My friend’s brother Jason drove us down to the San Diego Convention Center and paid for parking. He was also nice enough to take many of the photos. All-in-all, I think it was worth the effort of going and being packed in tight with people everywhere. It has turned into such a flashy event with Hollywood and the videogame companies vying for space.

It was also like a giant swap meet of people trying to sell things and there was a strong commercial element. I didn’t buy anything, so it was not so much fun in that way.

My favorite part was browsing through the several tables of independent artists’ work and the creativity that goes into what amounts to creating your own reality or separate world on the page, from the storytelling to the illustration. I left Comic-con inspired by some of the work I saw there.

ARTIST ALLEY:

Freddie Arts

Fat Mitch & Zuda Comics

Deva Shard

Power Comix

Alain V Arts

Panda Store

Art Toy Manufacturer

Harold and Kumar

Art Dealer

Doug Snyed

Girls of Gaming