Comics, conventions and summer camp friends, oh my!

It’s Friday and I am preparing to head off to WonderCon here in San Francisco.  This weekend marks the beginning of another convention season and more importantly my triumphant return to San Francisco.  The last time I was in San Fran was for my honeymoon nearly 8 years ago.  As if those circumstances were not special enough – my week in Northern California was even more memorable because I had a broken leg.  Not just a little broken, either.  It was badly broken in three places and I was bound to crutches for a 6 week period.  This begs the obvious question – was my leg broken for my wedding and if so – how and when did it break?  More importantly, why write this little anecdote on iFanboy?

My leg was broken Thursday evening as all the groomsmen were on their way to pick up their tuxedos.  It was nothing crazy like a drunken bachelor party.  As a matter of fact it was just two good friends having a bear hug on the way out the door.  That hug turned into a little stumble then a crack of bone and finally lots of tears from my bride to be.  Still – why write about it on iFanboy?  Simple.  Ron is the one that broke my leg.  How’s that for friendship?  Actually, Ron still feels badly about this incident and I have all but forgotten.  Not really.

So my last trip to San Francisco consisted of crutches and wheelchairs, cable cars coming to complete stops and riding the special handicapped tram to the top of Alcatraz.  This trip promises to be drastically different.

My first order of business will be to visit James Sime at Isotope.  I have had the pleasure of meeting James and his crew at San Diego conventions in years past and the rumors that surround James and his store lounge have intrigued me.  Ron and others have attempted to verify the mystery that is Isotope, but in fact I have stopped listening.  I am under the impression that it needs to be experienced not described.  So I am just going to let my anticipation grow a little while longer and then I will be sure to offer a full report next week.

Second thing on my list is to visit the Revision3 studios.  If you are not familiar with Revision3 they are the great people that host iFanboy, our video podcast.

Finally there is the WonderCon.  Conventions mean all sorts of things to different people.  Some people like to get sketches from young and aspiring artists/creators, some people are more attracted to meeting the big names that make themselves available at the conventions.  There are, of course, the panels – will there be breaking or exciting news – or will Marvel and DC just confirm something that we have all been speculating for weeks?  And then there is just the madness and mayhem that can be the con floor.

The floor is my favorite part.  I have not been to WonderCon – and I know that it is smaller than San Diego, but I am still excited.  You see, when you go to the conventions you start meeting all kinds of people and they become your “summer camp� friends.  Summer camp friends are those people that you only see a few times a year but you get along like peas in a pod when are you together.  When you finally reunite you spend the first few minutes trying to catch up since last time you saw each other.  Then you have the awkward silence followed by the agreeing to meet up later when both parties are less busy.  I love the awkwardness.  This being the first con of the season – it has been months since I have seen any of my summer camp friends – so there will be plenty of awkwardness.  I am not sure why I crave those awkward situations, but I do.

But enough about all of this.  I have breakfast to eat, and a con to get to.  If you happen to be in San Fran for WonderCon make sure you look for us on the floor.  Who knows, maybe we can even share an awkward moment.  And make sure that you check our site for information on where we will be when.    

ps - I'll be sure to give a full report of all the excitement when I get home next week - and, of course, I will be updating on twitter all weekend!