Buffy Reunites!

I don't usually go out of my way to share stuff like this on my blog but since Buffy The Vampire Slayer is one of my absolute favourite shows of all time I just had to comment on it. EW got almost the entire cast together (plus Joss Whedon) for a 20th anniversary photoshoot. I believe the only ones absent where Anthony Head and Marc Blucas (who was announced for LFCC today). I know we'll never get a new series (though if Netflix are reading this...) but it's great to see the Scooby Gang all back together.

My Signed Posters

Okay this is similar to the signed Chirashi's one I did not too long ago, this will feature a lot of repeat stuff plus will feature some stuff that I might have got before the blog, this will also be update with new posters I got signed as well as stuff is added to, I will try note country of origin and whether it's original or not (the TV ones are all reprints unless I say otherwise). These where also all obtained in person.

My Signed Chirashi's

WARNING FOR Y'ALL - I am showing nothing new here that hasn't appeared in previous blog entries about convention visits, just thought I'd randomly collect them all here is one place.

In case you are wondering what a Chirashi is, it's a flyer from a film's release in Japan that are said to be 7x10 (but these always seem bigger than that to me). They often have really cool images and unlike posters they are a lot easier to store and Display. I've seen a few similar from a few other Asian countries like South Korea (obviously not referred to as a Chirashi).

These are my signed Chirashi's and I've had them all signed in person. I do have many unsigned ones because of their awesomeness and often are very cheap. This will get updated as I add more Chirashi's or get signatures added.

UK Comic Cruise Day 2 - Dutch Comic Con and The Boat (Coming Back)

This probably going to be a bit longer than the write up to the Comic Cruise.

So I had always imagined my first time in Holland would have been Amsterdam - Not that I am a marijuana smoker or I have got the need to visit a Red Light District (I'd probably be more inclined to visit the Anne Frank Museum to be honest), it's just the place I would have predicted - and I assume that where 99% of the Brits travelling to the Netherlands end up including many of my family (many likely for the activities just mentioned -, not that I am judging!).

So here I am on the 2nd day of the UK Comic Cruise, already tired - arriving in Rotterdam and then on a coach to Utrecht (which I'm still figuring out how I should pronounce, though I think I have got the hang of it) to attend the Dutch Comic Con, something that was booked without knowing a single guest who would be appearing at the con, now I knew from looking at the previous events that it wouldn't be a number of Dutch TV stars of no interest to an international man (of mystery) like me and was about to call the line-up semi disappointing (which isn't really true) until a few weeks before they announced Dirk Benedict. It's funny how a random name can perk up your opinion of an event.

We (as in me and my Nephew Dominic) was lucky enough to get on the first coach for Utrecht, and I was walking down the aisle when I heard a "Hi Rob" and looked up it was Virginia Hey, so really cool she remembered me and asked me how I was - it sticks out to me because I've met signees before then literally 5 minutes later they walk past me and there is no acknowledgment (not that I need it).

So we got our bands once we was off the coach and made we it to the venue which was huge, 4 halls including one just for stalls and another a gaming area - this is easily the largest convention I have ever attended - and I first made my way to where the guests are, noticeably by far the most popular guest was Dirk Benedict (which I will get too in a minute), so the first guest I met was Dr. Beverly Crusher herself Gates McFadden, who I had two things for. Firstly my Labyrinth poster, which you recalled I lost got signed by Michael Henbury in November, she thought it was cool somebody was getting something non TNG to sign (she was dance coordinator on the movie).

And then she signed my Star Trek - First Contact mini quad which I'd got signed by Alice Krige late last year.

So then it was on to Sean Maguire, best known for playing Robin Hood in Once Upon A Time or if you are British like me Eastenders or a short pop career in the late 90s, and I'll start firstly by saying, his assistant (volunteer from DCC) I saw be rude to a bunch of young ladies saying something like "he's not here to hug and kiss you, he's here to sign autographs!" which while technically true was more just the way she said it - even though it was too benefit me, but anyway he was a nice guy who hasn't seemed to age a day in years and we even talked about said pop career (since I listened to it for the first time in ages not too long ago). Hershey's have not sponsored this entry at all, it just so happens it was something I brought from DCC and was the closest thing to anchor it.

and a close up (this could end up being pretty cool if I get any other names on it).

