sunny San Diego!

Just got checked in, went for a walk down by the convention center and gaslamp, talked to the chicks that are first in line for Hall H for the Twilight panel Thursday morning, and got a pinkberry salt and caramel ice cream cone.

I think I might go for a short jog along the water to get some exercise, then get on with stuff. I might be meeting a work colleague tonight for a drink, not sure yet.
Sounds like a PERFECT start to the week.

I'll see you soon.

I may call you tonight or tomorrow to compare notes one last time before preview night.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:46 pm

I posted up some picks and stuff from down by the convention center, including the girls that are first in line for Twilight!

It is all here:

http://onlythevaliant.com/blog/san-dieg ... 011-day-0/

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:36 pm

Got into SD around noon, checked out the Midway since it was right by my hotel ... Going out to dinner with some friends and hopefully will do some drunken cannonballs into the hotel pool in a few hours.

See you guys tomorrow!

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:24 pm

Did about five hours at the con today, just kind of soaking it in. Thought about going to the Game of Thrones panel but did not want to wait three hours (and then I talked to a friend who waited 3.5 hours and did not make it in ... Good call on my part).

Picked up some free crap, bought some Invincibles I needed and some Iron Man variants pretty cheap. Cut back to my hotel for swim-beer-nap and now I'm ready for some trivia and poker.

I love this city, might have to check out some jobs while I am here, haha.

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:13 pm

anyone have any Valiant grabs from the convention yet. Good buys. Steals. Pick ups. ect

Johnseye · Post by **Johnseye** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:50 am

If anyone would be willing to pick me up the sdcc Chew 19 I would be in their debt beyond sending cash for the book. Please let me know if able.

Thanks!

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:28 am

You see, the great thing about a show like SDCC is that you get to hang out outside on a warm summer evening after the show and drink a 6 pack of beer with depluto.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:36 am

I have three items i had a customer request for me to grab if anyone is willing to help a dude out.
If so please pm and i can let you know what i need.

If not able to pick items up then at least please grab the details from the booths so i can follow up when the con is over, I have booth numbers if that helps.

Many many thanks in advance.
cheers

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:48 am

Dr. Solar wrote:You see, the great thing about a show like SDCC is that you get to hang out outside on a warm summer evening after the show and drink a 6 pack of beer with depluto.

That was a good time. This trip is definitely living up to expectations.

Draco, sorry about not helping you out in SD. I have my kid with me and we are pretty much just rushing from place to place. The con center is like a small city packed with nerds and strippers.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:52 pm

depluto wrote:
Dr. Solar wrote:You see, the great thing about a show like SDCC is that you get to hang out outside on a warm summer evening after the show and drink a 6 pack of beer with depluto.
That was a good time. This trip is definitely living up to expectations.

Draco, sorry about not helping you out in SD. I have my kid with me and we are pretty much just rushing from place to place. The con center is like a small city packed with nerds and strippers.

Hey no probs dude, i know it must be insane. I think i just need someone to get me the details from the booths if thats still possible.

cheers

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:19 pm

Did anyone get a Valiant t-shirt from Fred? I saw the tweet about an hour after it was sent out. I didn't want to have to leave the con to go all the way over to the Omni hotel to get one only to find he wasn't there anymore. I wish they had given them out at the con like they said. I would of liked to have gotten one. Had my Shadowman t-shirt on all day today but didn't run into any Valiant fans.

I had a great day of panels yesterday for a rare comic-con change. I waited only about an hour for Hall H (ballroom 20 seemed to be the hot spot yesterday. My buddy waited 6 hours in that line and missed the Big Bang Theory panel). I got in on the Fright Night, 30 minutes or less, Ghost Rider, Total Recall and Spiderman panels. They were all very funny. Probably the best set of panels I have ever sat in on at Comic-con. Colin Farrell is a pretty funny dude and the 30 minutes or less panel was hysterical. Aziz Ansari is one of the funniest dudes out there and this movie looks hilarious and I'm not big on comedies.

