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San Diego Continued...
16 years ago
Ok so I was going to keep it all in the one journal but it's getting rather lengthy.
24 July 2009 Friday - Day 2 of the Con
Got up to the usual sound of housekeeping going around banging on shit, letting doors slam shut and beating on my door until I told them to goaway becuase they didn't get the idea when I double locked the door so they couldn't get in anyway.
Got Dressed, headed down to the con, found RedJ from deviantart over at the image booth like he said, and bought prints of all his TMNT stuff ;d. Revisited the Heavy Metal booth but kevin wasn't there and there was another freaking line of fangirls..... Probably lining up for the Adrian Pual signing for the new animated movie "War of the Worlds: Goliath" he voice acted in.
I headed back over to the club stripes booth and actually got into the area so I could actually see what was for sale. No artists present but the two exhibitors there were nice and friendly. I picked up "Best of Club Stripes", "Love can be Different" been wanting it in comic format for some time now, and Gideon's "Beastiary" Which I did not think was worth the $20.00 I paid for it, I think $10.00 would have been a more accurate pricetag for it, but the art inside was quality. The other two seemed appropriate for thier pricetags.
I then headed back to the hotel to drop off the new purchases, and prep for the TMNT panel in 6DE. On the way back to the con I stopped at a neat place called Whisky Girl, as the other places I wanted to eat at were either WAAAAY to freaking pricey (70 bucks a entre) or weren't open yet. I had the Ribeye with mashed potatos misced veggies and a piece of chocolate cake/icecream. I also had the Taterskins for an appetizer. It was lush.
I made it back to the con around 3:30 and headed to the line for the TMNT Panel. I had to wait to get in till they found open seats but i started video recording when I got properly seated between two people giving off more body heat than a space heater in a 3x3 cubical. Of course 5 minutes into recording the commentary (and mostly stuff Kevin had said the previous day at his panel) security proceeded to tell me no videotaping allowed. WTF. Then of course all the juicy info starts coming out about the new TMNT movie, the selection of a writer (and I can't remember his freaking name) and the questions opening, that ended with Ernie Reyes Jr. making a suprise appearance.
Headed back to the hotel, freshened up, and headed to the Shellebration at 615 Broadway, where about 300 of us got to see the new TMNT animated feature (70minutes in length) before it's public release. This was truly a spectacular event. It was humorous, they had prizes, food, and even special guests.
Laird couldn't make it, I didn't see Kevin there, and I never heard anyone say he would be but that doesn't mean he wasn't and I'll just pretend like he was. After the raffles they started the flick and it was well worth the time and wait.
They literally combined 1988-1996 Wolf/Swanson cartoon with the 2003 4kids cartoon and then spun it even further with the Comic versions (TAILS AND ALL!). It was actually well written and the way they did it, one thing just kept leading right into another. It was hiliarious, it was serious, and it was a comibination of eras in the turtles 25 years, a real tribute, to TMNT and to all who've worked with them to keep them successful. (yes there were some pretty corny parts too but all were forgiven for the truly awesomness that was this feature!)
They ended the party by giving out hand signed (Peter Laird) Reprints of issue 1 to all in attendance. We'll have the option to get Kevin to sign them if he's around at the Heavy Metal booth. Also raffling off about 30 toys donated by Playmates toys for the event.
I forgot to mention the entire room sang Happy Birthday to the 4 costumed Turtles ;d (I'm really kicking myself for having not video recorded this event)
Hopefully more fun to be had!
24 July 2009 Friday - Day 2 of the Con
Got up to the usual sound of housekeeping going around banging on shit, letting doors slam shut and beating on my door until I told them to goaway becuase they didn't get the idea when I double locked the door so they couldn't get in anyway.
Got Dressed, headed down to the con, found RedJ from deviantart over at the image booth like he said, and bought prints of all his TMNT stuff ;d. Revisited the Heavy Metal booth but kevin wasn't there and there was another freaking line of fangirls..... Probably lining up for the Adrian Pual signing for the new animated movie "War of the Worlds: Goliath" he voice acted in.
I headed back over to the club stripes booth and actually got into the area so I could actually see what was for sale. No artists present but the two exhibitors there were nice and friendly. I picked up "Best of Club Stripes", "Love can be Different" been wanting it in comic format for some time now, and Gideon's "Beastiary" Which I did not think was worth the $20.00 I paid for it, I think $10.00 would have been a more accurate pricetag for it, but the art inside was quality. The other two seemed appropriate for thier pricetags.
I then headed back to the hotel to drop off the new purchases, and prep for the TMNT panel in 6DE. On the way back to the con I stopped at a neat place called Whisky Girl, as the other places I wanted to eat at were either WAAAAY to freaking pricey (70 bucks a entre) or weren't open yet. I had the Ribeye with mashed potatos misced veggies and a piece of chocolate cake/icecream. I also had the Taterskins for an appetizer. It was lush.
I made it back to the con around 3:30 and headed to the line for the TMNT Panel. I had to wait to get in till they found open seats but i started video recording when I got properly seated between two people giving off more body heat than a space heater in a 3x3 cubical. Of course 5 minutes into recording the commentary (and mostly stuff Kevin had said the previous day at his panel) security proceeded to tell me no videotaping allowed. WTF. Then of course all the juicy info starts coming out about the new TMNT movie, the selection of a writer (and I can't remember his freaking name) and the questions opening, that ended with Ernie Reyes Jr. making a suprise appearance.
Headed back to the hotel, freshened up, and headed to the Shellebration at 615 Broadway, where about 300 of us got to see the new TMNT animated feature (70minutes in length) before it's public release. This was truly a spectacular event. It was humorous, they had prizes, food, and even special guests.
Laird couldn't make it, I didn't see Kevin there, and I never heard anyone say he would be but that doesn't mean he wasn't and I'll just pretend like he was. After the raffles they started the flick and it was well worth the time and wait.
They literally combined 1988-1996 Wolf/Swanson cartoon with the 2003 4kids cartoon and then spun it even further with the Comic versions (TAILS AND ALL!). It was actually well written and the way they did it, one thing just kept leading right into another. It was hiliarious, it was serious, and it was a comibination of eras in the turtles 25 years, a real tribute, to TMNT and to all who've worked with them to keep them successful. (yes there were some pretty corny parts too but all were forgiven for the truly awesomness that was this feature!)
They ended the party by giving out hand signed (Peter Laird) Reprints of issue 1 to all in attendance. We'll have the option to get Kevin to sign them if he's around at the Heavy Metal booth. Also raffling off about 30 toys donated by Playmates toys for the event.
I forgot to mention the entire room sang Happy Birthday to the 4 costumed Turtles ;d (I'm really kicking myself for having not video recorded this event)
Hopefully more fun to be had!
Black Angus is a great and reasonably priced steakhouse, but I'm unsure how close it is to anything near the hotel. Dirty Dick's is decent if they're still open, you might have fun there. The Charthouse is a bit pricey but good. Atlantis is decent seafood not that far from you.
You definitely have a direction and purpose at least to this conventioneering, apparently drawing back to some point in time maybe closer to broodling times when you were subjected to television shows of TMNT, and like me came later to realize your scaly greatness in EQ. TMNT may draw more parallels to television shows of its time too, in quality, message, writing, archetype? Think about it a bit.
As to your insights, I agree mostly with what you said. However I found that the Mirage Comics were always better written, not always better drawn, but mostly. The comics are where my ties lie mostly, the cartoons and live action show/movies hold memories but nothing like the comics.
Currently I hold more of my dedication to the more underground - unapproved of TMNT Porn clubs. Turtlecest is awsome.