i survived san diego comic-con international 2010!!
i was there only friday and sunday and put in a solid
10 hours. and man, i’m so wiped out.
but i had loads of fun! and got to see and hang
out with some great friends! i was happy to
find megan quite by accident when i arrived on
friday in costume.
we immediately went to the harpercollins booth
together! i’m supposed to be a “pirate queen”. i’d
be a pirate wench if i were more curvaceous. haha!
and let me just say straight up that corsets are no
joke. i nearly died trying to cinch myself into that
thing and it is for my 29″ waist.
no wonder those ladies fainted all the time.
megan and i were wandering around and she
took the place of sarah rees brennan as my
“comic-con boyfriend” this year. (megan named
it, ha!) tho megan got the much easier job. chun
li was so popular. i enjoyed the anonymity this
year. we were looking at gene yang’s graphic
novels when this chap tapped me on the shoulder
and asked for a foto. we were like pirate soul mates.
he let me hold his gun. ha! cause i appeared
weaponless, but i actually had a dagger in my right
boot. (i take my costuming very seriously. =)
you can just see it’s silver tip in the above foto!
then megan and i went All the Way to the
other side of the con world to artist’s alley in search
of gene yang for a signature. (he was signing on saturday
but i wasn’t crazy enough to venture to con then.)
the crowds were insane. but megan blazed a trail for us!
gene was super sweet and fun to chat with.
i found out later that day he won the eisner with
derek kim for “Urgent Request” from The Eternal Smile.
congrats guys!!
i actually “bumped” into quite a few people i knew
just by walking around. amazing considering how huge
the con is. here is senfaye with her adorable little sister!
and here’s khy, one of my favorite teen book
bloggers! =D i was super early for kami and
margie’s arc signing of Beautiful Darkness but
my schedule got switched around meeting with
friends from michigan so i wasn’t able to see them
then. or hang with many of the other book bloggers
that were there. sorry i missed you guys!!
*margie, kami, heather, me and heather’s son.
foto taken by the lovely vania!
i did get to hang out with kami and margie at
penguin’s “fangfest” party with heather brewer.
nancy holder showed up a little later too. that
was a very fancy party with an invite list, velvet
ropes and everything. had fun eating yummy food
and chatting with writerly friends.
another SDCCI post to follow this week
and also an awesome surprise. =D xo
9 Comments
I really wanted to go to that. I went to Balticon, MWA Writer’s Conference and ALA this year and that’s it for me in 2010. Trying to figure out which conference to go to next year. It looks like you had a blast! Thanks for posting the pics, maybe I’ll see you at an event next year and get my daughter’s copy of your book signed.
You’ll always be a pirate wench to me.
My time at comic-con was an odd one, though I did receive an arc of World War Z, my favorite book ever, ever. And a signed copy of the HALO graphic novel by Moebius (yes, me=uber nerd).
You should have messaged me, I could have been your Comic Con boyfriend
theBrad
Sounds like you had a wonderful time!
Cute costume!
thanks everyone!
LM, i hope so too! i just have scbwi on saturday and sirens con in october then i’m set for this year too. whew!
brad, haha! thanks for commenting! and hoorah for uber nerdiness!
nora, it was def fun. but also overwhelming.
abby, thanks!! =D
I love your photos! And your costume is awesome! Wish I could have seen you. Maybe we were accidentally in alternate universes…hmmmm.
merrie, i know! but we have more comic-cons in our future, i think! =D
Awesome post/pics! We should’ve taken a pic together :P But it was great seeing you again!!
chloe, i know! darn it! i was always chasing someone or running off when i saw you. but i know we’ll see each other again at the con! =D