Comic-Con 2009: Day 1

Wow, the first full day is over. My feet hurt! That's the most walking I get done in a single day. I tried to calculate how many miles I walk at the Con, but never really figure it out.

Today I went to the Sergio & Mark panel. It's always fun to get Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier together; they have a lot of great stories. Stan Sakai and Tom Luth were there too (i wanted to get the four of them to sign my Groo #50 a year or two ago, but was never able to find tom Luth; and this year I didn't bring it for him to sign! I have them all except him). There's new Groo stuff coming soon; the Groo film fell through again.

I bought a great book of horror movie posters quite cheaply. They inspire me so much! The compositions; the colors; the films. Cool stuff.

I also bought the first volume of the Haunt of Fear trade paperback. I always liked the old EC books. I would love to find the ones (reprints, of course!) that gave Wertham fits.

The crowds were large, of course, but you get used to it. You don't even care when people ram into you much after a while!

All the while I was snapping pictures and some video on my cell, and uploading to my Twitter site ( www.twitter.com/vmcampos ) and to my YouTube channel ( www.youtube.com/vmcamposjr ). Check them out for "live" coverage.

There were a few panels I wanted to get to but the times and crowds didn't cooperate. Oh well; there's still more to see tomorrow.