San Diego Comic Con—aka, Nerd Christmas in the Summer— came and went. I attended for the entire weekend this year and snapped a handful of photos of cosplayers and all the cool things around the convention. There were way more that I missed, of course. The heat was brutal this year and I am too much of a wuss to walk in extreme heat. Fortunately, there were still tons of things to see and do. Check out the photo slideshow below! You can also view the photos on our Facebook page as well.
It is probably through pure luck or miracle that Gizzy B and I always manage to get invited inside the Wired Cafe, the ultimate oasis inside the Omni Hotel during Comic-con weekend. I am not sure if I received the official invite this year because of my previous employment or if we had paid our dues enough to be considered on the official list. Last year, one of their sponsors had invited us to do coverage and interviews. The years before that . . . well, it was me putting my employment status to good use, of course!
As the convention and attendance grew bigger, more and more people are getting elbowed out of the Wired Cafe in favor of perhaps more “important” guests. Don’t get me wrong. We are extremely grateful that Wired Cafe continued to keep its doors opened to us and we enjoyed every minute of it — we sing their praise to all our friends (aka, we rub it in to people who didn’t get an invite . . .) and if we could, we would marry Wired Cafe.
In this week’s episode, the Lady Geeks gushes on and on about the amazing weekend that is called The San Diego Comic-con. They tell tales of shenanigans including drinking a lot of free alcohol and perhaps almost assaulting Superman on a boat. Pretty sure Henry Cavill is now our best friend forever. It’s a sexy story. You should listen now.
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This year, we managed to get inside the coveted Wired Cafe at the Omni Hotel during Comic-con again. Music, swag and free booze? It’s clearly a perfect oasis for lucky, VIP Comic-con attendees! iStockphoto invited us to talk to them about their latest project called the Collective Comics Project for Feast. The project officially debuted at the Wired Cafe. Everyone got to vote on the story for the project and they got “superhero underwear” in exchange for giving their input. Whoo! Free undies!
The voting consisted of which hero, villain, love interest, etc. would you want to see drawn by the various illustrators around the world picked specifically for this project. The answer choices ranged from kittens to vegan hipsters, which indicated the kind of sense of humor the team behind this project has. We talked to Sona who represented the project during the convention weekend and she was a blast to talk to.
If you haven’t already, you should listen to our latest podcast: Ep. 67 Comic-con is Now Drunk-con for the audio interview with Sona.
“Party. Dance. Drink. Get Away With Murder.”
That was the tagline for the event held at the Wired Café celebrating the upcoming “Dexter The Game 2”. I was lucky enough to attend this event during San Diego Comic Con and revel in all of the delicious Dexter themed delights.
The event specifically highlighted the involvement and work of fashion designer Marc Ecko with the upcoming game. One of the joys of attending this event was seeing an amazing mural of Dexter and Debra Morgan.
The Wired Café– a little oasis with limited access to convention goers who knew people who knew people who knew people who–well, you know. Lucky for us… we knew people! Hooray for us!
It was a great place to get away and relax for a bit during the weekend on the first two days of Comic Con. The place got a little crazy during Saturday since it was the ‘big’ day that weekend. It was all good tough because I can’t complain about free alcohol and free food. It was nice to get a little taste of the VIP treatment. Gizzy definitely took advantage of it and spent half of her Friday there. She probably went through most of the Tru Blood (true facts).
Gizzy and I share our TOP 5 favorite memories from the Wired Café this year.
• The small bar designed to be a mini-replica of Fangtasia from the television series True Blood. The bartender was really nice too and the drinks were refreshing (not the heated red wine though).
• The veggie plate had asparagus instead of just broccoli and carrots. Wished they had desserts though.
• Watching Matt Smith and Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) do a silly dance for a few seconds. Photos below.
• Getting to try Just Dance 3 with my boyfriend on the XBox without having to deal with the crazy crowd at the con’s exhibit hall. Party rockin’!
• Free photo booth sponsored by Cirque Du Soleil.
Photo booth at the Wired Cafe
• The free alcoholic beverages mixed with Tru Blood and the free food.
• Getting to be within 5 feet of Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) for twenty glorious minutes.
• Technically partying with Dominic Monaghan and The Doctor. Technically.
• Seeing people descend on the free food like locusts during a Biblical plauge.
• The free booze. And sharing an elevator with Channing Tatum.
