I've been told by friends and acquaintances alike that it's just something you have to see for yourself. It's like a normal comic book convention on steroids. Sure, out in the old Midwestern city of Chicago, we have C2E2, which is still in its infancy, and hasn't quite come into its own yet, and we also have the dying beast that is Wizard World Chicago, a collection of random people in a warehouse type setting where the focus is more on entertainment and wrestling than comics, but us Chicagoans don't truly have the one con that California has, and that's why so many of us make the long and expensive trip to San Diego.
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I watched and read the coverage last here on ComicVine and in years past, watched it on that television network that used to be about video games. And the past week, I've spent a bit of time on the actual website to check out what's going on, and to me, it seems everything is going on at the same time. I think everyone and their mother has their own panel at SDCC. Aside from that, tickets sold out extremely quickly. I wasn't sure if that was normal or not, considering I've never been to a con that "sold out." The only thing that comes to mind when thinking about all of this is "insanity."
I'm guessing it's the largest collection of like-minded people in the country. The vast majority of people there are all into one thing: comic books. As nerve-racking as getting everything together and trying to remember to pack everything as it is, a little bit of that flies out the window when I realize I'll be around thousands of other people who are also a little too into comic books. They too are there for the latest scoop on their favorite comic book characters or companies. They're there to find some deals on comic-related merchandise. They're there to avoid eating convention hot dogs. All-in-all, it's going to be a completely new experience, in a part of the country I've never been to before. I just hope I get enough sleep, and a maybe a trade or two.