Sorry this post was so long in coming. Computer crash = no way to upload the pictures. Anyway....
Last Saturday I attended my first Comic Convention in Boston. Unfortunately, I have no really awesome stories to share from it, but I do have pictures. I also have a lesson learned. Make that several lessons learned.
First, taking two small children for a convention you have to travel 2 hours for and stand in line for another 15 minutes- half and hour is not a good idea. Their enthusiasm turns to crankiness before they even get through the doors.
Second, I need to make blog business cards to give out to anyone I take pictures of. I know this seems like common sense, and it was. After the fact.
The rest of our trip went as follows:
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| Bridget "Spider Girl" with Auntie Keri |
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| Wesley "Captain America" with Uncle Matt |
Kids were already exhausted by the time we got in line for tickets.
Banded and ready for action.
The line was long, even after lunch.
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| Around the corner, down the stairs and out the door. Met some interesting characters: |
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| There is no Comic Con, only Zuul. |
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| Robin, Zantana and Superboy. |
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| Emma Frost |
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| Rapheal! Where's Leonardo, Michelangelo and Donatello? |
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| Can't see it in this picture, but her dress has Tony Stark/Ironman print. |
I would have taken more pictures, but the convention area looked like this:
We missed the panels and films:
But managed some shopping:
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| I want that one! |
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| Wesley's HULK and Bridget's SPIDERMAN glasses. |
My own loot:
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| GOTHAM GIRLS t-shirt and a new BONE novel, signed by Tom Sniegoski |
On the way out the kids shot some storm troopers. Bridget needed help with the gun, but Wesley took care of them all on his own.
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| Are these all the kills? |
All in all, it was a good time. Sadly, Batdog (aka Calypso) had to stay home and defend the Bat Cave.
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| I'm not invited? |
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| Why are you dressed like that? |
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| I have to protect the Cave? |
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| Oh, ok. Batdog reporting for duty. |
Next up: New York Comic Con in October. Who's joining me?
Looks like you guys had a fun trip. I've got a superhero pic on my blog today too! Good timing for getting the pics fished out and posted. ;)
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Leonardo (Leonard) would be the DaVinci one... I don't know, the kids of today just don't know their turtles or Italian artists :(
ReplyDeleteAh, you would be correct. This is what happens when I'm trying to put up blog posts and chase after children at the same time. ;)
DeleteGet the children to put up the Blog, and then you can monitor them doing it and make it an educational excuse :)
DeleteVery nice. I love the pic of the little munchkin & I, I'm so stealing that picture! Caly, Trinity & Lady did a good job of keeping the 'batcave' safe for all to enter.
ReplyDeleteI remember the first time I went to Dragon*Con <3
ReplyDeleteIt was just me and my cousin, and my two children, then ages 1 and 2. Thank God for double strollers. =)
BTW, Storm Trooper Helmets on a Shelf? Such a total Win. =D
You are brave! It took me this long to bring my two into Boston. My husband has been bugging me to take them to the museums and aquarium but I was terrified of bringing them on the train and subways when I barely knew my way around.
DeleteThere was a lot of cool stuff. I'm hoping NY is even better and I won't have the kids to worry about so much.