Comic Con

Comic Con

Comic Con is one of the largest annual events held on the East Coast.  In the last several years, it has been held at the Jacob Javits Center.   This event brings together comic book, fantasy and sci-fi fans together.  You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy these things.

As this event seems to be extremely popular, I went that Saturday to check out the hype for myself.  When I arrived, it seems like Halloween had come early.  There were so many people dressed up as their favorite characters from movies such as Star Wars to comic book hero like Spiderman.  The thing I found most interesting was how invested these people are into the characters.  If I didn’t know better, I thought these people really did believe they were these characters.  I was surprised at just how approachable these people were.  Girls would happily pose for pictures as much as the guys.  They were in the zone and appeared to enjoy the fame their superhero/villain brought them.

Along with all the costumes, there was a great deal of merchandise throughout the arena, and it was interesting to see just how lucrative the comic book/fantasy world is.  The whole event is where fans can meet up with each other face to face (instead of via computer) to talk with each other and the creators of their comics and I found this to be a great show.

Aside from attending the Comic Con event, I also went to a comic book store the following week to see what these people are like when not in costume.  Surprisingly, they are quite shy and quiet.  No one really wanted to talk about Comic Con or how they were dressed.  It seemed like they were embarrassed to talk about it and just wanted to be left along to read their comic books.  The costumes brought out another side to these guys that you may never get to know otherwise.