The first annual C2E2 hit Chicago up last weekend at the McCormick Place, It was brought to you by the same group that heads the San Diego Comic-con! So you must think it was the illest comic book and entertainment expo this city has ever seen right? Wrong. It was Wizard World lite to say the least, I'm not saying it sucked because it didn't. If you've never been to a convention and C2E2 would be your first then it would have been a hell of a time! If you have books that you wanted signed by your favorite artists and writers at the event, It was a total piece of cake because the lines were very small. For me this was the first time I'd ever gone to any of the panels at a comic book convention (I'm usually buying hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise!), The panels were a lot of fun including the DC Nation panel. The panels were interactive and a couple were full of loud and enthusiastic fans, When Q & A time came we heard a lot of stupid questions that made us even wonder whether the people attending the panels had read a recent comic book in the last year. I had a fulfilling and nerdy weekend that really gave me an insight to the seedy underbelly that is comic book fandom.
Yeah that's the fucking Delorean.
The crowd was decent the convention floor was never crowded and in all out panic mode. There definitely was the cosplay crowd although I could have done with more "bad" costumes, I saw alot of really good costumes like a couple of guys dressed as Stryfe and Zero. They were awesome!
We spit HOT fire of course.
Another costume that was really cool was a girl dressed as Kitty Pryde, cool thing was that she had a different Kitty Pryde outfit on every day of the convention. This chick even busted Lockheed out!
Jesus Christ! Watch out Kitty! Mojo is gonna fucking eat you! Someone get me a Slim Fast quick!
Here's a couple more cosplay pics!
This guy busted out X-Force Wolverine!
This pic made me laugh so hard cause the guy took his costume so seriously that he had to really think about taking this pic, when he said "Yes" the look on his face was like if he died a little inside. You did, man.
Fuck it, I'm joining the S.T.A.R.S. team...
I actually had a ton of fun and I spent a total of $1 because of all the panels and people watching I did (Don't worry I'll spend shit tons of cash at Wizard World). As for the C2E2 here's the deal, next year will probably be a bit better. My pals said it was probably first year jitters and they wanted to give it a try. I'll buy that and check it out again next year, if the C2E2 isn't up to the degree it should be I'd probably say that next year will be the last. If next year you really want to go to your first comic book convention check out the C2E2 then graduate to Wizard World. I am really looking forward to next year though, hope to see you all there!
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