Another Comic Con is in the books. I stayed in San Diego for an extra day to spend more time with wayward friends. Got home last night, and finally unpacked and settled in today.
Marino and Rizzo did an awesome job of quickly covering as many of the exclusives as possible, so that what I needed to pick up was minimal. I spent the first day of the con working for a vendor, so my time to wait in line for things was non-existent. Thanks for the teamwork, gentlemen. Unfortunately, there was one item that I was not able to get to in time before selling out, and that was the limited MOTU artwork book that Brett requested. Sorry, man. This apparently sold out the first day of the con. Also, I kept an eye out for a loose Ratbat for Nick, but did not see any of the Soundwave sets being broken apart and sold individually.
Overall, I rate this years' comic con a D+, thanks to the utterly ridiculous crowds and lines. I only saw one panel (Hasbro Star Wars) because the lines for everything were just insane and I didn't want to deal with them. But I wasn't really there for the con so much as I was to see friends, so that's what I spent the most time doing, and that made the whole trip worth it.
I have a few hundred photos to go through, but this is probably my favorite so far, so I'll share with the class. Hot chicks with ink and piercings dig the Mando's.