Once again fan expo has come and gone. After last years fiasco we didn't know what to expect. Would we have to wait outside in the sun hour an hour again? Would there be wall to wall people and no place to breathe again. One things for sure if it sucked this year we werent going to be going back again. This year fan expo was being held in a bigger room and we were going on the Sunday instead of Saturday. Maybe it would be ok. This was going to be my 10th fan expo and 4th with Rob. Because it sucked so bad last year Kath and Nickle were sitting this one out.
Rob and his son Anthony and some girls they knew picked me up at 830 am and we headed out. After we arrived in Toronto and parked we were escorted down into a deep parking structure. Anthony thought we were being horded in for zombie food. So we were off to a weird beginning. We were in a big crowd and it didnt smell very good. We didn't know how we were going to make it back up the ramp. Then the line started moving really fast. When we got to the bottom of the area we were able to purchase our tickets and right beside the ticket booth was the door into the con. Ok that was kind of cool.
We went through the door and immediately saw the dc comics booth so we headed there and picked up some free swag. We walked around the whole con to get a lay of the land. We could actually walk pretty freely. It was pretty cool. I found a dude that was selling a new trade paperback an hour for a buck or 2. For those of you that don't know a graphic novel can cost about 15 dollars and up. So i went back over the course of the day and got some Captain America and spiderman and assorted books. I'm a fan of cheap books.
A personal highlight of mine was meeting comic book writer James Robinson. He wrote my favorite series of all time Star Man and just wrapped up an enjoyable run of the justice league. He spoke with us for a few minutes. He was a really nice guy. We also said hi to Liana K who remembered us and get your geek on. She was nice as well. One regret was that we didnt get to say hi to Michael Shanks from Stargate. You had to get a ticket to stand in line to talk to him. W e didnt feel like waiting so we passed.
Found a lot of bargains. And had a great time. I wish Kath and Diana would have been there but maybe next year
I gotta say that fan expo was enjoyable this year. They've earned at least another year out of me.
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