Just when I told my friend I probably wouldn't come back next year because it was too hard to get into panels and I would wait in lines for hours and get nothing out of it, I land 5 great panels. I also got my favorite hotel for the first time in 10 years, the Manchester Grand. Great con overall. I guess I will be back next year afterall.

Blood of Heroes · Post by **Blood of Heroes** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:43 pm

Crow331 wrote:Did anyone get a Valiant t-shirt from Fred? I saw the tweet about an hour after it was sent out. I didn't want to have to leave the con to go all the way over to the Omni hotel to get one only to find he wasn't there anymore. I wish they had given them out at the con like they said. I would of liked to have gotten one. Had my Shadowman t-shirt on all day today but didn't run into any Valiant fans.

Fred showed up with the shirts Thursday night at the poker game. I don't have a picture to post at the moment (or the energy) but I'll get one up when I post pictures of the night.

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:19 am

The Valiant big wigs showed up to the Valiant poker game. LOL! How great is that?

Glad you guys got them!

JohnnyRnR · Post by **JohnnyRnR** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:22 am

Post more pics suckas! Some of us are trying to live vicariously here! I want to see documentation of lines (queues), lines (stink), and lines (art)! Stat!

Blood of Heroes · Post by **Blood of Heroes** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:02 am

JohnnyRnR wrote:Post more pics suckas! Some of us are trying to live vicariously here! I want to see documentation of lines (queues), lines (stink), and lines (art)! Stat!

I know, I know. This is a draining four days. I'm leaving the house to hit it one more time. There will be pictures, I assure you.

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:04 pm

(moved)

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:39 am

I'm back at work today

after a great week in California in LA and at the con.

Had a great time seeing all the Vfans.com guys, which we could do it more often.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:59 am

Good con. Good to see all the board folks, good to meet the VEI team, and man, I am worn out. Last night was my first real night of sleep since Tuesday night. Felt good.

Blood of Heroes · Post by **Blood of Heroes** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:39 pm

Ok. Great Con this year. There were more people dressed up than ever. Tons of just regular folk dressed up as their favorite whatever. My favorite booth was Pan Am. I guess they're coming out with a tv show about Pan Am stewardesses in 1963. The booth was a section of airplane fuselage 'manned' by the cutest girls dressed as Pan Am stewardesses. The plane however, was impossible to get on. You needed to follow them on twitter to find out how to get a boarding pass to get on the plane. Sunday I managed to sweet talk one of the girls into giving me a pass. I really was trying to get into her uniform but I settled on the pass. Once on board, it was really nothing special. It was a scaled down flight simulator and the in flight entertainment was a preview of the show. When you got off the plane you were handed a Pan Am duffel bag. In reality, it was little more than going through great lengths to watch a commercial, but the girls were so godd@mned cute it was still my favorite experience of the Con. ...Especially that one stewardess, Anya.

I regret that I didn't get any pictures myself, but here are some from the interwebs...

The rest of these are some I took...

Creepy Christofer Reeve wax statue

Sith Cheerleader

Leeloo (this was the most flattering shot. She gets an "E" for effort...)

Indiana Jones and Marian Ravenwood (Marian was my favorite. Who thinks to dress up as her???)

Han in carbonite ice trays/jello (shots) mold

Captain EO

Bruce Campbell

Abed, from Community, dressed as Marty McFly and playing with a Deloreon

I think that's all for now. I've got pictures of poker night that I'll get up in that thread shortly...

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:36 am

Did anyone see First Comics at SDCC?

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:44 am

Couple of random pics from my phone ...

A little bit of pizza in the back of Dr. Solar's truck while Elveen was showing us a couple of the sketch covers he picked up ...

Including a Dave Gibbons Rorschach.

Dude was working his tail off for the entire show.

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:03 am

depluto wrote:Elveen was showing us a couple of the sketch covers he picked up ...
Including a Dave Gibbons Rorschach.

Sweet!!