My Comic-Con Pilgrimage

I'm going to the San Diego Comic-Con this year.

As a general rule, I love living in Ireland. There are no poisonous animals and death-by-weather is very uncommon. Whatever problems are caused by a lack of vision from Irish shopkeepers (why does no-one stock bamboo clothes?) can be easily solved through a combination of the Internet, my credit card and the post office. But I must admit, we don't have much in the way of SF&F Fandom conventions.

Sure, we get the occasional Big Name dropping by - authors might add us on as part of a European signing tour or universities persuade guest speakers to turn up in exchange for a "Thank you for Visiting Us" award. There's Octocon and a fair few gaming cons. But these are small, intermittent events, and it is getting to the point where I recognise most of the attendees.

So I'm going to the San Diego Comic-Con, the ultimate Fandom experience. Over five glorious days, I will attend panels on every topic under the sun, see everyone who is anyone and queue, queue, queue. I can't wait!

As it is possible Interesting Things may happen to me, I shall be blogging for a bit.