So moving onto the final guest for me for the weekend - Dirk Benedict, which was, well certainly an experience, okay this could be long winded, I joined the end of his longish cue and was inline 30 or maybe 40 minutes and literally got 2nd to the front and he had to go for a photo shoot which he then would follow with lunch and be back for two, obviously it's frustrating but I'm a nice guy (who moans a little bit based on this blog), so thought okay I'll come back at 2 and hope for the best as far the line goes, so I go for a walk around and walk past and see that 15 minutes later he's back at his desk signing, so I was a bit pissed off with that and went back to see it was just a limited quick signing since he had some down time between signings/lunch and couldn't join the back of this now very tiny cue, so I basically walked around for another 20 minutes or so, then happened to walk past again to see if he was still, now I was ready to go in all angry but the guy helping the line waved me over from a distance and put me in the cue, and it turns out they fit me as literally the last person before his lunch as he left the table after meeting me, so I feel that they knew they are screwed up with me and tried to at least make it up to me.

So anyway I digress and haven't actually talked about meeting Dirk Benedict, so what did I get signed...

something from Battlestar Galactica... no...

okay then, it surely as to be that 80's classic series The A-Team...really, it's no again

If you answer 80's wrestling movie Body Slam... you are correct! It's a film that at best received mixed reviews, but he loved seeing this VHS cover, asking if it had a DVD release (DVD on demand I believe is the answer) and saying it was his favourite experience of making a movie (hence why he put that).

Okay if you only look at this blog to read about the autographs part that is it for this 2 parter, but I'm going to continue talking about my convention experience both at DDC and coming back on the boat.

So yeah, I was pissed for a bit of the today but felt better once all that was sorted and could look around the stalls a bit better finally finding my Nephew who had wondered off during my autograph hunt, he headed which should have been no surprise to me to the gaming area (he's a big gamer, well compared to me he is).

I ended up going to a stall for the new Power Rangers movie, where there was posters, now I'm not really a PR fan but I can't resist something that's free especially a foreign poster, the thing was I think you needed a scratch card and you win it, but obviously the language barrier (and being English we don't usually bother to learn other people's languages, which without getting too political is kind of ironic) I didn't understand and she just ended up giving me the poster anyway, so here it is

I also picked up free posters for Star Wars Rebels and a game (which had a cool bag) - because again I can't resist free stuff, and brought a couple of DVDs, most to sell but I got a a Dutch release of Enter The Dragon (paired with Cobra), I don't know if I have mentioned it but I collect Bruce Lee stuff and multiple versions of each film. This is my 6th Enter The Dragon DVD I believe (plus 2 videos).

and it was more walking around (like a Lord of the Rings film), buying some reasonably priced American Candy (like the Heshey's that appeared in a couple of photos) and all that jazz before having to return to get the coach - now here's the thing despite being 34 my Mother worries about me when I go away (I am the youngest so I'm her baby) and she specifically told me not to accept something from anybody, which is what did when I hope an employee of Monster Energy Drinks was handing out free drinks. So yes 4 free things, I consider this a good success and despite me being miserable for a section, a fun day was had...

Back To The Boat (and Comic Cruise)

So going to Holland, we had our bags checked, what you usually would expect - we had none of this returning, no checking for alcohol or knives (which they had kept asking us going) and we got back on the boat fairly easily, I went for tea which was a buffet and expensive by my standards but it was lovely, maybe because I had hardly ate since the same time the day before.

We ended up in the bar, watching the comic con entertainment for the night, firstly a talk including Virginia Hey which was enjoyable, followed by a dry talk about East Yorkshire's (where my hometown of Hull is) involvement in JRR Tolkien's writing, I did appreciate the guys love for it but honestly was not my thing, and we got another one man show from Simon Fisher Becker called Let Zygons Be Zygons, I don't know what it was like compared to the show he did coming (since I only saw bits) but this was a lot of moaning, I still found him an interesting speaker though

Next up was Star Draws, which was a version of pictionary with 2 teams, it didn't quite work because you couldn't really see the white board from where we was - whilst this was happening a female dressed as Poison Ivy sat in front of us and kept talking to us rather 2 shy guys and ended up eventually turning around to talk to us... and then comes the part where people will think I'm making up..

