Comic Con: Things Learned

So. As you can tell, Comic Con rocked! ;) Asher, Micah and I are already planning to go again next year. In efforts to wrap things up, here are some random things we learned and observed...

• Go over the map in advance. (We missed a section entirely and definitely want to hit that next year. It was probably okay for this year, as we were already pretty overwhelmed with the newness of everything and I'd have had trouble getting boys back out of the gaming section, lol.)
• Apparently bodysuit costumes boost confidence, particularly those with full face masks.
• Fishnet stockings do NOT equal pants. ;)
• If you plan to purchase prints or posters, it might be a good idea to bring a tube or portfolio to carry them in.
• Go ahead and park in the convention center parking garage...so convenient and I don't really think I'd have found parking for that amount of time much cheaper anywhere else nearby.
• Bring a water bottle. There are fountains near every bathroom with faucets for refilling water bottles. Much cheaper than the $4 little bottled water at the concessions.
• In the panels and presentations, perhaps don't sit right next to the speakers (which we did twice in trying to make sure boys could see, lol).
• Thankfully, my boys recognized that paying for autographs and photo ops seemed extravagant. They still enjoyed learning about who was there but have decided that really only a few people would be worth paying for...Stan Lee, Robert Downey, Jr., the Mythbusters, Picard/Professor X (Patrick Stewart) and/or Gandalf/Magneto (Ian McKellen)...along with other members of the Avengers and the Lord of the Rings casts, lol. 
• Relatedly, they were quite bummed to have missed their old karate instructor who was there at a booth with another comic artist. (MJ is an artist whose work the boys have hanging proudly in their rooms.)
• Be careful with capes and long skirts on escalators. (Fortunately, we didn't have any issues with this, but I could so clearly see that we could have, lol.)

Whew.

This was the final picture we took as we were leaving Comic Con.

Awesome. :)