The Con:\u00a0 Rose City Comic Con<\/p>\n
The Place:\u00a0 Oregon Convention Center<\/p>\n
The Dates:\u00a0 21 -22 September 2013<\/p>\n
Rose City Comic con bills itself as the Largest Pop Icon and comic convention Oregon. Both of my Hello Kitty plushies were my companions.<\/p>\n
Saturday: \u00a0I got to the convention site around 11:00am. The line\u00a0 was not\u00a0 very long and I spent the time checkout the exhibitor\u2019s\u00a0 hall\u00a0 and taking pictures\u00a0 until 12:00 when\u00a0 I\u00a0 attended the Chris\u00a0 Judge (from Stargate ) panel.\u00a0 It was my time\u00a0 at a big Comic con style panned, Chris\u00a0 was ok but I was bother that \u00a0he wanted to up things\u00a0 to a R rated panel but had to restrain himself to a few off color jokes.\u00a0 \u00a0The rest of the time I drifted around the exhibitor\u2019s hall especially the old school video games including Altair Star wars with its glorious vector graphics. I attended the Kiju and Hollywood to Comic panel which was very informative. \u00a0I went out to dinner and came back for the costume contest and after party. I love the two costumes form the move 9 and the two Cosplay families, mother father, and the kids in costume.<\/p>\n
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Sunday:\u00a0 I headed back to convention after Church and lunch. \u00a0I attend the Drawing Comics with Randy Emberlin and latter Animated with Tom Cook, John DiMaggio and Billy West having a dialog using voices from various shows, for example Adventure time Jake the Dog vs.\u00a0 DR.\u00a0 Zoiberg\u00a0 . This was the highlight for the con for me. \u00a0The rest of the time I just hung around the convention.<\/p>\n
The Good:\u00a0 It was a convention, the old school arcade<\/p>\n
The Bad: Not really bad, but I\u00a0 go to most of the local\u00a0 fan conventions and used to smaller intimate \u00a0cons and panels , not to big celebrity panels. I was a bit turned off by the comic con experience, having very little interest in comics and high priced autograph and photo prices.<\/p>\n
The Ugly: Nothing<\/p>\n
I want to commend Rose City Comicon for its phenomenal growth for a second year convention, and bringing an affordable comic con experience to Portland, probably push by the competition with the juggernaut Wizzards world.\u00a0\u00a0 Yet I have a feeling that Rose City comic Con will lose its local flavor and become just another big production Comic Con with distant celebrities with high cost if one wants a picture and autograph. \u00a0It has two areas that do not have a draw in my geek life, Hollywood celebrity worship and comics. I even cause me to think about do I really want to go to San Diego Comic Con.\u00a0 Rose city Comic con reminds me of the importance of local Geek and Fan conventions like Wonder Northwest, Kumoricon, Furlandia, and Newcon.<\/p>\n
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