Comments on: Where did this week go?

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:35:57 +0000

Yay, SDCCI!!!

You’re going to a.) love it, b.) have a ton of amazing fun, c.) be utterly exhausted when you go home…

I say this based on experience. We need to chat @ who you/what you want to cover going into this.

xoxox

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:18:06 +0000

Rob, just bum a ride with someone. I did that the first year I went actually. Maybe the second too (I’ve been all 10 years). If you can’t find someone on this particular thread to ride with, just ask around at your local comic shop. Between the store potentially exhibiting (depending on which shop it is), employees going up to help out or network or just geek out, and customers, I’m sure someone would be willing to give you a lift!

By: comicsgirl

comicsgirl — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:17:18 +0000

In reply to Rob.

Parking generally runs about $15 for the day (may have gone up, though — I think that’s what we paid last time when we drove). But the convention center is accessibly by mass transit, but that could get pricey if it’s more than just you going.

Baltimore is fun. Don’t be scared of Baltimore.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:44:46 +0000

I may try to go to Baltimore this year. I am kind of Baltimore-phobic, but it looks like a great lineup, and I may be able to get in for free, so transportation /parking would be my main cost. That is definitely on my ‘we’ll see’ list now.

By: comicsgirl

comicsgirl — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:38:53 +0000

In reply to Randy. I will second the Baltimore Comic-Con. I always point to it as one of the few comic cons that's a good size that's still very much about comics.

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:49:36 +0000

Rob, you should drive up to the Baltimore Comic-Con! It’s a significantly different show than SPX, for sure, but it’s a nice step between SPX (small, small-press) and San Diego (ginormous might not be a big enough word, all-press). Guests range from historically significant to up-and-coming and span pretty much any genre.

Assuming you’re in the DC area based on your comment about hitting Big Planet for the Trickster signing, it’s only about 50-60 miles of highway driving and, while prices have not been published yet, historically it is $15 for one day or $25 for two, so pretty darn inexpensive! I’m biased, as I’m a staff member, but I go to the show every year as an attendee (and work the rest of the year — and a LITTLE bit on the weekend of ;-) ). It’s a really fun show to attend and you don’t have to drop bundles of cash to do so.

By: comicsgirl

comicsgirl — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:23:15 +0000

In reply to Jim D.. I don't know how news of it slipped by me until yesterday. The reviews have been good and I agree about Stephen Frears and Gemma Arterton.

By: comicsgirl

comicsgirl — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:20:02 +0000

In reply to Rob. San Diego should be fun. But this will basically be my big trip of the year. I have no money now. ^_^

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:52:01 +0000

That’s fantastic about San Diego. I hope you have a fantastic time with that. It will be nice to read your take on it.

My best friend went to the signing and got me a copy of Trickster and what I have read so far has been really good. I am suffering writers block these days, but I need to read it and post as soon as I can. Just based on flipping through it and reading a handful of stories so far, it seems pretty worth picking up to me.

I’m kind of poor these days, and no-one but my wife wants to send me anywhere, so SPX will probably be my sole con experience again this year.

By: Jim D.

Jim D. — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:59:51 +0000

I’m super-psyched about that TAMARA DREWE movie. What a great book. Posy Simmonds is brilliant, Stephen Frears is a great director, and Gemma Arterton is………well, Gemma Arterton.