{"id":1477,"date":"2017-06-11T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T00:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2017-06-11T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T00:09:09","slug":"south-city-comic-con-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/south-city-comic-con-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"South City Comic Con 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like going to this convention because it reminds me of the one we used to go to when I was in high school. \u00a0It feels more intimate than a San Diego Comic-Con or even WonderCon.<\/p>\n

I stopped by the recently opened Dunkin’ Donuts beforehand and grabbed a donut and coffee. \u00a0They have really good coffee.<\/p>\n

About 10 minutes before 10 I walked over to the line, of which there were two, so I walked to the front of the line to ask if this line was for presale ticket holders or for ticket purchase. \u00a0It was the presale line.<\/p>\n

Amusingly enough, the purchase line went quicker than the presale line, because they had 4 people at registers for ticket purchases, while the presale line had ONE person checking tickets and crossing names off a list. \u00a0Not a big problem, except for the mouth breathers behind me griping about the other line moving quicker.<\/p>\n

All told, I was in line for about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n

As I waited in line, I peered over the registers and saw \u00a0Dirk Benedict at his autograph table.<\/p>\n

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Love the character name…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1978, he was THE MAN, at least to me. \u00a0Battlestar Galactica was on TV, I would watch every episode, in the days prior to VCRs, and I liked Lt. Starbuck more than Captain Apollo.<\/p>\n

So did my sister, Jen.<\/p>\n

Flash forward to 1999, when I first met Richard Hatch at some convention in San Francisco. \u00a0I later saw Hatch at a couple-few WonderCons, and San Diego Comic Cons, either on a panel or at a table signing stuff.<\/p>\n

Flash forward again to today, and I finally got to meet THE MAN.<\/p>\n

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I stood in line and listened as Dirk Benedict was talking very casually with the guy in the picture. \u00a0Dirk’s a very chatty guy. \u00a0The next guy, in front of me, also got to talk to Dirk for a minute or two, and the guy asked me if I could \u00a0take a picture of the two of them with his iPhone, which I did.<\/p>\n

Then came my turn. \u00a0I said hello and shook his hand, and then Dirk said that he liked my glasses, because they were like his, and he quickly whipped them out and posed for me with them on.<\/p>\n

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I then mentioned my meeting Richard Hatch back in 1999, and he remarked that Richard did many more shows than he ever did. \u00a0He only does maybe 3 or so a year. \u00a0He then said that he missed Hatch, saying that he was a great guy, and he was sad that they wouldn’t be doing panels together anymore.<\/p>\n

He signed the picture shown above, and then I asked his assistant if she would take our picture, and she did.<\/p>\n

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This is actually the second photo taken, because Dirk wasn’t happy with the first one, which actually looked much like this one.<\/p>\n

I said thanks, as did he, and I moved on to the dealers room.<\/p>\n

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Marty McFly cosplayer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really didn’t see much in terms of cosplayers.<\/p>\n

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Cops and Mandalorians<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Family of cosplayers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Robin caught a bad guy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seriously, this was it, though I did see a guy dressed as the Green Power Ranger as I got ready to leave. \u00a0I didn’t get his picture.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t really looking to pick up anything, but I couldn’t pass this up:<\/p>\n

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King Tut, my all time favorite Batman ’66 villain!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made it around the dealers room in less than 20 minutes. \u00a0I saw a few cool things, like this:<\/p>\n

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This vendor was asking me and a couple other vendors where he should get Dirk Benedict to sign his Colonial Warrior helmet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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He was also selling a very nice display piece of the Galactica herself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was out of there by 11:00 am, about the same amount of time I spent last year. \u00a0I had another event to attend, Games Day with friends.<\/p>\n

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Playing Agents of SMERSH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a very good Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like going to this convention because it reminds me of the one we used to go to when I was in high school. \u00a0It feels more intimate than a San Diego Comic-Con or even WonderCon. I stopped by the recently opened Dunkin’ Donuts beforehand and grabbed a donut and coffee. \u00a0They have really good … <\/p>\n

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