San Diego Comic-Con International 2017 has come and passed. No different than all the other years, it's hard for me to not have withdrawals of just wishing I was still living the event. As it goes those, there will always be the memories to think fondly of. With that said, I have a Google Photos link here, to share with you all those SDCC memories that I captured on a photo or video. If you've been following my Instagram Stories, you've seen a good chunk of them already, but not all of them. If you were also at the event, feel free to share with us your experience! On that note, I also present to you my top ten favorite moments from San Diego Comic-Con International 2017!!!
- check out my Photos + Videos from SDCC
Albert's Top Ten Favorite Moments from San Diego Comic-Con International 2017...
10) Along with seeing the cast of The Defenders on stage, I was able to see the exclusive first screening of the first episode of the show. It was a nice surprise and another "Hall H moment" to add to the list.
09) An annual tradition of mine is to go to The Walking Dead booth at the show floor, for the photo ops of the particular year (it's different every year). Only took 30 minutes of my time, which is faster than it's been before.
08) A panel that I thought was pretty awesome and informative was the "How To Tell Stories For A Microphone" panel. It was a voice over class that covered stuff from audio books to promos. I myself didn't get to go on the mic, but it was overall an entertaining experience.
07) A new annual tradition of mine is the Sunday interview that I have with David Glanzer; the Chief Communication and Strategy Officer for Comic-Con International. David himself considers it an annual thing as well, so I appreciate him letting me do this every year so far since 2015. You can listen to the interview on Episode 141 of The Stuff & Junk Show.
06) Getting into Hall H itself can be quite an event for Comic-Con attendees, but getting in and witnessing Halle Berry drink a tall glass of whiskey in one shot is yet another "Hall-H moment" for the books! The panel and the multiple video footage for Kingsman: The Golden Circle was also great. They pretty much showed about 15-20 minutes of the movie to us. We got a free shirt and a fidget spinner too!
05) I was in a gyroscope for the first time ever; which is part of the promotion for the upcoming TV show "The Orville." I learned that after 20 seconds of being twirled around, it starts to become somewhat relaxing.
04) Another interactive thing that I got to do, is to go Super Saiyan at the booth promoting Dragonball Z Super. It was I suppose an embarrassing thing to do, but it was also silly fun.
03) A new restaurant called "Monkey King" was where I ate lunch at on Thursday. As it goes with most restaurants and bars during Comic-Con weekend, they usually have their drinks or entrees "themed" for the event. I myself got a drink called the "web slinger," but the best drink has to go to my friend's choice of ordering the "mandarin take-out" which actually comes in a Chinese take-out box. Just relaxing and taking in the Comic-Con atmosphere at the San Diego Gaslamp District is always a favorite thing to do during the event.
02) Being part of the crew for the Unnecessary Debates panel with The Grand Geek Gathering!!! I'm not sure if I count this as actually having a panel at Comic-Con, but it's the closest thing to that so far. You can watch the panel through their website...
http://www.thegrandgeekgathering.com/unnecessarydebates/
01) The Kingsman experience at the Hard Rock Hotel! It happened during the first day, and it set the standard for the rest of the event. One free generous sized hamburger and chips, plus three free drinks of whiskey!!! It was the epitome of what I've grown to love about Comic-Con. Just hanging out with fellow geeks, in a themed bar set to a genre film that's based on a comic book. That's the San Diego Comic-Con for you.
Until we do this again on July 19-22, 2018, Thank You For The Memories Comic-Con!!!
Make sure to check out the coverage done on the Stuff & Junk Show podcast!
- episode 140 : One Comic-Con Day
- episode 141 : Comic-Con 2017 recap