Crowds.
I hate crowds. And I realize what an anomaly this is considering I live in one of the most crowded cities in the world…but seriously, it’s like people’s IQs drop 50 points when they’re in a situation with 100 or more people. Comic Con was the perfect example of this stupidity.
Don’t get me wrong…I had a blast at Comic Con. The costumes, the art, the panels…it’s all a ton of fun. But the most horrible part of every day was the walk from the front doors of the Javits Center to Sean’s booth in artist alley. The amount of people who think it’s a good idea to stop in the middle of the crowded walkways to stare up at God-knows-what (probably some life-size statue of the Joker or something) is astounding. And to the guys dressed as World of Warcraft characters who thought it would be fun to have a sword fight in the middle of the convention….here’s a tip: It wasn’t fun. Not for everyone else trying to walk around and especially not for me, trying to carry 2 cups of coffee and lunch back to Sean after 2 1/2 days straight of working. But I do have to give you props…your costumes looked pretty great.
So anyway, yeah…crowds. They suck. And in this picture? This wasn’t even on the busy day…this was Friday when it was mostly just other professionals in the business. Saturday and Sunday were painful.