Wondercon 2009 Day 1
Well Wondercon 2009 is over with. I had a blast for the entire thing. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this sleep deprived. Well how did the weekend turn out for me? Let me start with Friday…
Friday was a little bit of shopping, when I hit the floor within 30 minutes my bag was full and killing my back. I have an affinity for giant Hardcovers and since I was able to snag six for anywhere from 60-65% off I went for it. A little ways in I decided to go to the “Everything You Wanted to know about Retailing in Comics” panel. On my way there I met up with the iFanboys. When Josh heard I was heading to that panel he asked me if I hated money. I informed him that obviously I did if I spent over 100 dollars in the first 30 minutes of the Con. I didn’t stay at the panel long since it seemed to be for older people as I was one of maybe half a dozen under the age of 35 in the room. It was also a little on the boring side since it was a discussion about business.
After that I hit up the DC Nation panel. I got to find out juicy details such as, Paul Dini getting two new books. One is going to bring back the Batman as more of a creature of the night that no one sees. It sounds like it’s more of a mythology book from the point of view of the streets of Gotham. The other book I’m super excited for, it’s titled “Gotham Sirens” and is a team book with Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, and Catwoman. My guess is that it will of course be tons of fun. I also asked a question for fellow iFanboy community member Luthor, and myself, about getting a Batman Beyond comic book. The best answer we could get was maybe.
The last thing I did at the con was go to the Wonder Woman premiere. You can find my review of it here on Murmur.
After the preview I went out for the iFanboy Tiki Tour. The night went way longer then it should have and was incredibly fun. The iFanboys are awesome dudes to hang out with, we all had a blast for sure. I think the two highlights were riding with two new awesome dudes I met, Chunk and Brandon, in a Taxi I thought we surely would die in. The other being a conversation with a few different people about how dreamy Ben Templesmith is. Here are a couple pictures.
Chunk, Brandon, and myself at the end of the night.
