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Wondercon 2011: Day 1 Recap

I couldn’t decide all week if I wanted to take Friday off work just to go to the Wondercon. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized how ridiculous I sounded. Wondercon vs. Work?? That made the decision pretty easy.

It was a pretty warm day in SF so I wore my trusty Star Wars Princess tee (by Junk Food) I got from Star Wars Celebration IV and some shorts w/tights. You never know about SF weather so I didn’t think twice about dressing a little warmer. Yes, those are actually stars on my tights! I have a thing for stars on clothing. <3 the 80s!

Star Wars Princess Shirt

After picking up my 6 guest badges, grabbing some grub, and reading the program while waiting for the doors to open, it was finally time to go inside. Once in the show, I proceeded to any and all booths that had trades for 50% off. After thumbing through hundreds of trades, I eventually came out with this haul. I am trying to buy all of Powers and Y: The Last Man since those are two of my favorite comics. The Spiderman book looked pretty cool since it’s written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Tim Sale and the Bone series I have known about since the 90s but never bothered to read. Can’t wait to get through this Bible sized book!

I also bought this amazing print by Bobby Chiu of Imaginism Studios. Chewy’s lunch box actually has the Star Trek Enterprise on it! Gah, sooo adorable. I can’t get over how cute this print is. Can’t wait to put it up at home.

So besides cruising through the floor, I also played in my 1st MTG draft. It was super intimidating as I walked into a cemented room full of tables, wandered to the back, and signed up for the 1pm draft ALL ALONE. Eek! By 1pm there were 16 people playing and I was sitting at a table with a bunch of strangers and no idea what to do. Luckily there were a few other new drafters and he explained the rules, which way to pass, etc. 30 min later, I had built a blue/white deck. Although the first card I pulled was Darksteel Plate, for some reason I started focusing on Metalcraft when in the end, I realized that I only had about 25% artifacts! Doh. Also, I pulled Contagion Engine and Contagion Clasp, but then only had 2 poison creatures. Yeah, my deck was kind of a mess and I went 1-2 in round 1 with single elimination. Oh well, it was definitely a great experience and I learned a lot. I will definitely be going to some FNMs in the future.

I stuck around until the end of the day in order to hit up the 5pm panel for Robert Kirkman, writer of the amazing comic The Walking Dead. Woot! I don’t think I’ve been to one bad panel yet and this was definitely at the top of my list. And I didn’t regret one bit that I missed the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern Panel, which was also at 5pm. haha. I actually just read the entire Walking Dead series this past month or so and am now caught up which is incredibly painful since now I have to wait issue by issue to see what happens!! Noooo!! (in my Darth Vader voice)

Anyhow, Day 1 was a blast and it was sooo worth it to beat the Saturday crowds. Stay tuned for more on Day 2!

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