The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Ali C. — Final Report

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By Ali Colluccio

Days at Comic-Con: 4
Total hours of sleep: 15
Total number of drinks: lost track after 23…
Time of brain death: Sunday, July 24, 12:47am PDT, Hyatt lobby bar
Items crossed off To-Do list: 10 (out of 22)

The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Lauren A., Days 3-7

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Tweet by Lauren Adkins [As the scrum and tumult of con began, our trio of first-time San Diego Comic-Con attendees lost contact with the overweb, but reports have been trickling in. Here's a mid-con report from Twilight fan Lauren.] I’m writing from the Indigo Ballroom line! A wise man once said, Comic-Con plans often go [...]

The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Ali C. Day 2

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hours to flight: 32 (minus at least 8 hours of work and like 10 for sleeping (2 nights))
hours of work-work to do before I leave: 12
pre-con to do list items: 17
number of scotches consumed: 3 (v. bad)

The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Lauren A. Day 1

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Hi, I’m Lauren, and I’m a Comic-Con virgin.

I’m also a graduate student in Fine Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where I’m currently preparing for advancement to MFA candidacy in the form of my first solo exhibition.

I’m attending Comic-Con this year mostly to do research for said solo exhibition. Most of my work in the past year has been concerned with the idea of romantic love— Is it real? If so, how’s it work? How are our perceptions of love influenced by pop culture, or are they even, perhaps, entirely resulting from it?

The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Ali C. Day 1

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Hi, I’m Ali. And I’m a Comic-Con Virgin.

That’s right, next week I’ll be flying out to San Diego for my First Time with the biggest, baddest, craziest, most epic, mother of all comic book conventions. Some how, I don’t think SDCC will be gentle.