NY Comic Con 2010 has Come and Gone :(

Two and a half days later.  With sore feet, a happy heart, and a lighter wallet,  I am mourning the passage of Comic Con and looking forward to San Francisco 2011 (My dream is to be a Booth Girl).  This blog will only cover Sunday as NYCC: D2 Saturday was eclipsed by the lyrical lyricism of "Fellowship!".

Unfortunately, my Sundays started late, and I was unable to attend the "Ms. Marvel" panel.  I have a strong interest in working for Marvel Comics; but, all my preliminary research on the company suggests that while it may present a great work atmosphere for a male, as a woman it is almost a hazing experience.  This panel, the culmination of a year-long celebration of women in Marvel comics,  featured women who worked at Marvel speaking on their experiences in the company.  My hope was to have the aforementioned reports either confirmed or denied.  As such,  I will have to continue to rely on second-hand reports; and, my own experience until I get hired (YOU HEARD ME, MARVEL!)

The Sunday Panel for the Greg Pak's (Incredible Hulk) Vision Machine was a political, legal, and technical amalgam which related all back to a new, FREE, comic book series.  The story follows the socio-political effects which follow the release of a new technology: the "iEye".  The story is based 50 years in the future, but the irony of it is that at the time the comic was being developed the iphone was new tech and the ipad  was barely in development.  The comic is being released under a Creative Commons, non-commercial license.  This basically means that anyone can do whatever they want with the comic so long as they do not attempt to receive revenue from it.  I received the first part of the mini-series at the end of the panel on a Sprout Corporation usb port (Excellent!).  So, I'll be reviewing that, along with some of the other works that I purchased at NYCC in the future.  For those of you with ipad, or other ithings, the comic is also available on ComiXology.

The next panel I attended was Doctor Who: Podshock Podcast.  It was my first Podshock, brought to us at NYCC from the Gallifreyan Embassy! (in Mineola, NY).  The interviewee was Tony Lee, brilliant personality, Con attendee, and writer extraordinaire of the Doctor Who comics - most notably The Forgotten - David Tennant called it "Brilliant!".  It was a great cult event and a lot of fun.  I haven't read much of the Doctor Who comics, but I want to read them all now (which is adding a significant amount of reading to my "to do" list).  I'll probably review those on here in the future as well.

I've spent a lot of money, with plans to spend more; but NYCC 2010 was a success and I hope to plan better next year - sore feet and all :)

Well, that is all for today. Until next time, keep escaping!