Prelude to the con
It’s official, Iron Man is a big hit in the box office. Collecting over $100 million in box office sales in the first weekend, the comic fan and non-comic fan alike have taken a fancy to Robert Downey Jr’s portrayal of the brilliant minded, alcoholic, womanizing, multi million weapons developer Tony Stark and his journey to try to redeem part of his soul.
This is just another clear example of how geek-culture is slowly taking over pop culture and media. Some of the top grossing movies and highly celebrated shows in recent years are based upon comics or reboots of old Science Fiction shows. Marvel based movies as well as DC characters Batman and Superman have garnered recent success among the mainstream audience raking in millions of dollars.
With that being said, the big event for geekdom has arrived in the city of Seattle: The Emerald City Comic Con. Over 9,000 people are expected for the event with about 160 guests signed on from the comics, television, and movie industries. I’m a big comic fan at heart and it’s surprising that the comic book community has grown so much since my hiatus. The first Seattle comic book convention I attended took place at the Seattle Center in McCaw Hall as the Seattle Comiccard. Albeit, it was a very small and only consisted of a few guests and mostly vendors. If you weren’t in the market of buying comics it wasn’t much of a place for you. Today’s comic cons are jam packed full of anime theaters, tons of guests, costume contests and panel workshops.
I’ll be on site at the Washington State Convention Center for the Emerald City Comic-con with my trusty camera and update on the event at the end of Saturday. Tickets are $30 for the whole weekend and $20 for Saturday and $15 for Sunday.
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