Greetings Friends,
It's been awhile.
Last week I hit the Dallas Comic Con. As usual it was held at the fantastic Irving Convention Center. The building was a brief home for thousands of fans there trying to get a glimpse of their favorite media guest or meet a comic book creator. There was also (always) a number of people in costume. If you were looking for deals there was no shortage of things to buy either.
Unfortunately judging by the incredible amount of turn out the building maybe already too small for this event (Saturday was over-crowded big time). As I noted by three things. #1: the food for sale (not a food court on the floor) caused huge lines that ended up blocking a lot of the show floor. #2: The parking garage was full and people had to park in two adjoining fields. (that wasn't a big deal but I'm guessing that the garage size was based on how many people should be in the building). #3: It didn't help that the escalators all but gave up with the masses trying to gain access to floors three and four. I had to take the outside stairs and the inside stairwells a few times. 
The highlight of my convention experience this year was seeing Patrick Stewart and John De Lancie on stage together. A really cool time that was cut short by time constraints of Mr. Stewart's signing and getting Mr. De Lancie off stage early to make room for the next panel. That was ridiculous.
Even with a couple of negatives the show has a lot of positives. I bought quite a few cool books and saw a number of comic book and media guests. I can always have a good time in Dallas.
Keep Reading Comics.
D.L.
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