Things I Wish I’d Seen at Comic-Con

On our recent Comediva trek to San Diego, I learned that Comic-Con is, indeed, a festival awash with zealous attendees, many of whom delight in donning elaborate cosplay attire whilst prancing amongst droves of rabid fangirls and boys. It’s Mardis Gras for geeks, apparently. 

Perhaps it’s my overactive imagination or undying love for Ewoks, but I felt that this year’s cosplayers – along with the Comic-Con decor committee – could have gone a little further with the nerdy ornamentation. They decked the halls…but they didn’t holodeck the halls.  They went all out… but they should have gone all outer-space!

I catalogued my findings and compared them with my ideal Comic-Con visual experience: Here is what I saw versus what I wished I’d seen at Comic-Con 2012. 

What I Saw At Comic-Con #1: This Escalator Full of Fans 
 
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What I Wish I’d Seen #1: This Escalator Full of Fans Dancing with a Flashmob of Jigging Hobbits. 

One groove to rule them all. 

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What I Saw at Comic-Con #2: These Bigass Trolls 

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What I Wish I’d Seen #2:  These Bigass Trolls Canoodling with Some Bigass Troll Dolls 

Huge rhinestones FTW. 

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What I Saw at Comic-Con #3: This Sexy Gender-Bending Robin 

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What I Wish I’d Seen #3: This Sexy Gender-Bending Robin Next to a Gender-Bending Catwoman

Think of all the whistles and catcalls they’d get together. 

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What I Saw at Comic-Con 4: This R2-D2 Fire Hydrant 

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What I Wish I’d Seen #4: This R2-D2 Themed Hydrant Replaced by Ewok-Themed Hydrants

Because I like Ewoks way more than robots. 

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What I Saw at Comic-Con 5: This Guy with Audrey II, the Carnivorous Plant 

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What I Wish I’d Seen #5: This Guy Dressed as Dr. Frank-N-Furter  with Audrey II, the Carnivorous Plant  

Because I’ve always wanted to see a Little Shop of Rocky Horror’s Picture Show mash-up IRL.

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What I Saw at Comic-Con 6: These Kids Dressed as Miniature Iron Men

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What I Wish I’d Seen #6: These Kids Dressed as Miniature Iron Men Holding Tiny Puppies Dressed as Miniature Iron Dogs

Because it’d be adorable. 

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What I Saw at Comic-Con #7: Darth Scuba Diver (?) 

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What I Wish I’d Seen #7: Malibu Darth Scuba Diver 

Because Malibu Darth Scuba Diver would look awesome cruising around in a convertible Mustang with Malibu KENobi!

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What I Saw at Comic-Con #8: This Scary (and Convincing) Zombie 

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What I Wish I’d Seen #8: This Scary (and Convincing) Zombie Teaming Up with Sexy (and Intimidating) Zombie Slave Leia 

“Necrophiliac Jabba” will love it.

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What I Saw at Comic-Con #9: This Rad LEGO Hulk 

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What I Wish I’d Seen #9: This rad LEGO Hulk Next To a Less-Rad LEGO Edward Cullen. 

HULK SMASH TWILIGHT!

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What I Saw at Comic-Con #10: This Dog on a Motorbike  

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What I Wish I’d Seen #10: Not Applicable

This dog on a motorbike is perfect. 

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