I only attended Thursday at Con, but I had to wait till VERY early this morning to post about it, because between working two jobs and having a relationship (almost a third job in of itself) I simply had no chance to sit down and give the subject due attention.
Thursday at NYCC was sooooo relaxed in comparison to previous years. No one elbowing me in the ribs! No fighting my way past long-ass lines!
I got into the only panel I really wanted to see, which was the GLBT in Comics panel, featuring (among others) my homegirl Marjorie Lui and Greg Pak. They and the other panelists all had interesting things to say about gay representation in comics and how its gotten so much easier for them to get gay themes into comics now, as opposed to just a few years ago. Greg Pak talked for a bit about Korg/Hiroim from his run on Hulk, which was totally cute. When asked if there are any couples they're dying to write, Greg Pak immediately said he'd already gotten his wish in getting to write Hercules/Howlett. Marjorie said she'd love to make Daken/Johnny Storm canon! After the panel I got to speak to both of them briefly, and they're soooo nice. I told Marjorie that I, too, hope that Daken/Johnny happens one day, and her eyes lit up in slash fangirl glee. "Me too!" she said. I felt like we understood one another.
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These girls held hands the entire time. So cute!
Later that evening, there was a comedy show featuring Brian Posehn, Janeane Garofalo, and Trevor Moore (from The Whitest Kids U Know), among others. Garofalo was all over the place -- it didn't seem like she'd prepared at all for actually performing. Moore, Posehn, and the other guys were all pretty funny. Moore played guitar and sang, and I was dying at some of his songs.
Thursday at NYCC was sooooo relaxed in comparison to previous years. No one elbowing me in the ribs! No fighting my way past long-ass lines!
I got into the only panel I really wanted to see, which was the GLBT in Comics panel, featuring (among others) my homegirl Marjorie Lui and Greg Pak. They and the other panelists all had interesting things to say about gay representation in comics and how its gotten so much easier for them to get gay themes into comics now, as opposed to just a few years ago. Greg Pak talked for a bit about Korg/Hiroim from his run on Hulk, which was totally cute. When asked if there are any couples they're dying to write, Greg Pak immediately said he'd already gotten his wish in getting to write Hercules/Howlett. Marjorie said she'd love to make Daken/Johnny Storm canon! After the panel I got to speak to both of them briefly, and they're soooo nice. I told Marjorie that I, too, hope that Daken/Johnny happens one day, and her eyes lit up in slash fangirl glee. "Me too!" she said. I felt like we understood one another.
These girls held hands the entire time. So cute!
Later that evening, there was a comedy show featuring Brian Posehn, Janeane Garofalo, and Trevor Moore (from The Whitest Kids U Know), among others. Garofalo was all over the place -- it didn't seem like she'd prepared at all for actually performing. Moore, Posehn, and the other guys were all pretty funny. Moore played guitar and sang, and I was dying at some of his songs.