The year is 2013. Marvel has taken over the box office and five days of geeky bliss has descended upon the city of San Diego. Hold on to your Code Red Mountain Dews CRAZIES. The CRAZY COMIC CON COUNTDOWN 2019 is a go again! Enjoy...
Finn! Princess Bubblegum has told you MANY times! You're just too young for her!
The Yip Yaps continue to be a cosplay presence at SDCC!
This was a pretty monumental moment for me. It's not everyday you meet a character from the lone Gameboy game that you owned!
Aw, the Gamespot Lounge that CNET hosted for a couple of years. It only ran in 2012 and 2013, but it was a fun spot. Most of us couldn't normally afford to eat at Lou & Micky's, so to be able to hang out in there and get drinks and appetizers for free was pretty sweet! It was only open to badge holders, which helped with crowds, and they gave out some pretty cool swag! My only guess as to why it doesn't run anymore is because the restaurant was probably not getting paid enough by CNET to justify closing for three days.
Damn! The city's really getting chill on these support animals!
I got this present for Jabba the Hutt for his big birthday part at Space Chuck E. Cheese! It's a life-size chocolate man! And when Jabba pushes a button, it goes right in his mouth! He's gonna eat it all by himself and not share with anybody!
Onward and outward to the Nintendo Lounge!
This was the first year the Xbox Lounge was held at the Hyatt Hotel. It had previously been at the Hard Rock Hotel and had been open to all until a few bad eggs came in and caused trouble. It doesn't take much to ruin it for all. Still, the Xbox Lounge was loads of fun. I really hope they'll return someday.
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!! Seriously Gandolf, wait for the tossing symbol to flash!
The Petco Park Interactive Zone. A haven for all whether they have badges or not. Most of the time, some of SDCC's most best things are happening there!
One of the best offsites ever: The Regular Show Experience at the New Children's Museum! It was a bit of a walk, but totally worth it! They had a retro arcade, a video chat with Mordecai and Rigby, and some exclusive swag! I won two pairs of fuzzy dice AND a limited edition poster! And best of all, Muscle Man was on hand to get the party started!
Space Ghost took a break from zapping Zorak to come chill at SDCC! Couldn't find Brak or Moltar anywhere though!
The Nickelodeon booth! Long a staple of Hall E, I include it here because I built the LED wall on the top right side of the picture. They haven't had a wall in a while, but I give major props to Nick for FINALLY honoring their past! Well, their past from 1991-on at least. Some progress is better than no progress!
FX was kind enough to provide free pedicabs throughout the Gaslamp Quarter and East Village, where most of the offsites happen. This particular year, they adorned the cabs with stuff for The League.
And that's that for 2013! Another stellar year for me at SDCC and the last time until this year that I was on my own at the show! For the last few years, I was being a pretty cool uncle and bringing my nephew and niece with me. But now that I can't get them in anymore, I'm ready to go exploring again! It's not that I didn't enjoy their company, it's just all they'd wanna do is play video games the whole time! There's much more to do than that, but you just can't get explain that to pre-teens.
Well, we've reached the end of another week! We'll be back time with more of the same to close June out properly: With more of the CRAZY COMIC CON COUNTDOWN 2019!!! Until then, take care and I'll catch y'all later!
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