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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 9:27:38 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I went to the NYCCC show held in the Jacob Javits center in NYC yesterday ( Sunday). I took some pics and I thought I would share the day with my fellow forum members. Last Year sometime, I promised a 11 year old friend of mines son that I would take him to a show, he had never been before. So as time passed I forgot all about it until the mom called me around August to ask if I was planning to tale him to this years show. I have never attended NYCCC before , at least not this version. The only time I went to a NYC show was in 1994. I remember because Jack Kirby died that week. I picked them both u around 9 am ( the Sunday show hours were 10-5). We left Staten Island around 930 to a parking garage that I reserved about 5 blocks away from the center. I knew from past experience that even on a Sunday when the parking is fee, I would be driving round a long time looking for a spot. The garage cost 40 dollars. Walking to the center we saw people on the corners looking to buy tickets for the show. It was sold out, I believe all the days with the exception of the early Thursday date was sold out. There was a check point where all the attendees had to pass a check point with metal detectors . They also searched backpacks . Welcome to NYC. This is what some of the crowds looked like.   This is my friend Mireya and her son Lenny and me.  More to follow. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2018 9:35:33 GMT -5
Nice Recap of this event ... thanks for sharing it.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 9:43:33 GMT -5
Walking into the JJC I saw many cosplay people. There are some really amazing costumes. There was really a huge amount of people dressed up.   I'm not sure who everyone was supposed to be. Maybe someone can help me out.  |
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Post by Crimebuster on Oct 8, 2018 12:55:44 GMT -5
First picture, woman on the left is Aquaman (could be Mera I guess, they have similar costumes, but looks like a gender-flipped Aquaman to me), on the right is a character from Westworld - forget the name.
Second picture is Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 12:59:55 GMT -5
The JJC is huge. I don't remember it being this colossus in 1994, but it was endless. I felt like I walked a few miles and the show occupied 3 floors. The bottom level had the artists alley and the presentations/ panels. The main upper level was where all the dealers were selling their various wares.  They had gaming areas and stages on this floor that had live presentations  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:03:33 GMT -5
After wandering the upper level I decided to get down and serious and pick up comics. Unfortunately , comic dealers were pretty scarce. I remember seeing maybe 5 vendors selling comics , maybe less than 1% of the entire floor.  . Anyway, I found one that had each book a dollar each and I picked these up:   Sweet Christmas!  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:07:45 GMT -5
After getting those books, I wandered around and figure I better snap some pix- This young lady was handing out cards for a booth and I asked her politely if I could take a pic. Generally all the cosplay people love having their picture taken but I figured she was " On the job". She said yes.  Over here is one happy family  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:13:28 GMT -5
My friend and her son got separated from me pretty quickly in the big crowd. As a matter of fact, we entered the place at about 10:30 and I didn't see them again until after 2 pm. They were gracious enough to share their pix: I saw this nun character walking around myself, but I was too cared to ask for a pic.   Must be hot in that suit  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:20:51 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:24:55 GMT -5
More cosplay:  This was one spectacular Black Panther costume.  I'm not sure who these are supposed to be , but the woman's costume was amazing.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:35:08 GMT -5
After wandering the upper level for a long while, I decided to find artist alley. After I purchased my tickets on line a few months ago ,I looked at their website to see which artists I could get signatures from. After deciding what I should bring I went to the lower level. Saw these kind people along the way- This was the classic LyndaCarter version of WW. This picture doesn't do her justice.  I saw this young lady while walking downstairs and asked for a picture. Because this is an all ages forum I didn't take a picture from behind, but trust me , it left little to the imagination.  |
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 8, 2018 13:44:45 GMT -5
I definitely am more comic book-centric than movies and costumes, a con like that would be overwhelming. There used to be a reduced or free admission for coming in costume, but no lack of people into that now. Maybe I better get sewing while I am still able to wear a Dark Phoenix outfit without looking a prat?  I can't decide if bow tie and white jacket guy is Matt Smith Doctor Who or Sean Connery 007. I'm probably wrong with both guesses. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:47:38 GMT -5
Artist alley. The first person I ran into was Erik Larsen of Savage Dragon fame. Of course he made his name on the Spider-man title in Marvel previous to going to form Image comics with 6 other artists. Me and Erik  These are the books he signed. The first is the very first Savage Dragon appearance and the smaller book is issue # 190. That book was an experiment by him and released both as a regular sized book and a small digest type version. I bought both when they came out.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:52:55 GMT -5
Next up was Jon McCrea most famous for providing the art for Hitman with writer Garth Ennis. I had him sign Hitman #1 and the famous Superman issue of Hitman, # 34.  Dopey me didn't take a picture with him.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2018 13:56:40 GMT -5
Next was Joe Staton long time pro who co created E-man along with doing art for the big two for over 40 years.  It made me a bit sad that he asked for a donation afterwards. I figured he wasn't anyone that was paid to appear and maybe he needed to make ends meet. I threw a few bucks in a jar that he had on his table. |
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