Z-is-Eternal

Here at Youmacon 2014 with some other members of LEF not letting the fact that I have a fever and can't exactly breath all the time keep me from running around taking pictures of people and enjoying the collection of nerdom.

Went to AniBash in Rochester with some friends this past Saturday.  It was their first time going to a cosplay event other than the free comic book day and the longest period of time I have actually stayed in proximity to the people I go to an event with.  It was decidedly different having somebody else help carry around my camera bag, hand out cards, and help round up cosplayers.  Well, on to the main point of this entry.  To anybody that happens by here as a resulted of having received a card after having their picture taken images should be up later in the week.  A few might make there way up here and there over the next few days but generally speaking Thursday is when I am planning on.  My computer is slow so it will take at least 5 hours for it to convert the images.  Longer if it has multiple strokes while attempting to do it.  As usual Lockport Expeditionary Force is where the entirety of the day will go.  I will be posting some to DeviantArt but, for the sake of my sanity amongst other things, it will only be a portion of what goes up on the LEF page.  Hope everybody that went there enjoyed themselves and thanks to Matt and the other anibash people for doing it again this year.

DISCLAIMER!!!!  If you have wandered here because I gave you are card at Niagara Falls Comic con first off 'Woohoo!' you didn't just throw it out and that alone makes me happy, lol.  Anyways, I still haven't finished going through the pictures I took at Anime North, that last con I went to before this back at the end of May, so it might be a week or two (or three) before anything make it up onto there from NFCC.  From the looks of things I only have about 3 images that are 'wow I failed at camera' so to the people that are in those images I accept your scorn with the shame that is due.  That being said even though a lot of stuff may seem to get posted onto my galleries here the majority of stuff goes up on my group's facebook page www.facebook.com/pages/Lockpor… and it goes up a lot sooner there than it does here.  Stuff should be up there in the next 3 to 4 days so please feel free to check there.  I guess the point of the disclaimer is that I'm slow and I'm sorry.

It was my first time going to a comic con so while I had fun I wasn't really sure what to expect.  I drove there Saturday hoping to observe the costume contest but upon seeing the size of the line and feeling the heat I turned around and decided to scout some areas on the Niagara gorge for fun and future use.  So basically instead of dying in a line outside a convention center I almost died on the oh so well maintained and safe path leading down to the Niagara gorge.
Sunday went much better.  Got in no problem.  Wandered around looking at stuff, taking pictures of people, and periodically talking to them.  Had a brief moment of quasi panic when I realized that I no long had my lens bag with my 35mm prime, which once again I didn't use because of space and lazy, but after asking a few people I was directed to the box office.  As soon as I walked up I could see somebody had turned it in so sadness was averted.

I'm not really sure how I would rate the con simply because the only things I have to compare it to are anime conventions and Fan Expo.  I also only went on Sunday which is generally a slower day for most conventions.  Price wise I think it should have been $20 cheaper for a weekend pass putting it at $40 based on its small size.  My knowledge of comic books pretty much ends at the fact that I know they exist so if comic book A costing $300 is a fair price in the fandom i couldn't say.  There did seem to be a lot of discounts and deals going on in terms of buy 2 get one free, anything in this box is $0.50, and discounts off cover price though.  I think if I had gone with one of my friends more versed and into the comic book scene I would have gained a deeper understanding and appreciation for what was there.  It also might be a result of my experience with anime cons but I wish they had more event type things since the entirety of the con seemed to be vendor and exhibitor stuff.  This isn't to say I wish they would get rid of some of the vendors and exhibitors because I think they were all nice I just think it would be good to have something for people to do as a break from wandering around and shopping. 

DISCLAIMER!!!!  If you have wandered here because I gave you are card at Niagara Falls Comic con first off 'Woohoo!' you didn't just throw it out and that alone makes me happy, lol.  Anyways, I still haven't finished going through the pictures I took at Anime North, that last con I went to before this back at the end of May, so it might be a week or two (or three) before anything make it up onto there from NFCC.  From the looks of things I only have about 3 images that are 'wow I failed at camera' so to the people that are in those images I accept your scorn with the shame that is due.  That being said even though a lot of stuff may seem to get posted onto my galleries here the majority of stuff goes up on my group's facebook page www.facebook.com/pages/Lockpor… and it goes up a lot sooner there than it does here.  Stuff should be up there in the next 3 to 4 days so please feel free to check there.  I guess the point of the disclaimer is that I'm slow and I'm sorry.

It was my first time going to a comic con so while I had fun I wasn't really sure what to expect.  I drove there Saturday hoping to observe the costume contest but upon seeing the size of the line and feeling the heat I turned around and decided to scout some areas on the Niagara gorge for fun and future use.  So basically instead of dying in a line outside a convention center I almost died on the oh so well maintained and safe path leading down to the Niagara gorge.
Sunday went much better.  Got in no problem.  Wandered around looking at stuff, taking pictures of people, and periodically talking to them.  Had a brief moment of quasi panic when I realized that I no long had my lens bag with my 35mm prime, which once again I didn't use because of space and lazy, but after asking a few people I was directed to the box office.  As soon as I walked up I could see somebody had turned it in so sadness was averted.

Aside from to say that I did have fun I'm not really sure how I would rate the con simply because the only things I have to compare it to are anime conventions and Fan Expo.  I also only went on Sunday which is generally a slower day for most conventions.  Price wise I think it should have been $20 cheaper for a weekend pass putting it at $40 based on its small size.  My knowledge of comic books pretty much ends at the fact that I know they exist so if comic book A costing $300 is a fair price in the fandom i couldn't say.  There did seem to be a lot of discounts and deals going on in terms of buy 2 get one free, anything in this box is $0.50, and discounts off cover price though.  I think if I had gone with one of my friends more versed and into the comic book scene I would have gained a deeper understanding and appreciation for what was there.  It also might be a result of my experience with anime cons that makes me wish they had more event type things.  The entirety of the con seemed to be vendor and exhibitor stuff.  This isn't to say I wish they had less vendors or exhibitors, all of the exhibitors were nice, i just think they need more not Q&A type things even just to give people something to do while they take a break from wandering and shopping.  It is what it is though.  Now back to going through the pictures I took Sunday at Anime North.  So far behind,

Back in the States after having a great time at Anime North 2014.  Saw some old friends, made some new friends, took a ton of pictures and nobody associated with my group got arrested or deported.  That's what I call a successful trip.  A few pictures might make their way up today and tomorrow but will most likely be later in the week until they really start showing up.  Now will mostly be spent cleaning and trying to get my legs back to normal levels of operation.