Wondercon Report (part 1)
Last weekend we went to Wondercon. It's like Comic-Con, except it's the sized for Anaheim instead of San Diego. To put it in perspective, San Diego Comic-Con has 125,000 people. That's how many as they can fit into the convention center. Tickets sold out in two hours this year. I don't have exact attendance numbers on Wondercon. To put it in perspective, there was a women's volleyball tournament there at the same time. I saw then playing, so I know it wasn't just cosplay.
It's hard for me to get time off work, so we went for just a day. We saw the Adventure Time panel. If you haven't seen Adventure Time, it's a fifteen-minute cartoon about a boy and his dog who go around having adventures, saving princesses, and generally being awesome in a world that doesn't make much sense.
It was nice to see the faces behind the voices and the people who make it happen. They talked a bit about what was going to happen next, usually in terms vague enough not to violate a non-disclosure agreement, and about the process. The main thing we took away is that Fionna and Cake will show up in another episode, most likely teaming up with Finn and Jake. Fionna and Cake are fictional (within the series - they're double-fictional) female versions of Finn and Jake. It's the kind of series where being fictional isn't enough to stop them from having awesome adventures together.
Part 2 soon. In the meantime, poll results:
Do you read comic books (on paper)?
| Yes. | 172 (66%) |
| Only trades. | 22 (8%) |
| Only digitally. | 43 (16%) |
| No. | 25 (10%) |