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I think also there are times when people need a break from whatever they are obsessing over and that includes comic con. Life gets in the way. Right now, I can see myself going every year because I have more vacation days than I know what to do with. Had I been at a place where I only had 10 days, then there might be some off years, because there are other places I want to explore. I’m also single and have no kids so it’s only really me I have to consider when I decide where I want to go and how I want to spend my money.
When would that've been? I mean, the original Star Wars had a Comic-Con panel in 1975. You mean pre-Hall H shenanigans?
Not sure if it's more or less popular, but it is definitely more well known. Ten years ago if I told a coworker I was going to SDCC I'd have to explain what it was. Now, just about everyone who knows I'm going wants to talk about it and they at least know a little bit about what its about. So it has sort of become part of our mainstream culture.
it's funny...I don't even say SanDiego.... people just assume it is that one when I say I'm going to comic con
[member=737]DaveG[/member] - Yes. I guess we can thank 'The Big Bang Theory' for some of that expanded awareness. Good thing/bad thing? Maybe that is a whole other discussion..lol
Totally agree. Big Bang does a free add for Comic Con (implied San Diego) by mentioning it roughly twice a season. Chris' opinion only and directed at BBT, not directed at [member=737]DaveG[/member] :I thought it was a good thing at first, but I think it's a bad thing now in my opinion. They set unrealistic expectations like "This is the sketch that I got Jim Lee to draw for me at Comic Con." (Full body sketch of a Thundercat with Leonard's face.) Trust me--it is not that easy to get a Jim Lee sketch--particularly a fully rendered body sketch.I also didn't like when they said that "<City name here that I can't remember> is more like what San Diego was before they went mainstream." BBT is a big part of the reason that SDCC went mainstream in my opinion.I plastered "in my opinion" all over this as this is a bit of a rant (not at you [member=737]DaveG[/member], but rather a rant at BBT) and my opinion only--not documented facts.
I am still salty about Amy ruining Raiders of the Lost Ark for Sheldon.
I think it was Bakersfield Comic-Con. When they dressed as Star Trek characters and got robbed. Don't get me started on a BBT rant (although, I still watch it, only because of Sheldon) I am still salty about Amy ruining Raiders of the Lost Ark for Sheldon. Who does that? He clearly loves the movie. Just mean. And Penny thinks Star Wars and Star Trek are the same thing...The episode for Comic-Con this season was them "outgrowing" it. WTH? I still love Sheldon's response: "Nuts to that, I'm going to Comic-Con" (possibly paraphrased)