08-16-2004, 02:36 PM
Well...just call me Pietro. I can't help it if crowds THAT size make me move a little bit faster!
Ok, here's my summary of Saturday. Thor and I get there and head straight to the press booth for our passes...I'm nervous to be honest. After all the hell Glenn had to go through to get them, I knew they'd screw up something. Sure enough, they had. I got mine without a hitch... but Jeremiah became "Glen Peterson" all day long. The lady working the press booth walked us in about 20 minutes before everyone else got in, which was nice. I didn't have to stand in the masses of people awaiting dressed up like Silent Bob to get in.
Watched the Constantine trailer while "Glen" waited for his little brother to get let in because he had a regular saturday pass. Checked out the DC booth, which was far more impressive than the Marvel booth.
From there, I headed to the Avatar booth. My quest for this convention was simple. I HAD to see the new Lady Death previews. There was no way around it. And "Glen" had packed 2 of my favorite Lady Death issues, an old Chaos one and a CrossGen one in the oft chance Brian Pulido was there. AND GUESS WHAT???? We walked up and the guys started talking to us right away, the staff at the Avatar booth was by far the most friendly at the entire convention. Brian was there, and I was a giddy little girl as he autographed all 3 of my comics I had. (the new one too!) as we were getting ready to leave, I asked if I could have my picture taken with him, his reply was "Well, I'd hope you were going to ask!" This is how a GREAT writer treats his "#1 girl fan!" (oh, and the preview comic is full of great explanations of what's going to happen with Lady Death.
First thing I will say Wizard needs to do, is quit asking for Volunteers to work the convention. By far these were the biggest IDIOTS I've seen in my entire life. We are standing in line (Which I hate lines, have I told you that? I HATE lines) waiting to get Michael Turners Autograph and theres three volunteers standing at the end of the line blocking it off right behind us. One of them made a comment to about people trying to sneak in, and I pointed out that Thor was with me. This one kid, with the brainspan of maybe a raisin replies "I hope so lady, he's your husband." My reply was very quickly "How do you know that?" then he stood sheepishly for a moment as I snidely said "You shouldn't always assume that sort of thing." One guy standing with him piped up "yeah, they could be brother and sister." ugh. Anyway, Michael Turner was very nice as well. Got my photo with him and he autograph my Batman/Superman and my favorite page in that issue.
We headed to the Bowen booth shortly after that. By this time, Chanty is getting extremely exhausted but I kept on walking. Best thing for me right now really. Anyway...there it is..the RED Fing Fang Foom mini bust. But you had to have a ticket to get it, and there's a sign up saying "No more tickets today. Sorry!" I didn't have the money on me anyway. But it was nice to look at all the Bowen Eyecandy. The new Taskmaster mini bust is AWESOME! Mystique is great as well. And I got to see Uatu and Ultron all up close and personal. What was nice about the people at the Bowen booth was that I couldn't bend over to look into the case and they offered to bring stuff out so I could see it!! WOW!
So, as we are walking away, one of the guys comes up behind me and says "Ma'am...did you want the Red Fing Fang Foom?" I was kinda wide eyed and said "yeah, but I don't have the cash for it today." he shook his head and said "No, do you want it? I have one ticket left and you're more than welcome to it!" WOW! Again! Maybe being pregnant at a Comic Book convention DID have it's perks. But, again, I thanked him very polietely and we went along. I will say that the people at the professional booths were amazingly nice and did go out of their way for us each time we stopped in to look around.
The bad part was, towards about 11ish I started getting really tired. So we went to find a place to sit down. As we are trying to find a chair (can you believe NO ONE wanted to come up off a chair for a pregnant lady who looked like she was going to drop???) we spotted one next to a guy that he had his stuff sitting in. Thor asked if we could use it and he and his wife were more than happy to let me have a seat while The Mighty One went off in search of a Pepsi. So the first thing they ask me is "When are you due." I replied "Thanksgiving." and they both said "NO WAY! We are too!" So I wasn't the ONLY Pregnant lady at the convention!!!! And finding someone with the same due date was a little freaky as well!! We sat and chatted for awhile about trying to get through the crowds (which were the largest I've ever seen at Chicago) and how rude the people in the crowds were. (I got shoved, pushed or elbowed in the side or stomach at least 10 times).
As we were leaving, I got my photo taken with the Stormtroopers and Vader...again. It's a tradition. Every time we go, those guys are there, and I get my photo with them. Then there was some guy walking around dressed up like Beetlejuice. I mean, the tourguide hat, the dirty dusty trenchcoat...that the dust FLEW off of when he hit himself, even had the voice down. So Jeremiah got a picture of me with him. And as I thank him, he winked at me, points to my stomach and says "No, thank you! No really! thank you!"
Overall it was a good time all the way around...I like Truth, got to see some things one person should never have to witness, and some things that made me scratch my head and wonder "What the %&^$ where they thinking?"
