[Kings Provisional]

I went yesterday (Fri) and it was a blast! I really have to go for more than just a day, there is just too much to see and too many folks to talk to get done in one day. Man there is a lot of stuff, almost overwhelming!

A few brief highlights:

The day started out great! We were walking to the Convention Center and why there all by herself standing on a corner was Olivia Munn. She could not have been nicer and I got a pic with her. She is even hotter in real life.

The Suicide Girls booth. Smoking hot chicks with lots of ink! They also could not have been nicer and more down to earth girls. And there was a bunch of them! Look, I like comics, movies, video games ect ect as much as the next guy, but I have never been a "fanboy". But I was pretty amped to hang out with the crew from SG for a little bit. So hot!

The Patrick Oliphant panel. Oliphant is a politcal cartoonist who has been busting balls for over 30 years. It was cool to hear him give some insight on what drives and inspires him to do the tthings he does.

Billy Tucci ( probably best known for Shi, but has done tons of stuff for many books and comapanies) is flat out a cool guy. He sort of looks like Gary Oldman and when he is not writing or drawing comics he is jumping out of planes, riding around in tanks, flying in old WWII planes, touring battlefields, ect ect. He Did a Sgt. Rock miniseries so he wanted to get the feel for it.

Billy happens to be an Arsenal Gunner supporter, as am I, so he always remembers me and my brother. So no matter how many people he has in line or how busy he is, he stops what he is doing to say hello. And its not like my brother and I are jerks who push to the front or yell at him. Billy catches sight of us and just pauses to say "Hey guys how is it going!" Then he will say to wait a little bit so we can chat and catch up. If he really busy he we say "Hey walk around a bit and then come back and hang out at the booth when it calms down."

So yesterday I got to hang a bit with him and asked "Hey Billy, I got beer in a cooler back in my car, you want some?" he replied, "Hell yeah I would! Sneak them in and lets drink a couple!" So I snuck them in with ease and drank with Billy freakin' Tucci at his booth! And we did not sneak it, we drank it it proud!

Now Tucci's booth is smack dab front and center of one of the major entrances. And it stands alone. So it is highly visable and has tons of people constantly walking by. So as we drank our brews we got all sorts of envious looks from folks, "How did you guys get beer?!?!" A number of professionals from other booths walked over "What the hell Billly, where is our beer?!?!" So that was flat out cool.

And who knew that the Mighty Boosh was so popular, I tries to see that panel, got there late and it was packed. So I missed it.

But what an event!