She was a porn actress... now this could be no big deal to some people (especially if you are Charlie Sheen) but I have never socialized with somebody who works in the adult film industry, I checked her out when I got back for educational purposes (honestly!) and yes she really is, I won't name her here, but she pages and some videos on various sites and all I'll say is I've never had a conversation with somebody who has been with 5 men at the same time (that I know of and that's not including your Mother obviously), but before finding her profession I found her intelligent, funny, beautiful and besides her not been ashamed of it so it came up a couple of times (phrasing), she was good company who even brought us a couple of drinks - my Nephew, who is 20 as only drunk once before and I guess all it takes is a porn star to convince to taste alcohol, also in case he reads this, this is an artist impression of when he was very, very drunk in the bathroom and slipped and was holding his knee

I got in bed past one o'clock... alone, since I wasn't in a porno, and thought of the day I had while I listening to music to get me to sleep.

And that's it's a fabulous weekend, with a story to tell that nobody will really believe us about, seriously if you met me, you'd realize how much the hanging around with a porn actress sounds ridiculous. That been said so I don't like I'm harping on about it, was a weekend of fabulous guests (and one moment of me spitting dummy out), it all feels like an experience I'll never forget and I would gladly consider doing it again!

UK Comic Cruise Day 1 - The Boat (Going)

Okay, so there was two conventions I never thought I would be doing - not that I never wanted to do them, it's just I thought I would never get the opportunity and these were - firstly a convention on a boat (I guess that one never crossed my mind, as any I knew about was often leaving and travelling in another far off part of the world like Barbados) and secondly a convention in a foreign land (maybe I could have gone to one in America if I suddenly come into money), fortunately the good people of District 13 who run the Hull and Bridlington Comic Cons did this event that was leaving via P&O Ferry in my hometown and would be a 3 day (which in hours is actually closer to two days) thing with a Comic Con going on the boat, a day at Dutch Comic Con and a Comic Con coming back on the boat (and since it was leaving Saturday evening and getting back 7.30am Monday, I don't really have to miss any of my self employed work), and all this was for a very reasonable £89 pp (entry ticket to the Dutch Comic Con was included).

For these very reasons it's kind of two separate cons which is why I have decided to break it into two blog entries (the comic con on the ship going - which is this entry - and the Dutch Comic Con as well as the return leg). I think I was that excited about going I reckon I was in the first handful of people who booked even though the initial announced guests where all those I have met before - which always leads to the decision of whether to get another item signed by them, thankfully, there was Ian McNeice, I had met him 2009 (at Collectormania Midlands) which was before his Doctor Who appearance(s) as Winston Churchill and also somebody I regret not having a Mad Max 2 poster for her to sign - Virginia Hey - when I was first met her (which was a very positive experience as was McNeice) and I decided not to get anything from any of the other guests which included Sarah Louise Madison (who was the first person to sign my Doctor Who poster which I keep harping on about don't I, way back in 2015) and Simon Fisher Becker (another person who was in Doctor Who as well as Harry Potter).

Arriving to the port it was through customs (obviously) and a lot of people cosplaying got their weapons confiscated (though weirdly later people had prop weapons that you think would have also been confiscated), and kept getting asked whether we had knives or alcohol by numerous people, even checking the seal on my coke bottles hadn't been broke and once on the boat we fairly easily found our cabin once on (I attended this with my 20 year old Nephew, Dominic, so if I keep mentioning that name it's who I am referring too) and after settling in found the 2 floor bar was an easy walk to the floors underneath us (literally the stairs about 30 seconds from our door took us to here the comic con was) - already there was a stall selling some figures and such as well as reserved areas for the signers which were booth tables and though stuff was sort of happening it all started properly at 8 o'clock (this is the night) with an introduction and then a joint talk including Ian McNeice, Sarah Louise Madison and Hugh Mitchell, which on the case of McNeice only touched slightly on his varied career (he was obviously has a much longer filmography then the other two), but it was fun enough.

I only caught bits of the next which Simon Fisher-Becker's one man show "My Dalek Has Another Puncture" as I was in and out to get graphs but it seemed enjoyable of the parts I saw. I hate to say this but even compared to last year he has put on more weight and am slightly worried for the guy's life!

The first person I met was Ian McNeice, who like last time was a very friendly chap, he signed my Doctor Who poster (The 24th) where he played Winston Churchill during the Matt Smith era (The main episode that features him his great)

and a close up of the signature

and then I showed him my Chirashi for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and he signed it for a reduced cost, he loved this Chirashi and even wants me to send me him a copy (though I may just buy him one and send it to him), even writing down (likely his agents) address, but that is something I will do. I also talked to him about some of his other movies - The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain and Top Secret!

