Last week, I went to the San Diego Comic-Con. While there, I went to some panels, chatted a bit, and took some pictures. Also, I posted a bit to Twitter and Flickr. Here's a compilation of the things I did.

Tuesday, July 22

• 8:32am CT (via Twitter): Going to be at Comic-con from Thursday to Sunday. Not at a table, just walking around.

Wednesday, July 23

• 5:45pm CT (via Twitter): Wrapping up work stuff so I can focus fully on Comic-Con tomorrow.

Thursday, July 24

• 8:51am CT (via Twitter): At airport, ready to leave for Comic-Con. Initial flight is delayed THREE HOURS due to bad weather in connection city...
• 8:52am CT (via Twitter): ...So they put me on an earlier flight! Sweet!
• 10:38am CT (via Twitter): In Houston switching to second flight.
• 2:48pm PT (via Flickr): "Landing in San Diego"
  
• 2:55pm PT (via Flickr): "Suspicions correct: no AC, only a fan"; I waited too long to get a hotel. This one was nice and well-positioned, but it didn't have AC.
  
• 4:08pm PT (via Flickr): "William Katt"
  
• 4:12pm PT (via Twitter): Landed in San Diego. Uneventful flights. Tiny pizza for in-flight snack.
• Not only did Continental treat everyone to miniature pizzas, they also showed us Drillbit Taylor.
• 4:32pm PCT (via Flickr): "Kyle Baker and Sergio Aragones"
  
• 4:40pm PT (via Flickr): "Amy Kim Ganter and Kazi Kibuishi"
  
• 4:54pm PT (via Flickr): "Stan Bush"
  
• 5:00pm? PT (via Flickr): "Nite-Owl's ship"
  
• 5:05pm PT: William Katt
  
• 5:28pm PT (via Flickr): "NCsoft"
  
• 6:16pm PT: Nite-Owl's ship from The Watchmen
  
• 6:17pm PT: Nite-Owl's ship from The Watchmen
  
• 6:26pm PT: The NCsoft booth, spotlighting Operation Immortality
  
• 6:27pm PT (via Flickr): "The Baroness and a Cobra Soldier
  
• 6:37pm PT (via Flickr): "Robert Culp"
  

Friday, July 25

• 7:53am PT (via Twitter): Had a nice dinner with NCsoft crew last night. Woke up way too early this morning.
• 7:56am PT (via Twitter): Have you seen my Comic-Con photos? http://www.flickr.com/photo...
• 9:47am PT (via Flickr): "This is the pre-line for the ticket to enter the real line"; a friend of mine asked me to pick up a certain toy for him. Turned out it was a bigger mission than anticipated.
  
• 9:50am PT (via Twitter): I'm on the line to get the ticket for the real line.
• 9:54am PT (via Flickr): "Slave Leia is mandatory at conventions"
  
• 12:23pm PT (via Flickr): "This is the start of the actual line"
  
• 12:56pm PT (via Flickr): "The end of the line"
  
• 1:21pm PT (via Flickr): "Mission accomplished"; This was the toy I was supposed to collect after waiting in line.
  
• 2:01pm PT (via Flickr): "David Nakayama"
  
• 2:04pm PT (via Twitter): Just had a great chat with always-friendly comic artist David Nakayama.
• 2:27pm PT (via Twitter): This may surprise you, but some people at comic conventions smell really, really bad.
• 2:48pm PT (via Flickr): "Stan "The Man" Lee"
  
• 3:08pm PT (via Flickr): "'An Introduction to Webcomics' panel"
  
• 5:36pm PT (via Flickr): "Steve Troop"
  
• 6:00pm PT (via Flickr): "Greg Dean"
  

Saturday, July 26

• 9:23am PT (via Flickr): "The Incredibles"
  
• 10:56am PT (via Flickr): "21 and 24"
  
• 11:03am PT (via Twitter): Little Big Planet looks awesome. The little canvas boy has great controls and appearance.
• 11:19am PT (via Flickr): "Amanda Conner"
  
• 11:28am PT (via Flickr): "Dean Haglund, one of X-Files 'Lone Gunmen'"
  
• 11:56am PT (via Flickr): "Ray Bradbury"
  
• 12:16pm PT (via Flickr): "The Dharma Initiative is recruiting"
  
• 12:25pm PT (via Flickr): "I think he has a quest..."
  
• 12:30pm PT (via Twitter): I just received a quest from a guy dressed as an NPC.
• 12:33pm PT (via Flickr): "...And this is the quest I got from the guy dressed as an NPC"
  
• 12:42pm PT (via Flickr): "Catwoman, Robin, and Batman"
  
• 12:53pm PT (via Flickr): "Iron Monger"
  
• 1:07pm PT (via Twitter): Sitting on the floor to eat half a sandwich.
• 1:08pm PT (via Twitter): Comic-Con seemed much more crowded yesterday.
• 1:24pm PT (via Flickr): "Black Manta"
  
• 2:30pm PT (via Flickr): "Plastic Man"
  
• 3:23pm PT (via Twitter): I've been to a lot of panels. I should start looking for the things I came to buy as well.
• 3:49pm PT (via Flickr): "Dwayne McDuffie"
  
• 4:35pm PT (via Twitter): My feet are killing me.
• 4:44pm PT (via Twitter): In conventions past, People dressed as Star Trek, Star Wars, vampires, and superheroes. Growing themes include Stargate, steampunk/steamgoth
• 4:45pm PT (via Twitter): ...oh, and people giving out free hugs.
• 5:12pm PT (via Twitter): I walked all the way to the next panel...but the line was capped and I could not get in. :(
• 5:14pm PT (via Twitter): I'm in!
• 5:45pm PT (via Flickr): "Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Legion of Super-Heroes"
  
• 6:30pm PT (via Twitter): Greg Dean is a scholar and a gentleman.
• 6:50pm PT (via Flickr): "Destro"
  
• 6:56pm PT (via Twitter): Wanted to go to a Mythbusters panel, but the line is crazy long so I will probably not get in.
• 7:22pm PT (via Twitter): The Mythbusters room is now officially at capacity. No new people are being allowed inside. :(
• 7:34pm PT (via Flickr): "Clothes made from the con's gift bags"
  

Sunday, July 27

• My iPhone didn't charge up from the night before for some reason. It is less than one-quarter charged.
• 9:20am PT (via Twitter): People love their free poster tubes.
• 9:24am PT (via Twitter): Phone ran out of power and wouldn't recharge at the end of Comic-Con. No worries...nothing interesting happened to me since the last post.
• 9:35am PT: I got a pen from the DC Universe Online booth that had a miniature batlight built into it.
  
• 9:48am PT (via Flickr): "Batman and Wonder Woman"
  
• 10:00am PT (via Flickr): "Convention of the Apes"
  
• 10:06am PT: I'm surprised it took so long for me to see some Ninjas.
  
• 10:13am PT: I think they're waiting in line for an autograph.
  
• 10:14am PT: The convention wwas giving away one free Maple Story card pack to all visitors. This young entrepeneur had 20 additional packs at the time I took this picture.
  
• 10:16am PT: This is a line to get free poster tubes with built in straps for easy carrying.
  
• 10:30am PT (via Flickr): "Zuda Comics"
  
• 11:30am PT (via Flickr): "Bender"