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I spent this past weekend up in Utica, NY with my dad, where he was a guest at Uticon. We've been up before for this and similar cons (Ithacon, Mighty Mini-Con), and they're fun little one-room affairs with an artist's alley and a dealer's room all rolled into one. We hang out at my dad's table, he sells a few books and signs some autographs, we chat with the other guests, and I do some bin-diving to find fun things at bargain prices. The fact that a four-hour drive is involved is actually a bonus, as without ARR along I can sit in the front seat, sing along to whatever we want, and actually hang out with my dad.
(Jethrien also noted it was ridiculous that I was going to a con and getting a good night's sleep in the bargain, but without anyone waking me up early, I got to sleep until 7:30. Luxury!)
Though the turnout for the con was mediocre (the weather was lovely in Utica and people apparently weren't that excited about an indoor activity given that), the dealers were out in force with some nice stuff. I found a bunch of Transformers for ARR (two non-transforming McDonald's toys I negotiated free with a purchase, four $1 Legends-class movie figures, and a $6 Galvatron), got myself a bunch of trade paperbacks (mostly from a $2 box), and found the Transformers movie adaptation and movie prequel comics for cheap. ARR is definitely not ready for the Bayformer movies, if for no other reason that they go for over an hour without any robots showing up. But he clearly has interest in that timeline and I would like to read comics with him, so this seemed a decent compromise. The comic version cuts out a lot of the human screen-time in favor of more pictures of giant robots, and doesn't have the jerky-cam problem of Bay's directing style.
A standout comic, incidentally, was Gamer Girl and Vixen: Flirty Money, an indie comic that I spotted and thought, "That looks fun." And it is--lesbian supervillians have a meet-cute and become partners (in crime and otherwise). I'll want to keep half an eye on if this creative team does another Kickstarter.
Overall: A good time! We might do it again next year.
(Jethrien also noted it was ridiculous that I was going to a con and getting a good night's sleep in the bargain, but without anyone waking me up early, I got to sleep until 7:30. Luxury!)
Though the turnout for the con was mediocre (the weather was lovely in Utica and people apparently weren't that excited about an indoor activity given that), the dealers were out in force with some nice stuff. I found a bunch of Transformers for ARR (two non-transforming McDonald's toys I negotiated free with a purchase, four $1 Legends-class movie figures, and a $6 Galvatron), got myself a bunch of trade paperbacks (mostly from a $2 box), and found the Transformers movie adaptation and movie prequel comics for cheap. ARR is definitely not ready for the Bayformer movies, if for no other reason that they go for over an hour without any robots showing up. But he clearly has interest in that timeline and I would like to read comics with him, so this seemed a decent compromise. The comic version cuts out a lot of the human screen-time in favor of more pictures of giant robots, and doesn't have the jerky-cam problem of Bay's directing style.
A standout comic, incidentally, was Gamer Girl and Vixen: Flirty Money, an indie comic that I spotted and thought, "That looks fun." And it is--lesbian supervillians have a meet-cute and become partners (in crime and otherwise). I'll want to keep half an eye on if this creative team does another Kickstarter.
Overall: A good time! We might do it again next year.