Next up was Virginia Hey who after saying Hello said "I have met you before haven't it" which is in fact true (Horror Fest in Hull 2015, also where I met Sarah Louise Madison), however when I first met her she said the exact thing but I must say this time she even made reference to thinking that last time she met me that she thought we had met before, so yes this looks like she has a pretty amazing memory.

We talked for absolutely ages but very little about her work, we talked about the interesting logistics of the Comic Con Cruise and a time she met somebody in the lift and expected her to remember her 15 years later, and it was time for her to pack up and the weirdest part was she didn't think I was there to get anything signed, so she happily talked to me for ages without trying to make a sale

However I did have this cool Mad Max 2 poster from Germany, which I originally was planning on getting multiple names on but she wrote such a cool long message that I do really like it as it is.

And sadly that was it for guests I wanted to meet, the others there I had nothing that I wanted signed by them, I would happily got stuff signed by guests if I had never met them before), and it was time to watch the Cosplay costume and there was loads and loads of entries from a 13 year old Flash to a Dark Alice to Joker and Captain Jack Sparrow (a guarantee at any comic con!) and the MCs had a good banter going

I had a couple of beers watching all this and then it was time for bed at gone midnight knowing there would be a full day ahead tomorrow...

Hall Of Fame #3 - Katy Manning

Katy Manning, who I have met twice (in 2009 and earlier this month) has been absolutely lovely both times, both times having a conversation and a hug and a kiss. Any convention thinking of getting her could do much, much worse, no wonder she is so beloved by Doctor Who fans.

Hall Of Fame #2 - Shaun Williamson

Shaun Williamson is best known for playing Barry in Eastenders and himself in Extras (where they still refer to him as Barry). Williamson was the first person I ever met at a theatre stage door and if he would have been terrible he would have probably put me off ever going to the stage door again but he was such a nice fella talking to me and others while he signed 4 things for me. So that's why he is the second entrant into my Hall of Fame.

LFCC Announcements

LFCC have announced a bunch of new guests last night including the legendary John Cleese, as well as Doug Jones, Deep Roy, Missi Pyle, Robert Hardy and Ian McDiarmid. Cleese is the big name for me and might be the rare time I do not get somebody on my Doctor Who poster rather then something else.

They did promise some guests for Collectormania, but I think there a miscommunication and there was none.

In Other Martin Ballantyne News...

Okay first, I am happy to stop piling on the guy if anybody as issue and I actually wasn't planning on mentioning him again if it wasn't for the fact I was on the Keighley Comic Con page and noticed this...

£15 - £25 depending on the item being signed! £15 - £25 DEPENDING ON THE ITEM BEING SIGNED!!! (I could keep repeating this but I won't) but seriously £15 is too much of an asking price for him... but I have to admit what would constitute a £25 item - I would hope he means a £20 note as his asking price here if we are talking £15 puts him in the same bracket as some people who don't actually have to big up what there actual role in something is, this makes me want to apologise to Tim Rose who I questioned is £25 signature especially if they are jokers (no pun intended) like him charging as much as they do...

In fairness I did see what was £25 and it meant a Joker's Henchman Pop Vinyl (I assume unofficial), not personally something I'd ever get but at least there is clarification.

Sorry for the mini-rant but this guy does seem to be getting paying customers which is something of a mystery to me at this point...

Hall Of Fame - First Induction

I decided to do a random Hall of Fame which will cover some of my best meets whether it's at convention, outside a theatre door or at random, there is no number of people who can go in and will be no particular order to those that are going.

To be honest the least I want when meeting somewhere (particularly in a convention setting) is some sort of  acknowledgment I'm there, but I feel all those who will be inducted into the Hall Of Fame went above and beyond to make it a positive experience for me...

#1 - Hattie Hayridge

For someone to give you 15 minutes of there time at a convention setting is really cool, but that's exactly what Red Dwarf's Hattie Hayridge did at a Humber Unleashed event, patiently listening and answering my questions and talking about other random things, that's why I am proud to announce Hattie Hayridge as the first inductee into The Wrath Of Con Hall Of Fame.

Valiant 2017

Valiant 2017 (held in Sheffield. which is not that far from me - only some 66 miles) is the most I've ever paid for a ticket for a single day event, I'm talking like 3 times as much as any other... But why? I can be really stingy at times and why would I choose this event to suddenly not of a problem with it?...

Well Valiant 2017 is the first ever event I have attended where the autographs are included in the cost of ticket (see I swerved you for the moment, what a cheeky bugger I am!), and was an event I hadn't heard of until now (or I would have attended last year for sure) and is a Doctor Who event - so  my trusted poster was begging and calling out to me to attend (which by the way will only appear in photo form towards the end of this update rather than the close up of the graphs I've done last few times).

The £45 ticket (yes not expensive at all) included an impressive 9 guests (with 2 bonus guests) and you are allowed to get 2 signatures per guest - and 10 of these 11 where not on my poster yet, so obviously this is a major, major bargain (guests seem to be minimum of £10 at conventions so the maths was simple you could say it's £180 worth of autographs included). I originally booked it with 3 guests announced (none of them on my poster but strong enough names from the classic era of the show to interest me).

Valiant (like Newcastle back in November) had that cool thing of the venue being right near the train station, like it was literally a 2 minute walk across the road (I knew from my map it was near a cinema, which you could see once you exited the station), so I knew this probably meant I really wasn't going to see much of Sheffield, which when I visit a town you kind of want to see a bit of it (this is my fourth visit to the city - the other 3 all WWE event related - and would still say I've never really seen the city), but I did see a lovely fountain and water display (so kudos there Sheffield!)

I arrived at the event some 20-30 minutes before opening time, a small cue had already formed (the tickets where limited to 100 people), and I think they even opened the doors a touch earlier, we give our ticket and got handed a program (where you got the guests ticked off when you got the graphs) and a complimentary poster (based around the episode Earthshock, which 3 of the guests were in) and I quickly went to another desk to get tokens for the bonus guest and surprisingly for me purchased a group photo shop which I had brought enough money for because I was already leaning towards gettings (I should point out I rarely get a photo shoot which is why it was on my years goals) and then to be honest basically stood around waiting for things to start. There was only one stall selling stuff, so there wasn't a lot to do....

The first talk of the day was Katy Manning, who I will get to into more later was the star of the day, her talk was a lot of fun, the guy asking the questions originally tried to do a word association with each adventure, but that didn't last long as she went off on a tangent and there wasn't even any time to get any questions from the audience. I attended some of the other talks but will only touch on them a little bit later (you'll again see what I mean).

After her talk it was time to meet the first round of guests (they were in 3 sessions lasting roughly a couple of hours) and the first person I met was Kay Patrick, who appeared in a couple of early Hartnell stories and I of course got her on the poster... as well as a Coronation Street book, which I had previously got signed by Sue Devaney, Andrew Dunn and Wendi Peters (all in Hull and theatre related), Patrick served as a director on the show for many years. This book is the sort of project that I'm not planning to spend very much money on (all have been "free" so far) and the sig on the end of Dunn looks like that because of the scanner.

Next up, was Peter Roy - so I hummed and hawed about writing this bit down, well I'll start by saying Roy, I met him last year at the Hull Comic Con and got him on the DW poster, so both of the things I had for him where non-Who, anyway the part I hummed and hawed about writing down was was he took a photo with the person in front of me - a female - and jokingly said to me that don't worry he won't kiss me on the cheek (as he did to her) - and I said something like it's up to you (keeping it lighthearted), and then he ended up doing a limp wrist and a "gay" voice, it all felt homophobic to me, and was likely just an older guy set in his ways but it did leave a sour taste with me, anyway I added him to my Raiders Of The Lost Ark souvenir magazine (previously signed by George Harris)

and also added him after Ian McNeice (in 2009 actually at the same event as Harris) to my Top Secret Belgian poster, McNeice signature was free that day because he was included in the ticket price, so this as cost me £1.50 (a bargain price for an original signed poster) so far, so excellent. (might be a chance of getting a third person on this next month)

So yeah deep down Peter Roy probably wasn't a bad guy, but that his what I'm going to remember him for, and then finally onto Simon Rouse, the last guest of this batch, which sadly he didn't seem entirely interested to be there, it's not that he was rude though but I'm just not sure he actually said a word to me, like not acknowledging me when I said thank you, but anyway he was another name for the poster. I also got him in the book for The Bill, which he best known for, (previously signed by Shaun Williamson at a theatre door).

So yeah, the morning guests were not exactly a great start with the best way I can describe Kay Patrick is as nice enough... but thankfully the next batch of guests beginning in the afternoon where much better...

