Do you consider yourself a nerd? Have you ever been to a fantasy or science fiction convention? Have you been to the grandest of them all...Comic Con? I haven't had the chance to travel to California, but I have been to New York's Comic Con for the past three years. If you've ever attended this geek-tastic function, then you've probably seen....
1. About ten million booths selling art prints varying from abstract splatter paintings that look like Yoda to startlingly realistic portraits of the Doctor to sensual anime posters that make you vaguely uncomfortable to adorable drawings of Nintendo characters
2. Roughly twenty-five billion booths selling comics with every character you can imagine...I mean it literally... every character...every era...everything....all for a few bucks to gather a bundle
Photo Credit: Comic-Con 2013 San Diego | SPYHollywood
3. Some booth that is selling a food that is a little strange but probably good...like bacon flavored lollipops...or bacon flavored cookies...basically sweet bacon treats
4. Approximately twenty thousand people sporting fake blood in various forms
Exhibit A: ZOMBIES/Walking Dead
Exhibit B: Apocalypse Survivors
Exhibit C: Killer Anime Characters
Exhibit D: VAMPIRES
Speaking of makeup...let's talk about Cosplayers!
5. Someone sporting a Minecraft head
6. A couple dressed as the Joker and Harley Quinn or the Doctor and a companion that redefine relationship goals
7. A pack of perfect Disney princesses
8. A herd of Batmans, Stormtroopers, or Jedi (yes, they travel in herds and it is amazing)
9. Someone wearing a costume that has too little material (fishnet tights and a thong don't count as pants and a bra doesn't count as a shirt)
10. Someone wearing a handmade leather costume that took roughly three hundred man hours to craft (Bonus points if it includes a quiver and arrows or a scabbard and sword)
11. Someone totally rocking petticoats and hoop skirts
12. Lines that go on and on and on...and on to get an actor's autograph (which cost $60 and your left kidney)
13. Random B list celebrities and wrestlers who are nestled between booths and kinda forgotten about but you get all excited when you magically find these hidden gems
14. Panels that feature the coolest things you'll see all year (exclusive sneak previews of upcoming movies and TV shows, open conversations with casts, and hilarious behind the scenes insights)
15. Photo Ops that you'll be making your profile picture forever because they involve you hugging some Hollywood hunk
BONUS GIPH