Okay so I went and am back. First off, I had more fun outside waiting in line then I did inside. Inside I got to see all these people doing either really awesome or just hystercial cosplays. These conventions tend to bring out the weird in people and its a great opportunity for 'people watching', observing people let lose and act crazy.
At the event, Harley Quinn was a very popular cosplay, I think I saw a dozen or more of them. I also saw a couple of Deathstroke and Deadpool Cosplays, batman was a very popular recurring universe to coslpay where you got to see the whos who: Bane, Nightwing, Red Robin, Deathstroke(again), Joker, Catwoman, Batman, himself, etc.
But there was also a helping of other things like: StarWars, Legend of Zelda, Dragonball Z, X-Men, I saw Ryu from Street Fighter, My Little Pony, Ninja Turtles, Game of Thrones just to name a few.
The line was long and epic, three and a half hours to buy my general admission ticket. But after you buy your ticket, you have to wait in a second line just to use your ticket to get in and that was another hour.
Once inside, it was packed ass-tight. No amount of lube could have made it any easier to walk through that place. You were literally forced into rubbing elbows with the person in front of and behind you. Also, they were very strict about everything. I know that these operations won't allow you to take pictures of the celebs as you walk by their booths, but in this case some people were very far away and only taking pics of the promotional posters and cardboard cut outs, and the security scolded them. That was super weak. I was able to weasel out a snap shot of the actress Grey De Lisle(catwoman in Batman Arkham City) - had to stand on m tippy-toes and hold my digital camera straight over my head. Got meet the cosplay model MarieDoll from SouthTexas sporting a Morrigan Aensland cosplay(EPIC WIN) All in all, I probably navigated the hall a good hour and a half before leaving.
I actually left early before I got to see everything because it was just too packed, so packed that they actually stopped selling tickets and stopped allowing people through the door because the fire marshall had deemed it a hazard to allow anyone in. I heard one of the cops say he estimated 3000 people in line outside to just buy their tickets. And I believe it because the line didn't just go around the building, it snaked around in on itself a few times. It was freaking long.
These things aren't set up for nerds or fans of the comic books, they're more set up for middle-America and earning money. To take pics with the celebrities, it costs money and any attempts to take pictures of the celebs without paying for it, is prohibited. They're super strict. Also, the collectibles they sell: toys, DVDs, actual comics are at least twice what you pay at the store.
I don't know if I would ever go to another one, unless there was a celeb their that I really liked and wanted their autograph really bad, maybe a video game voice actor like Kevin Conroy or Troy Baker. Otherwise I'll stay home.
I took pics of some of the cosplays. Morrigan Aensland and Lilith, and Batgirl cosplays had me drooling. Nemesis from Resident Evil 3 was killer. I thought it might be cool to feature a few of them here with Halloween around the corner:
ladies, take a hint, Morrigan Aesnland from Dark Stalkers, please buy an outfit like that to wear for your clients.
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cosplay model LadyZe who was not at this event.
Alamo City Comic Con
