San Diego Comic-Con 2007
I returned home yesterday from a startlingly enjoyable trip to San Diego for the 2007 Comic-Con International convention. I have attended the Con off and on for the past decade, but — thanks to my publisher’s presence — this is the first time I wore a badge emblazoned with the word “PROFESSIONAL.”
As opposed to just attending the panels, I was actually invited to sit on one panel discussing upcoming books and ‘zines from my publisher, TwoMorrows… including Mego 8″ Super-Heroes: World’s Greatest Toys! Needless to say, it was a thrill. It was modestely attended and focused mostly on comics-related publications, but the panel was a blast for me.
I was in San Diego from Thursday until early Sunday, and I spent most of the time with camera in hand. I’ve never paused to photo-document the con before, and I relished doing it this year. Over the coming days, I will blog some of the fascinating people I met and interesting photographs I captured.
Comic-Con brings out the child/teenager in everyone in attendance. For me, one of the truly intoxicating features this year was the announcement of a definitive Bladerunner DVD release. I witnessed an insanely cool panel with several of the genius talents responsible for the movie, including Syd Mead, Sean Young, Joanna Cassidy and Ridley F*&%ing Scott. Bladerunner is absolutely my favorite film.
Ever.
Suffice to say that I’m literally counting the days until the official release this December. Seriously, I am already saving up for an HD television and an HD player.
Anyway, to start my series of photo-blogs, I chose a snapshot taken by the Bladerunner production company who hired actors to dress up like Bladerunner characters and took pictures with fan-boys and fan-girls. I couldn’t resist.
Above: Benjamin (middle) flanked by actors portraying characters Pris (left) and Roy (right).
Man, that was fun.
Benjamin