Hawk's Aerie

I just finished putting up the last pictures from today. As always, if the tag says Unknown, help would be greatly appreciated.

NYCC was a lot of fun - and a lot of line waiting. It's not as bad as SDCC, but it's getting close. I'm torn about coming next year, but I suspect I'll end up doing it.

Hightlights:
- Getting to meet Jim Cheung, buy some artwork, and fangirl at him.
- Going to both the Women in Marvel and the Minorities in Fandom panels and finding the rooms packed. I remember when they first started the Women in Marvel panels and the room was maybe half-full. It's great to see them expand
- X-men panel; frankly, any panel with Peter David is worth going to
- Lots of great cosplay.

Disappointments:
- Arizona's outdated, stereotyped, sexist, tea ad. For what it's worth, I never saw it again after the first day. Every panel I was at in that room seemed horrified by it.
- Marvel's Digital panel. Guys, how are you supposed to convince me to get into your digital comics if you can't even manage to figure out how to use Powerpoint?

And Friday's are now up! I found some interesting costumes, but I'm not as happy with my picture taking today.

If the tag says Unknown, help would be greatly appreciated.

I was enjoying the panels, except for the ones in Room 1E - where Arizona Iced Tea was sponsoring it. They decided the 80's hadn't been missed and designed a "I heart Big Cans" promo that left absolutely no doubt as to what type of "cans" they were talking about. Good going, Arizona! Let's insult all the men by saying they only think with their penis, and all the women by making them nothing more than objects to be desired and have drinks poured over their already tight shirts.

Congratulations - you've convinced me that I no longer want to drink Arizona tea. Snapple's the place for me!

As I was leaving the Javitt's center Saturday night, I ran into this: