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Quick Comic-Con report.

Costumes: rather "meh" this year. Nothing spectacular. However, I did get a few good shots of an Elvis Stormtrooper posing with Kevin Smith (!!!) Cosplayer; Buddy Jesus; and a halfway decent Batman (who bore a rather odd resemblance to the fellow with yellow fever that I met at Grimm's Costume Ball).

Celebrities: While I managed to get much nicer shots of the giant display screens this year, the interesting encounters ruled. Sole exception to the panel-giant projection screen photos were of Judd Winick and the Virgin Comics panel (Deepak and Gotham Chopra, and Grant Morrison). However, I do have one rather impressive photo of Quentin Tarantino within minutes of the Convention Hall being "locked down"--as in, no more tickets being sold--and a human barricade preventing me from wandering any closer. This was also seconds after I passed the Wayans at another booth. And Gerard Butler, Frank Miller, and David Wenham for 300 made for the BEST PANEL EVER (Avi Arad must have felt like a babysitter). Plus, Kirsten Dunst is an idiot and can't answer questions properly, but Thomas Hayden Church made up for it by making faces during the entire panel.

Spoilers: Yummy. Ask me if you want specific movies; chances are I didn't attend the one you wanted to see, but I went to a lot of them. Skipped Snakes on a Plane.

Loot: Fantastic! Although I missed out on the one I really wanted (Spike nylon bag), I can't complain about the Hogwarts crest keychain from the Warner Bros. panel, nor the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster (which turns out to be of Leonardo, not Donatello). There's also a Bone one-sheet, a Star Trek teaser poster, Transformers posters, plenty of tattoos, two or three t-shirts including AFRO-SAMURAI, bwahaha, a few other random keychains. Oh, and bookmarks from Dark Horse. Ask me after this weekend.

Comics: Managed to get Flight Vol. 2 and 3 signed. Bought Digger Vols. 1 and 2 and got them signed by Ursula Vernon. Also, Daisy Kutter (of course it's signed. you think I'd skip a chance to talk to a cutie like Kazu?). Also picked up Maria Snyder's Poison Study for free. It's half decent. I thought I'd hate it, but it does stick well. Would put it in the Young Adult level, though. Not a lot of depth to it. Even though it covers Rape and a Transgendered individual.

Art: Intense Overload here. Considered buying a Loter print (Roanna bought one) but the desire wore off a day later, so I refrained. However, did buy a Gagne print. Rex is fuzzy and cute. Me like. Not half as much as the mushroom print, but that was sold out already, pooh. Although I did consider one of the Insanely Twisted Rabbits....

Enough for now. Maybe photos later.