comikaze

attendance seemed pretty good for a first time show, and the show floor was much larger than i was expecting - 162,000sq ft...however, there was a lot of open space towards the rear of the hall...the booths just had curtain walls or no walls to separate them, and no large scale professional style exhibits like at comic-con...all the panels were sectioned off towards the rear of the hall with curtains...i think if this show gets more popular, they'll need to rent out the meeting rooms instead of having the panels in the exhibit hall...the show opened about 30 minutes late, and it might have been because it was a new show

you can see towards the back where the black curtains are...those were where the panels were held...i wasn't sure what these tables were, but it looked like role playing with figures...table wars

the show was a mix of everything...comics, horror, tattooing, old celebrities, collectibles, artists, writers, cosplay, and steam punk...i'm not sure what steam punk is or why it's so popular, but there were a lot of people checking out that stuff...there was one cool pumpkin booth...the guy carves whatever you want into an artificial pumpkin...the buffy one is pretty good...needs a firefly one

 didn't get to see elvira...she wasn't at the booth, and i think she was planning to show up only for her photo-op and signing session...stan lee was the most popular guest...i saw marina sirtis (played deanna troi on star trek: the next generation) but didn't want to pay $10 bucks for a photo ($40 bucks for an autograph)...she seems to be aging well unlike many of the actors i saw there

there wasn't anything that i wanted to get, but the california browncoats had a small booth there...i picked up a firefly mug for the office

some random cosplayers

based on the turn out, my guess would be that they'll have another one next year...it makes sense to have a large comic convention in los angeles or orange county...next up is wonder con, but tickets haven't gone sale yet for that show