MucaMeow here to share my adventure at Comic-Con this year (A bit late). We knew it would be tough to fit everything in one day, but we were determined. We woke up early Thursday and made our way to the San Diego convention center.

We were accompanied by many attendees from the shuttle to the convention center’s main entrance. The first thing to do was scope out the exhibit hall. The exhibit hall was roomier, but we didn’t have a lot of time to look around – we had panels to attend.

Our first panel was Caprica, Battlestar, and Beyond. This one was very popular – many dressed in attire from the show. There was even a guy dressed as retro Captain Apollo. Very Cool! Due to our busy schedule, we left early and headed to another panel called Manga for Grown-Ups. The panelists focused on a more-mature genre called Gekiga, or “dramatic pictures.” The fathers of this style were Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Yoshigaru Tsuge and Masahiko Matsumoto. It was quite informative, following the movement from 1950’s to present.

Next was Radical Axis Studios, the makers of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies. They were celebrating 10 years of ATHF on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. Radical opened with a funny video that took a look at the animation studio. The majority of the panel was Q & A; fans wanted to know about what inspired them (mostly what made them laugh) and extracted promises that Hand Banana would show up again. The highlight was when one of the creators gave away a custom drawing of Shake to whoever could recite Carl’s last name – “Just go with Smith” didn’t count, apparently.

Last, we tried to get into the Psych panel, but the line was far too long. We opted for some lunch and then headed back to the exhibit hall for some more shopping and artist hunting. We got some Magic cards signed, which is always cool! We were asked to exit at 7 p.m., where we encountered a pedestrian traffic jam. The light had gone out where pedestrians could cross to the Gaslamp District. It took almost two hours to get back to our hotel. Ugh.

All worth it though!

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