Canada has given comics some excellent things– Wolverine is Canadian, Scott Pilgrim is Canadian and while Superman is an illegal immigrant to the United States, Joe Shuster who helped create the character was Canadian (as shown in this awesomely Canadian propaganda piece).

So, as the token Canadian here at Aggressive Comix, I’d like to give you a brief highlight of my trip to NYCC so far.

As I type this from the press lounge, hoping I can make it to my next panel, I know what you all want to know: how smelly is it there? The con funk from sweaty fanboys is at a surprising minimum. Maybe years of running cons has finally convinced the convention center to jack up it’s AC to combat that smell. Whatever it is, this is, as far as I can tell, the least smelly con I’ve ever been to.

The show room is packed with all kinds of goodies– comics, figures, exclusive merch and most importantly, people. Show floors are always a pushing match that make you wonder whether Black Widow just felt you up or it was an accident.

It was an accident, I’m not that lucky.

I’m also not a merch collector, I’ve long ago had to quit or end up buried alive under a pile Ninja Turtles. So I’ve long since given up on collectables or I’d have ended up on a series of episodes of Hoarders.

The panels, my favorite part of any convention, have been stellar! Saw one on Thursday about crowdfunding which was pretty fantastic and surprisingly in depth. The big panel today was with Felicia Day who I have a bit of a crush on. And when I say a bit of a crush, I mean I want to have her babies. All her babies… 400 babies!

I cleared out of the press lounge to grab a bite after briefly meeting one of my favourite Sci Fi series creators J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5– I’m sure he was way more interested in eating his hotdog than talking to me. Speaking of hotdogs, there are these food booths all around the con selling them for $4.50. Four-fifty for a fucking hot dog! Not even good hotdogs, just regular ones! Fortunately, they sell pulled pork mac and cheese bites out front from a truck– I got mine for cheap because they ran out of regular mac and cheese, SCORE!

Now that I’ve eaten (and contemplating popping a tums for good measure) I’m in line for a Ranma 1/2 panel. To be honest, I haven’t given a shit about Ranma in years but what I really want to see is the next panel on two new Starz series, “Black Sails” and “Outlander”. And the best way to guarantee a seat is to be in the room for the previous show… in this case, it’s Ranma. I just got lucky it wasn’t a brony panel (No offence to bronies, you guys rock, I just don’t get it).

And it all paid off, I have a front row seat! Just in time for the pirates…

To be continued…