Many times people have asked me, “Andy – will you be going?’”  For the last three years, I have replied – “Nope – as I would have to close up the shop”.

Have I ever been?  Yep, a couple of times and it was nerd-vana.  It had everything I had ever hoped for, well , I didn’t really want the long lines, but that goes with the territory.  Lots of great information, lots of great people, people in really great costumes and others in not so great costumes.

The convention was well worth the cost and it really does take about 2 days to take it all in.  I got to see some old pals that are were just starting out in the business and now were knee deep in it.  I got to talk to people that were so much more knowledge and well educated in many different areas of the ‘biz’ and then there were those “fans” that you hope you could get just down wind of.

Alas, it has changed since those days.  The “Comic Book” convention isn’t just that anymore, it is a media spectacle.  Having the media there is okay for the most part, after all, if it wasn’t for that media coverage (and the Internet) , those of us that didn’t go, wouldn’t be able to get updates on all of the juicy information and what not.

I am optimistic that in the future that I will be able to attend again.