Well it's that time of year again! .....when people can find an excuse to dress up in costumes other than Halloween. .....when the biggest names hand out swag in their booth to market their upcoming movie, show, game and etc. ...when you get a chance to see the hottest stars, personalities and people you've seen somewhere but don't remember. .....when crowds cheer and generate hype for even the smallest of things during a panel.

It's SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2009!

As I have done before, I'll be showing you my perspective of what I have experienced in Comic-Con thoughout the 5 days I've been there. As just one person (with a few other), I can't show every single thing that happened there. But I think that what makes it great. Comic-con has become very big and with it's 40th Anniversary, it has come to show how much it's grown throughout the years.

Well enough of this, I won't be boring you with much text so heres The Con!

PREVIEW NIGHT -

So for preview night I decided to lay back a bit and just enjoy the sights... (knowing that walking through the exhibit hall is already tiring)

First booth I looked for was the Capcom booth with it's boxing ring platform from pervious Cons...

Community Manager and Pro Street Fighter player Seth Killian was there to run the tournaments and announcements along with other Capcom staff. Just 2 days after Evo 2009 at Las vegas, he was still full of energy.

Games shown and playable in the booth were Tatsunoko vs Capcom (great game!!), MvC2, Lost Planet 2, Dark Void, Resident Evil DC, RE4 iPhone, and some others...

oooh, and pretty prototype stick....

After playing Tatsunoko and winning a TvC towel (>__> ^__^), I headed to other booths when I saw an awsome Master Chief cosplayer with a carbine.

In the Marvel booth, there was a stage that showcased all the Iron-Man suits in the film and apparently the fourth will be the new one for Iron Man 2.

As for the DC booth, comic book artist Jim Lee was signing autographs ( I wish I had brought my All Star Batman comics ) Also in the booth was a playable Batman Arkham Asylum stand with a walkthrough guide....

oh and I believe it was the Hasbro booth that had the Bumblebee and Camaro display...

Not much else I did but get some swag on that day >__>

But wait, it wasn't even....

DAY 1

Now things got a bit more interesting....

I first had to go to a DC talent search panel (yeah, I didn't get through :lol

I passed by the G4 booth where there was an awesome Slave Leia cosplayer. (I cut off the lower part since it got pretty risque, so might as well look at the internet for the full body shot. Sorry! It's GS' rules, not mines) Also there was a guy dressed as The Phantom!! Remember the Phantom?

Near the G4 booth, I heard that Alison Haislip was giving out autographs and photos. And while I probably only saw her 2 or 3 times on AotS (I don't watch much anymore), I thought I'd go for it anyway. Nice person, maybe I should try to watch AotS a bit more Another pic similar to this can be seen on her website, alisonhaislip.com. When it's up that is.

Pulling me in like a magnet, I went back to the Capcom booth and who did I find? Producers of RE5 signing sutographs! What luck!

The EA booth was just nearby with a bunch of playable games such as Brutal Legend, Saboteur, Dead Space Extraction and Dante's Inferno.

So of all the games I played there, which was my favorite? Saboteur!! A great mix of open world enviroments w/ driving, stealth, brawling, platforming and 3rd person shooting. Wow. And they give a free WW2 lighter replica for playing the game hehe

My next visit was to the Mega64 booth. That's right, the San Diego natives who do those public video game pranks!!! For those who don't know, here's a video of their work

They were awesome to talk to! I'm glad I bought their DVD as the prank segments are funny stuff.

Ohh, and here some more awesome cosplayers, costumed booth babes, and a giant robot from the upcoming Avatar.

Later that day, I decided to go to the Dexter Panel in hopes of finding a way to meet Michael C. Hall. Unfortunately, I didn't (sorry Sammy ) But hey, the panel was great with such an interesting cast. Now I'll just have to buy Season 1.....

Right after Dexter I randomly went to another Panel. That panel happened to showcase an upcoming movie called Kick-Ass. Having read Kick-Ass myself, I sort of knew of how the live action sequences would turn out. Showing several clips and a trailer (I can't show due to Comic-con's rules ) the entire crowd cheered and gave a standing ovation. It was quite something else. It had that kind of raunchy teen comedy ****mixed in with superhero movies and the feel and action that something Quentin Tarantino would direct. Yup, this might be something to put on your radar.

Well that was the end of day one and things got even better with...

DAY 2

With my friends, I went around the exhibit hall...again -_- But hey, it was much different than day 1 and I took more pics.

One of my friends took some hilarious poses with cosplayers...

Around noon, I actually met Gametrailers/Spike tv personality Amanda Mckay with one of the devs of Dark Void.

But this is where things took a turn for the best. My friend wanted to get an autograph from Hiyao Miyazaki, so knowing where backstage is at (and a few connections this and there >__>) we just had to go and take a chance to see if we could. We were able to get in, but instead of Hiyao ( who left minutes ago, as well as MEGAN FOX ) we saw some other famous faces....

Tim Burton!

Cameron Diaz!!

Yeah, security guard sucks for pushing me back Not the best shot I could have with a celeb

My friend may not have gotten an autograph from Hiyao, but whos to complain when you just got autographs from Tim Burton and Cameron Diaz? Yup, he left with a happy face

So as Day 2 ended, I had thought that there was no way to top that.....but I was wrong.

O__O

Stay tuned, because Days 3 and 4 are coming in the next blog!! yeah, it's that big :/