San Diego Comic Con 2011
The sheer craziness of sdcc!
Call me crazy, but a week ago we were starting our San Diego Comic Con 2011 Adventure. How fast a week goes. How much we miss it.

The sheer craziness of sdcc!
Call me crazy, but a week ago we were starting our San Diego Comic Con 2011 Adventure. How fast a week goes. How much we miss it.

Hall H Friday night after the Eisners. What’s missing from this photo?

Hall H Friday night after the Eisners. What’s missing from this photo?

Mass exodus. We’re always sad when it’s over, though are feet and shoulders are relieved.

Mass exodus. We’re always sad when it’s over, though are feet and shoulders are relieved.

Steven Spielberg. Peter Jackson. One lucky fan.

Can’t wait for Tintin.

Steven Spielberg. Peter Jackson. One lucky fan.

Can’t wait for Tintin.

Gold rush

Gold rush

Frazetta pop-up museum. Thanks, Robert Rodriguez.

Frazetta pop-up museum. Thanks, Robert Rodriguez.

Obligatory San Diego Comic Con Image

Obligatory San Diego Comic Con Image

Want.

Want.

Janet Lee at sdcc

Janet Lee at sdcc

Cowboys and Aliens premiere after party

Cowboys and Aliens premiere after party

Alien ship from Cowboys and Aliens premiere

Alien ship from Cowboys and Aliens premiere

Our view of the director, producer and actors of Cowboys and Aliens. Unfortunately, when we entered what we called “the holding area”, they did not have us fill in seats in order of how we arrived, so people who came very late ended up with excellent seats. We should have been on the first floor.

Our view of the director, producer and actors of Cowboys and Aliens. Unfortunately, when we entered what we called “the holding area”, they did not have us fill in seats in order of how we arrived, so people who came very late ended up with excellent seats. We should have been on the first floor.

Jon Favreau signed my Cowboys and Aliens badge for my son.

Jon Favreau signed my Cowboys and Aliens badge for my son.

16 of the 20 “gold bricks” that we ran around and collected (I gave 4 of them away to little kids.) In each gold brick was either a wristband toy or t-shirt, a 7-11 coupon and a pull tab ticket. Pull the tab on the ticket and it either said Sorry, try again or congratulations. None of our boxes had a congratulations ticket. We went to every gold rush event (except 2 and missed getting a gold brick at one of them.) We spent part of Thursday, almost all day Friday and Saturday trying to get bricks. My husband typed up the mother of all blog posts on our Cowboys and Aliens San Diego Comic Con 2011 experience:
https://pronountrouble2.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/cowboys-aliens-the-san-diego-premiere-2/

16 of the 20 “gold bricks” that we ran around and collected (I gave 4 of them away to little kids.) In each gold brick was either a wristband toy or t-shirt, a 7-11 coupon and a pull tab ticket. Pull the tab on the ticket and it either said Sorry, try again or congratulations. None of our boxes had a congratulations ticket. We went to every gold rush event (except 2 and missed getting a gold brick at one of them.) We spent part of Thursday, almost all day Friday and Saturday trying to get bricks. My husband typed up the mother of all blog posts on our Cowboys and Aliens San Diego Comic Con 2011 experience:

https://pronountrouble2.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/cowboys-aliens-the-san-diego-premiere-2/

Jon Favreau at Cowboys and Aliens premiere

Jon Favreau at Cowboys and Aliens premiere