First up in this session was Richard Franklin, who was a nice chap (and I actually was first in line for, rare that I can actually say that) and asked me where I was from and turned out and one point lived one town over from me at one point, both of course he added his name to the poster.,

The second item I had for him since he played an engineer in Rogue One was a Chirashi from that film (fictional readers will know I don't really collect Star Wars, but I was going to make an exception with Rogue One with this Chirashi), and he signed it but I feel like he signed it too big, so likely am not going to do it so in essence he's saved me an all bunch of money, anyway here is the picture and see if you agree... also first world problems hey...

I think you'll agree his autograph on it, is a bit big for a multi project.

Next up was John Levene, from the same era of Who as Franklin, another nice chap, I first got him on my poster, and I also got him in a Doctor Who Encyclopedia which I plan to give to him hence why it's dedicated to him, also a cool dedication too hey

Next up of the 3 Pertwee era guests was the star of the day for me (and I'm sure many of the 100 who attended will agree!) - Katy Manning, who was taking a long time to get through her line (in fact even came back to sign after her allocated time as did Franklin who didn't need to stay out quite as long) as she was chatting with every attendee (that I saw) and for the most part was hugging and kissing (so standing up a lot) hello or goodbye (I got a hug and kiss goodbye BTW)

She was extremely friendly (she'd make it into a rhetorical hall of fame) and signed my poster, the first person to do so in silver which I don't object too since I had no problem of her signing across Pertwee's body (since he's deceased he can' be signing it) and it would come out better there than in silver, I also got her to sign a DVD for the Green Death episodes, which if I'm being honest may sell on...

Also signing at the same time was Steve Morley who had to leave earlier hence fitting him here (he was due to sign in the third and final session), and of course got him on the poster as well as the DVD cover for the Earthshock episodes, another nice chap, talk about a better experience overall in the afternoon!

Signing the same time were the bonus guests, a pair of Cybermen (who did both appear in Earthshock - among others - the DVD of which I didn't get them to sign due to the extra cost), who were both very nice - Mark Hardy and David Banks (who I didn't know until his talk was from Hull), since there was a charge I only got one a piece from them, both on the poster (of course).

I ended up having a late dinner and went outside and shockingly the weather was lovely, so had my sandwiches (which I very much enjoyed thank you for asking) among other things and chilled out as to be honest I was a little stuffy in there at that point and my bag had split earlier.

After these it was time for the photoshoot, okay I'll level with you, I'm not happy about my weight at the minute (I am working on it) so I have made myself an international man of mystery (oh behave! - I will drop doing that in the future I promise) so I covered myself up here, but it was nice to get a photo with all the guests.

The last batch of guests ended up being Martin Cort and Peter Stenson who both appeared very early in the show including both in the episode "The Keys Of Marinus", both nice fellas and both signed my poster and then also the book for my Nephew. Hope he likes it...

Okay then now a couple of notes - firstly why besides the Manning I haven't talked about the talks that were ongoing throughout the day yet, firstly the Banks and Hardy had a very funny ending with them acting out there Cybermen deaths, and for the majority of talks I saw I enjoyed it, it's just I can't name a name here because it's not quite like the Roy experience (which I witness firsthand), I was out getting hat autographs and got into the talk later and the sentence was getting ended something like "...and Jews control Hollywood and they only care about money" - which is a shocking thing to say but they may have been quoting something (like Mel Gibson), so I am refusing to name names in case it was something innocent.

At 6 it was time to leave and go home (and managed to get home at a more reasonable hour then the Newcastle trip), and I know you fictional readers here are all excited so his is how my poster looks now... drum roll...

I think it looks fab and is starting to get full up and still with enough space for the events coming up!

Overall despite only one stall (who was nice enough to give me a bag for free when mine split), and sometimes a lack of things to do (but at the ticket price I can't complain) and the homophobia and possible Anti-Semitism, I would happily attend and get another 10-11 graphs next year, it really was a fun day for my first convention of the year.

A personal note about what I take, future conventions I hope to take less books (I had 3 which made the bag heavier - maybe just stick to the WWE Encyclopedia), and hopefully not to be many posters in tubes (2 with 3 at a push should be my max) and have more folded posters then rolled. Maybe take a backpack like I did in the conventions of olde (2008 and 09).

Tomorrow

This blog is read by 23,456,456 people... or 0... or somewhere between that number (I think there is 1 reader - me, but do I count?), anyway this blog entry is about Tomorrow (when the sun will come out) and that I am attending my first event of the year, so they will be an actual exciting update and that (maybe Sunday - depends how tired I am when I get back in on Saturday). Also if I haven't alluded to what the event is you will notice a theme with it, anyway see you again over the weekend...