Wednesday, July 28, 2010

DJ Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba at the Kidrobot booth holding hands and shaking babies

WE ARE 1976 took a little trip so SoCal this year to investigate the ongoings of a little
comic convention in San Diego. From the time we landed in California to the time we
boarded the plane back to Dallas, we experienced an event that can hardly be described
in words. There was buzz. There was excitement. There was waiting. There was a lot of
waiting. The size of the convention has grown to extreme proportions. The waves of nerds
and geeks were endless. Though the body feels a few years older and the mind is fatigued
to the point of exhaustion, we had a blast!!!! With our Con expert, Chis Martin, a ten year
Con veteran, we were able to properly distribute our time to ensure we saw the panels
that drew our interest. We even had time to squeeze in Patton Oswald at the House of
Blues. What a great week of star gazing, costumes, and of course the most important,
being the biggest nerd that you can. See you next year Comic-Con!!!!!

The Walking Dead Panel. This new show slated to premier in October on AMC is based on the Image
comic book series The Walking Dead, created and written by Robert Kirkman. 

Pulitzer Prize winning Berkeley Breathed shares his stories of how his strip comic career evolved to many of his
animated projects. Social and economic pressures of the current periods that spans his career shaped the creative
genius that inspired us to grab a Washington Post to see what the next issue that Bloom County was going to tackle
head on.

One of the funniest panels of the whole weekend involved the creators of three shows - Robot Chicken, Venture
Brothers and Metalocalypse. They entertained the crowd of 4,000 Adult Swim fans. Between the banter between
the writers to the shameless plugs to their retail products, the energy of the room was spewing with hysteria.

Our Shameless attempt to stalk Olivia Munn. As one of the host of the G4 variety show for nerds, Attack of the Show,
her where abouts was definitely a priority.

The panel for the hit show Community was another one worth the wait. The rapport of the cast was one that
portrayed a feeling of family. The panel and the fans laughed our way through one of the quickest hours of
the weekend.

What else can you say about San Diego. The weather, the boardwalk, the beach, the people, The Con!!!!