Sunday (July 26th):

I woke at 6 to catch the 7am shuttle because I had to get there to hopefully get the last exclusives that I’d missed on Thursday. 

As soon as I got into the exhibit hall at 9:10, I went to the Mondo booth to get an art print. Almost everything was sold out. I was a bit confused. Then I was like okay, I guess I can get into the Hasbro line now and not have to worry about the long line. Almost everything sold out there too. On the way to the next booth I met a Lego influencer who I follow briefly, he was in a rush, but recognized my name and was nice. At the next booth the item I wanted was also sold out (but when I got back to DC I realized that I already had that exclusive, it was a repeat one). 

Next I went to a booth with a few artists there that I have comic cover by. I initially thought that the exclusive KyuYong Eom cover that I wanted was sold out, but it wasn’t, so I got it! There was an artist that I wanted to meet, but she was on the phone and it didn’t seem like she’d be done  any time soon. But it was cool to just see Natalie Sanders. 

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Next was a model kit for a character from Marvel Rivals. I haven’t played the game, but this version of the character was orange, which is my favorite color, and it looked good, so I got it. 

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For the next 2 hours, I hung around Kehasuk’s booth. Kris and I chatted when he didn’t have a customer, I bought the gold print to be mailed to my house, and I also gave people information on prices for his booth since I’d been there long enough to memorize them, haha. Plus it was nice to help him out a bit so he didn’t have to keep explaining the prices and deals. (I’ll add photos of the print here after it arrives)

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At this point I’d decided to leave soon. So, I headed towards David Nakayama’s booth since I always end there. But on the way, I saw a sign that caught my eye. 

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The sign that I noticed said that this artist worked on the upcoming Avatar series Seven Havens. And I was like hmm, I think I’d like something from a character designer on the show. Sara Kipin is her name and she had a Pavi print. (She is the next Avatar). As the purchase was happening, we chatted about the show and her experience on it (she’s been working on it for 3 years and she’s almost done so she was both excited about the show coming out soon and sad to be almost done with it). We also talked about the original show, the drama with the Aang movie release, and our frustration with the live action series. It was a lovely conversation! 

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Then I got to Nakayama’s booth and hung out there for 30 something minutes. I told him of my harrowing Saturday and we chatted about stuff between him signing covers and eating his lunch. It’s always nice to chat with him to end my Sunday at SDCC. I left earlier than normal just because I still had to pick up my poster from the Hyatt and I could feel that my feet were going to give up on me sooner than later. But first, ice cream! 

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Now, the actual walk to the Hyatt was 20 minutes, but in the heat, with my feet feeling like they did, it felt like it took an hour to get there. I got there and the people giving out the posters applauded every person who arrived to get a poster. That was nice lol. But it was even more nice that there was cold water in the next hallway. I waited for a few mins yes to rest my feet. Then I started the walk back to the shuttle area. That took 29 minutes, but again. It felt like an hour. At this point I really was feeling my feet were just done. 

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It was nice to finally get to the shuttle and back to the hotel. With that, SDCC was over! I had wanted to go to one of the experiences outside the convention center, but I just didn’t have the energy and my feet were killing me. So-much-so that my right ankle was a little bit swollen. I showered, had dinner and just relaxed till sleep. 

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Monday (July 27):

I basically did nothing other than packed, watched videos and recovered from my ankle swelling. Since I basically hadn’t eaten lunch for all these days, I orders some! It was National chicken tender day apparently, hence the choice. Also. Ube pie is so good!

And I also ordered dinner from a couple places too. Ube cheesecake is also so good.

Tuesday (July 28):

I had breakfast at the buffet again and then checked out and left for the airport.

I was a little stressed over my luggage situation since I always have an extra bag. But it all went well thankfully. It was a good flight home, I basically started typing all this up for the whole 4+ hour flight (other than when I was drifting off to sleep for some reason lol). And I just finished typing this version out on Wednesday at 1:15pm. 

Being at San Diego Comic Con is always an adventure. Whether things go badly or well, I love being there with all these people who enjoy some and all of these franchises that I love. It’s such a unique experience. I’m already excited for next year! Haha. Though, now I have to figure out where to stay in LA next April since I’ll be there for Star Wars Celebration! Anyone in LA close enough to the LA convention center? XD