Revisited San Diego ComicCon 2011 Wednesday

Badge Pick up Day (Wednesday the 20th): My very first time in San Diego and wow what a show. 42nd Annual Show.  I'm impressed.  Overwhelmed even.  It all started off when badges went on sale, and then proceeded to sell out within hours.  I was able to score two day passes and felt disappointed I wasn't going to be able to truly experience this event.  Then I applied for a Professional pass and was approved.  I was now in for all four days.   My Professional counterpart and best friend and I walked up to the San Diego Convention Center after dumping our suitcases in our hotel room Wednesday afternoon.  I was delighted with the huge building displays on the Marriott and Hilton Hotels that flank the Convention Center.   Blue skies and awesome nerd-dom in sight!  Wednesday is the notorious Preview Night that everyone talks about, wants in for and almost never gets.  As Professionals, we were allowed to pick up our badges on Wednesday, and as we walked the length of the Center, looking for our specific line, I wondered how this many people were going to get handled - and this crowd was nothing compared to what it was going to be!  However, as it turns out, there is an art to those who wield the desk of badge pickup and these guys have it down.  As soon as we walked up to the line, we were in and showing our IDs.  Within a minute, I was standing outside the line  with my Justice League San Diego Convention swag bag, an event program  and souvenir booklet wanting to look through it all but also wanting to catch a glimpse of what lay beyond the Exhibit Hall doors .

San Diego Comic Con Badge Pickup

So I'm a newbie when it comes to the San Diego Comic Con.  I've been to plenty of other Cons, just not this one.  So far, I like what I saw.

Walked up to the Convention Center about 5:30pm and was immediately impressed with the Marriott's exterior dedicated to Batman and several other movies and games coming out.

The line to get our Professional Badges was short, quick and extremely well managed.  These guys have it down to an art.

My bag is the Justice League artwork which is one of the ones I was very excited about.

Walked through the San Diego Convention Center just to get a feel for the place; it's clean, well laid out and the tantalizing glimmers I saw through the doors into the Exhibit Hall only made me all that more excited for tomorrow.

WOOOOOOO!!!!  COMIC CON!!!!!