Please visit Jared Deal’s Blog for another look at the Comic Conference. It’s chock full of fun photographs of the action going on at their booth.
Please visit Jared Deal’s Blog for another look at the Comic Conference. It’s chock full of fun photographs of the action going on at their booth.
New York Comic Con 2009 By Justin Simonich It was my first time going to a Comic Con and I didn’t quite know what to expect. In order to prepare for my first time I went to their website to try and see just what it was I was getting into. To my horror one of the first things I saw was their weapons policy. THEY HAVE A WEAPONS POLICY !!! I had no idea that comic book aficionados were so dangerous. Here is their actual policy listed below. The following items are forbidden at New York Comic Con: Functional firearms (including air soft guns, BB guns, cap guns, paintball guns, and pellet guns) Functional projectile weapons (including blow guns, crossbows, long bows, silly string, slingshots, water balloons, and water guns) Metal-bladed weapons (including axes, daggers, hatchets, knives, kunai, shuriken, swords, sword canes, and switch blades) Explosives (including firecrackers and fireworks) Chemical weapons (including mace and pepper spray) Blunt weapons (including brass knuckles, clubs, and nunchaku) Hard prop weapons (including props made of metal, fiberglass, and glass) I decided to push through the fear and attend the convention despite the obvious danger I was placing myself in. After waiting...