scenes from New York Comic Con 2008: the scene
The official preliminary count of attendees at New York Comic Con this past weekend is at least 64,000. I’d say the “at least” qualifier is a good one. I’ve never seen anything quite like it.
It was a wonderful experience, if an exhausting one. Here’s some of what I saw. (Many photos after the jump.)
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Banners festoon the Jacob Javits Convention Center:
Hellboy could be the big hit of the summer, based on how incredibly psyched everyone at the con was:
I love the range of stuff that geeks are into:
Really? Archie?
Weighed down by all the swag:
Remake time:
We hold these truths to be self-evident: comics rock:
Whoever came up with the idea for the beanbag lounge is a genius:
Author Keith R.A. DeCandido, long a con buddy and fellow panelist of mine, who signed a copy of his new book Star Trek: Klingon Empire: A Burning House for me:
Many many peoples:
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posted by Jigsy Q. (April 22, 2008 6:50 PM)
The Andromeda Strain folks were giving out free hand sanitizer too. That was much appreciated. Except by germs of course.