Comic Book Expo 2019
Sep. 22nd, 2019 09:00 amMy big plans for the weekend involved a trip to this year's Cincinnati Comic Expo. The downtown area had three specific groups converging -- the Comic Expo group, the Oktoberfest group, and the Reds game group. And it was kind of obvious who was who based on how they were dressed.
I don't always make it to the expo, but I do love going. There are usually a lot of comic book vendors, people selling posters and tee-shirts, and comic artists and writers to meet, along with the celebrities there for autographs and photos.
People go for different reasons. Some folks go to meet the celebrities, get an autograph and picture. This is not really my thing as the cost is high and I do not like to meet a celebrity in case he or she is a jerk. If I admire his or her work, it will color my opinion of it if the meeting is negative.
So I typically go to shop and people watch. The cosplay is fun to see. I only saw five "Harley Quinns" yesterday, which was a record low in my opinion. There were a lot of Doctor Stranges roaming about. And there is a lot of nerdish bears roaming about of various sizes, which is even better.
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_decibel_ and kybigstew and roamed the place with them for a few hours. I got a pretty good haul of 1970s comic books, including a couple of giant-sized books, like "Superman versus Spider-Man." I also got a huge poster of Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman.
After several hours of walking around and spending quite a bit of money, I got tired and decided I'd had enough. As I was walking to Fountain Square to get my car, I heard the familiar echo of bullhorn street-corner preaching. Feeling silly, I started bellowing out how people needed to heed the voice of the "Flying Spaghetti Monster," getting chuckles from a few Expo folks walking beside me. I completely ignored the preacher man and his two sign-holders as I walked past.
It was a fun afternoon. I'm happy I went, so I hope to go again next year.
I don't always make it to the expo, but I do love going. There are usually a lot of comic book vendors, people selling posters and tee-shirts, and comic artists and writers to meet, along with the celebrities there for autographs and photos.
People go for different reasons. Some folks go to meet the celebrities, get an autograph and picture. This is not really my thing as the cost is high and I do not like to meet a celebrity in case he or she is a jerk. If I admire his or her work, it will color my opinion of it if the meeting is negative.
So I typically go to shop and people watch. The cosplay is fun to see. I only saw five "Harley Quinns" yesterday, which was a record low in my opinion. There were a lot of Doctor Stranges roaming about. And there is a lot of nerdish bears roaming about of various sizes, which is even better.
I ran into
_decibel_ and kybigstew and roamed the place with them for a few hours. I got a pretty good haul of 1970s comic books, including a couple of giant-sized books, like "Superman versus Spider-Man." I also got a huge poster of Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman.After several hours of walking around and spending quite a bit of money, I got tired and decided I'd had enough. As I was walking to Fountain Square to get my car, I heard the familiar echo of bullhorn street-corner preaching. Feeling silly, I started bellowing out how people needed to heed the voice of the "Flying Spaghetti Monster," getting chuckles from a few Expo folks walking beside me. I completely ignored the preacher man and his two sign-holders as I walked past.
It was a fun afternoon. I'm happy I went, so I hope to go again next year.
