Wondercon 2009 Photos
Mar 3rd, 2009 by emerchant
For those of you unfamilar with Wondercon, consider it the San Francisco version of ComicCon, but on a smaller scale. Here you’ll find many of the same things you’ll get in San Diego: media panels; hard-to-find comics and collectibles for sale; writers, artists, and tv and movie actors signing things; and people dressed up in costumes. Oh, so many costumes. Most of these get-ups you’ll recognize, some you’ll understand as originating from some obscure anime, and others will just completely flummox you with their bizarre premise and/or execution. This gallery contains examples of all three types.
Now, it might have been because it was my first time to Wondercon, or that I wasn’t able to get to any of the panels, or that I had my son with me, but I felt that Wondercon compared unfavorably to ComicCon in most respects. I appreciate that it exists, and perhaps there’s something to being able to provide Watchmen fanservice so close to the opening of the actual movie (March 6th, y’all), but in general the whole thing felt sort of like what it is: ComicCon’s little brother. Not quite as much of everything, and a strange traffic flow to it all. I’ll try again next year, maybe go on my own, and see if the addition of panel watching changes my experience. For $15, however, I was disappointed.