UYD's San Diego Con 2006 Report

Gaffey · Post by **Gaffey** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:42 -0700

Here's a pic of Stan with 2 pieces of art. (Comic Art Fans website)

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiec ... t=0&UCat=0

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 13:15 -0700

FanFan: Yes that's Matt Sakai in Mayhem's group shot. The guy sitting to the left of him was a friend of his. He has also signed up with the UYD and his username here on the DojoBoard is Rennic.

johnplatt · Post by **johnplatt** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 17:59 -0700

First dojo post from a jealous fan who wishes he could have been in San Diego.

I've been reading UY since mid-way through the Fantagraphics run, and don't plan on stopping!

Usagi · Post by **Usagi** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 18:04 -0700

johnplatt wrote:First dojo post from a jealous fan who wishes he could have been in San Diego.

I've been reading UY since mid-way through the Fantagraphics run, and don't plan on stopping!

Theres always next year! Don't be jealus, it's just a big con so book early ^___^ (I plan to this time lol if It fits into my schedule around that time)

Leonardo-san · Post by **Leonardo-san** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 18:10 -0700

Okay...here's the link. You want to view "ninja turtles at comic con"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ldrs5_k ... omic%20con
Go watch if you want! Enjoy I hope!
We got emails from Kevin E. today and Dan B. at Mirage that they all apparently enjoyed it.

I will try to get the few pics I posted up and shared soon. Because most of my Con was about getting the TMNT Leo costume and skit done, and the Kenshin costume done, I didn't get around as much as usual to either panels or picture taking.

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 19:07 -0700

Sweet!!!! That's awesome Kim. Get the pics up soon.

Todd

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 21:44 -0700

Todd Shogun wrote:FanFan: Yes that's Matt Sakai in Mayhem's group shot. The guy sitting to the left of him was a friend of his. He has also signed up with the UYD and his username here on the DojoBoard is Rennic.

The guy next to him is Billy Ott, Matthew's friend and classmate who is also into Usagi. They both had summer school, so were at Comic-con only for the weekend.

VikingBabe · Post by **VikingBabe** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 22:54 -0700

The comic-con may seem like the "ultimate", but it does have it's downsides...over 100,000 of them actually! Yes I do speak of the crowds and crowds of people that seem to be doubling up every year! If you can handle wall-to-wall people, then you'll survive...but after 4 days it does begin to hurt! What happened to the good old days when you could actually walk 50 ft and it didn't take a half an hour? They really should consider placing a limit on how many people attend.

Fanfan · Post by **Fanfan** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:50 -0700

First of all, Welcome here johnplatt and Rennic !

And Matthew we are waiting for your first post

Okay...here's the link. You want to view "ninja turtles at comic con"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ldrs5_k ... omic%20con

Wow really cool !!!

Do not hesitate to post more videos or photos !!!

Here's a pic of Stan with 2 pieces of art. (Comic Art Fans website)

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiec ... t=0&UCat=0

Really great (should i say as usual) !

They both had summer school, so were at Comic-con only for the weekend.

Summer school, hmmm, we don't have that here... what do you do in summer school ?

The comic-con may seem like the "ultimate", but it does have it's downsides...over 100,000 of them actually! Yes I do speak of the crowds and crowds of people that seem to be doubling up every year! If you can handle wall-to-wall people, then you'll survive...but after 4 days it does begin to hurt!

thanks for your commentary, i didn't aware of the exponential problem of visitors, we don't really see this on the photos. It is hard to visualize how big is the con.

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:41 -0700

Fanfan wrote:
Summer school, hmmm, we don't have that here... what do you do in summer school ?

The comic-con may seem like the "ultimate", but it does have it's downsides...over 100,000 of them actually! Yes I do speak of the crowds and crowds of people that seem to be doubling up every year! If you can handle wall-to-wall people, then you'll survive...but after 4 days it does begin to hurt!
thanks for your commentary, i didn't aware of the exponential problem of visitors, we don't really see this on the photos. It is hard to visualize how big is the con.

In summer school here, Matthew took one class--biology. It is a 5-week intensive class, 5.5 hours a day, 5 days a week. They cover the entire school year, so if he misses more than two days he would fail the class and would have to retake it. But he will not have to take it during the regular school year.

Comic-con closed registration on Friday afternoon, and closed its on-site registration on Saturday. So make sure you preregister if you ever consider attending.

The biggest congestion was in the middle of the Dealers' Hall where all the major publishers and movie and toy companies were located. If you wanted to get to one end of the hall to the other, you could bypass the congestion by exiting the hall and walking through the convention center lobby.

Our own Diana Schutz received a Friends of Lulu Women of Distinction Award at the con.

cynlee · Post by **cynlee** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:55 -0700

http://w6.photobucket.com/widgets/dynam ... 01/cynlee/

I'm experimenting at Photobucket-- thank Goodness for the digital age, I have over a hundred undeveloped rolls of film and disposable cameras that I have collected since the early 90s-- so many Convention pictures that I have taken and never developed! 17 of them here...

OOOO congrats to D. Schultz!

And OOOOOO!!! I sure am glad I preregistered! I had heard that Sat. they quit letting people in for a while...

Fanfan · Post by **Fanfan** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:42 -0700

Our own Diana Schutz received a Friends of Lulu Women of Distinction Award at the con.

Bravo !!

I'm experimenting at Photobucket-- thank Goodness for the digital age, I have over a hundred undeveloped rolls of film and disposable cameras that I have collected since the early 90s-- so many Convention pictures that I have taken and never developed! 17 of them here...

Wow, that's cool, slideshow + high res photo, is photobucket free ?

The lone wolf cosployer is amazing!

don't forget i would like to post some photos of the Con on my website, and every photographer is welcome !

Post by **Mayhem** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:58 -0700

cynlee wrote:And OOOOOO!!! I sure am glad I preregistered! I had heard that Sat. they quit letting people in for a while...

I heard that as well actually. I also heard from someone that there may have been over 150,000 people through the doors this year, which is staggering considering it just about broke the 100k mark last year. No wonder they had to shut it off on Saturday if that is true.

Which is why for the most part I spent Saturday in the halls listening to people instead

Considering the queues I saw on Saturday for people to register to get in, it is definitely worth just pre-booking the whole event in advance!

Gaffey · Post by **Gaffey** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 13:20 -0700

Another piece of art from the SDCC '06.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiec ... t=0&UCat=0

This rocks!!

cynlee · Post by **cynlee** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 15:00 -0700

Fanfan wrote:Wow, that's cool, slideshow + high res photo, is photobucket free ?

The lone wolf cosployer is amazing!

don't forget i would like to post some photos of the Con on my website, and every photographer is welcome !

Yeah, unless you want something fancy. I may upgrade in another month or two.

If you want pics-- do I just what, email the url?

I wish I'd gotten a much better pic of him, but someone had already asked him to stand for a shot, and I missed my chance for that one.

Strange-- whenever I see it, all I can think of is Stan's Lone Goat and Kid...