Hello, friends! I finally stopped being lazy and looked for my camera cord which means…I can finally do my little recap of Comic-Con 2012! Read on for all the details.
My brother and I headed down to San Diego early Thursday morning to kick things off. We made good time and we were super happy with everything until we arrived downtown and couldn’t find decent parking. We circled around a few times until finally resigning ourselves to paying too much for a parking spot (I’M STILL CRYING OVER IT) and went to pick up our badges for the weekend. After that, we went to Hall H for the Breaking Dawn panel. It wasn’t anything special, the footage was eh, but it was the last Twilight panel. What can I say? I was feeling nostalgic. Plus, The Host footage (Max Irons is PRETTY)! After that I caught the tail end of the Susan Dennard panel before heading upstairs for her signing where I got to snag Something Strange and Deadly a few days early (I already read it and loved it!). Susan was super lovely and I love the swag she had to give away. On my way out I also saw Sarah J. Maas and got to chat with her for a few minutes — always good to see her!
On Friday I walked around the exhibit hall floor and picked up the usual random items: pins, posters, shirts, etc, etc. I have no idea where I was headed at the time, but I ended up running into Stephanie Perkins and Kiersten White! I somehow found Stephanie last year, but to spot her again in the madness that is the exhibit floor is C R A Z Y! Anyway, I chatted with them for a minute, asked Kiersten how she was preparing for unicorn apocalypse, and scored an early copy of Endlessly! WIN. After that it was off to the Gennifer Albin signing for Crewel (sadly I forgot to ask for a pic) and the Remixed Fairy Tales and Superhero Lore panel with three of my favorites: Marissa Meyer, Rae Carson, and Sarah J. Maas. Super fantastic panel!
Saturday was pretty much an entire day of the exhibit hall floor. The first thing was the Marie Lu signing for the special edition of Legend. I stupidly didn’t snag a photo with her, but it was nice to finally meet her since it didn’t happen at BEA or ALA. I also hung out with Melody of Hollywood The Write Way and it was fun to chat with her, discuss books, and share our BEA experiences while hanging around for signings. We lined up early for Marissa Meyer to get Scarlet (how fab is her costume?!) — which I got for Jen this time around — and then I went off to the S.J. Kincaid panel. Don’t let her tell you otherwise, she did a great job with the seriously HARDCORE questions!
After that I went back to the exhibit floor for the Leigh Bardugo signing and ran into Sarah J. Maas and Susan Dennard. I finally snagged a photo with them and told them about my woes of losing my badge (yes, it happened…but I got it replaced, yay!).
While waiting in line for Leigh, I spotted Shannon Messenger, author of Keeper of the Lost Cities and Let the Sky Fall, and chatted with her about how I was looking forward to reading them both and how I shouldn’t tell her if I hate her books (which I’m sure I won’t, haha). Then at Leigh’s signing I got an awesome poster of Ravka and nail polish!
Then it was time for the Dark Days signing where I FINALLY (!!!) met S.J. Kincaid. Squees all around! It was a busy signing, with Dan Wells and Aprilynne Pike signing as well, but it was SUCH a highlight to finally meet in person. Plus, I got a shiny finished copy signed by her! :D After that, Comic-Con 2012 was over for me –
– and what a great way to end it! The original plan was to stick around for Sunday’s programming, but my brother and I were ready to head back early Sunday morning. This was definitely a fun year at Comic-Con and I loved seeing so many of my favorites and picking up good books. Can’t wait to do it again next year!
Squees all around INDEED. Looks like an amazing time and I’m glad you had so much fun!
Also, I am eternally grateful for Scarlet. I feel the tears coming again. <3
Can it be next June already? So ready for all the author goodness with you all!
AAAAH. DUDE. This is WAY too cool! I would have loved to go but these tickets sell out FAST. xD Aaaah! I’m literally squeeing from all of this awesomeness! It is so cool to meet authors in real life and this fact was confirmed when I went to ALA. XD You got a totally awesomesauce book haul, and one with a special edition of Legend too!! :DDD Insignia looks SO GOOD. I believe it’s a cyberpunk novel? Well, that sounds pretty darn unique in itself. :P
So glad to see you had tons of fun! ^_____^ <3
Ahhhh, yes, getting Comic-Con passes is insane! I remember one year my brother spent an entire morning trying to battle the system. >_< Definitely give Insignia a go — a definite favorite of this year!!
Hopefully we’ll both get some more author events in the future!
I…… must go next year. I must.
YES, I think you definitely should!!
It looks like you had such a great time! I’ve always wanted to go to Comic Con. Hopefully, I get to do it one day!
I hope so; it’s such a fun experience! I know the NY Comic-Con has gotten really big, too, so it’s good to have that option (and WonderCon!) as well! :)
You saw The Host footage? What did you think? I feel like I’m the only one fangirling about that film
A big pull for the Breaking Dawn panel was actually the possibility of seeing The Host footage, haha. I think it looked great visually, and I love how they’re handling the Melanie/Wanderer combo, but I do wish the clips had flowed better together. They jumped to too many different points in the story without really saying what the movie was about. They were clips and not a trailer, so I’m sure they’ll get their act together, but if I wasn’t already a fan I would have left going “WHAT WAS THAT.” Still, I think it could be a great movie so fingers crossed!
Yeah I read a couple of reviews of the footage and most entertainment outlets were like WHAT lol it’s good to know fans did get it lol :D
LOVEEE all of the pictures and I’m so glad you had fun despite it being hectic. You are basically the expert of cons now!
Also, Max Irons………… The Host…..AHHH.
And I like your photo of the The Cullen fam, hehehe.
THE SUMMER OF CONS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, haha. BEA obvs wins as my favorite though. :P
I was going to freak out if SMeyer ended up bringing Max out — thankfully (or regretfully lol) she didn’t.
Soooooo much jealousy!!!! Sarah J. Maas, Gennifer Albin, Marissa Meyer (OHMYGOD SCARLET!!), Marie Lu, and S.J. Kincaid! Ahhhh!! Sooo much jealousy!
It sounds like you had an amazing time and I’m really going to try to attend next year!
I kinda laughed at this, “but I ended up running into Stephanie Perkins and Kiersten White!” Going to an event where you can just say “OH, I RAN INTO SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED AUTHORS ON THE PLANET. NOTHING SPECIAL” is flipping awesome :D (side note: unicorn apocalypse?! :o I knew the zombies were just to confuse us….) I love Marissa’s costume! ANd ahh! Steph! SO many amazing authors you got to meet and chat with and TOUCH.
I am dying to make it to Comic Con one year. Reading all the panel recaps for books/movies/my fave tv shows were fantastic this year, but to be there in person? *explodes*
So happy you had an incredible time!
This is so awesome. I look forward to your Comic-Con posts every year! I’ve decided that next year instead of trying to do BEA I’m going to try and do Comic-Con. If I can get in. :)