Ok, here's my summary of Saturday. Thor and I get there and head straight to the press booth for our passes...I'm nervous to be honest. After all the hell Glenn had to go through to get them, I knew they'd screw up something. Sure enough, they had. I got mine without a hitch... but Jeremiah became "Glen Peterson" all day long. The lady working the press booth walked us in about 20 minutes before everyone else got in, which was nice. I didn't have to stand in the masses of people awaiting dressed up like Silent Bob to get in.
Watched the Constantine trailer while "Glen" waited for his little brother to get let in because he had a regular saturday pass. Checked out the DC booth, which was far more impressive than the Marvel booth.
From there, I headed to the Avatar booth. My quest for this convention was simple. I HAD to see the new Lady Death previews. There was no way around it. And "Glen" had packed 2 of my favorite Lady Death issues, an old Chaos one and a CrossGen one in the oft chance Brian Pulido was there. AND GUESS WHAT???? We walked up and the guys started talking to us right away, the staff at the Avatar booth was by far the most friendly at the entire convention. Brian was there, and I was a giddy little girl as he autographed all 3 of my comics I had. (the new one too!) as we were getting ready to leave, I asked if I could have my picture taken with him, his reply was "Well, I'd hope you were going to ask!" This is how a GREAT writer treats his "#1 girl fan!" (oh, and the preview comic is full of great explanations of what's going to happen with Lady Death.
First thing I will say Wizard needs to do, is quit asking for Volunteers to work the convention. By far these were the biggest IDIOTS I've seen in my entire life. We are standing in line (Which I hate lines, have I told you that? I HATE lines) waiting to get Michael Turners Autograph and theres three volunteers standing at the end of the line blocking it off right behind us. One of them made a comment to about people trying to sneak in, and I pointed out that Thor was with me. This one kid, with the brainspan of maybe a raisin replies "I hope so lady, he's your husband." My reply was very quickly "How do you know that?" then he stood sheepishly for a moment as I snidely said "You shouldn't always assume that sort of thing." One guy standing with him piped up "yeah, they could be brother and sister." ugh. Anyway, Michael Turner was very nice as well. Got my photo with him and he autograph my Batman/Superman and my favorite page in that issue.
We headed to the Bowen booth shortly after that. By this time, Chanty is getting extremely exhausted but I kept on walking. Best thing for me right now really. Anyway...there it is..the RED Fing Fang Foom mini bust. But you had to have a ticket to get it, and there's a sign up saying "No more tickets today. Sorry!" I didn't have the money on me anyway. But it was nice to look at all the Bowen Eyecandy. The new Taskmaster mini bust is AWESOME! Mystique is great as well. And I got to see Uatu and Ultron all up close and personal. What was nice about the people at the Bowen booth was that I couldn't bend over to look into the case and they offered to bring stuff out so I could see it!! WOW!
So, as we are walking away, one of the guys comes up behind me and says "Ma'am...did you want the Red Fing Fang Foom?" I was kinda wide eyed and said "yeah, but I don't have the cash for it today." he shook his head and said "No, do you want it? I have one ticket left and you're more than welcome to it!" WOW! Again! Maybe being pregnant at a Comic Book convention DID have it's perks. But, again, I thanked him very polietely and we went along. I will say that the people at the professional booths were amazingly nice and did go out of their way for us each time we stopped in to look around.
The bad part was, towards about 11ish I started getting really tired. So we went to find a place to sit down. As we are trying to find a chair (can you believe NO ONE wanted to come up off a chair for a pregnant lady who looked like she was going to drop???) we spotted one next to a guy that he had his stuff sitting in. Thor asked if we could use it and he and his wife were more than happy to let me have a seat while The Mighty One went off in search of a Pepsi. So the first thing they ask me is "When are you due." I replied "Thanksgiving." and they both said "NO WAY! We are too!" So I wasn't the ONLY Pregnant lady at the convention!!!! And finding someone with the same due date was a little freaky as well!! We sat and chatted for awhile about trying to get through the crowds (which were the largest I've ever seen at Chicago) and how rude the people in the crowds were. (I got shoved, pushed or elbowed in the side or stomach at least 10 times).
As we were leaving, I got my photo taken with the Stormtroopers and Vader...again. It's a tradition. Every time we go, those guys are there, and I get my photo with them. Then there was some guy walking around dressed up like Beetlejuice. I mean, the tourguide hat, the dirty dusty trenchcoat...that the dust FLEW off of when he hit himself, even had the voice down. So Jeremiah got a picture of me with him. And as I thank him, he winked at me, points to my stomach and says "No, thank you! No really! thank you!"
Overall it was a good time all the way around...I like Truth, got to see some things one person should never have to witness, and some things that made me scratch my head and wonder "What the %&^$ where they thinking?"
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