Colorado Cosmic Con 2 - John's Recap

I still distinctly remember what it felt like to attend to my first convention. There were of course, butterflies in my stomach because I'd never done anything like this before, but once I stepped through those doors, I was privy to an incredible world where I simply felt at home. Everyone there loved the geeky things I loved and they were friendly and welcoming and that comfortable and at home atmosphere is something that stuck out in my mind, and became the standard for every single con that I've attended since.

Some cons live up to that standard, some cons don't and that's okay. But for me, if a con remotely feels as though I belong there, I'll have an incredible time and last weekend, I had the chance to attend a convention that not only welcomed myself and my friends with open arms, but went a step further by providing us with the most relaxed convention experience that I have, quite frankly, ever experienced. The con in question is Colorado Cosmic Con 2 and how it managed to pull off such a chill environment I will never know, but I welcome it. After all, attending a convention is an energetic experience, one that can create anxiety if you let it, but there was none of that to be found at this convention. 

Perhaps the best way to describe it, is that it was just like hanging out a friend's house and there were plenty of friends to be found for that matter as well. We were able to spend a little time chatting it up with Jason Meets and Stan Yan and that relaxed atmosphere where you could just sit around and chat like it was a normal day extended to every single vendor's table at the con. Everywhere we went, vendors were conversational, happy of course to let you know about some of the great deals available at their booths which is always appreciated since hey, they have to eat and Shae and I got some awesome Pops out of it and Scotty added some more incredible artwork to his collection, but I digress. Because once any discussion about deals were out of the way, it became clear that these same vendors were genuinely excited to be at this convention and asked us at every turn if we had seen all of the cool stuff that this con had to offer. 

Which was a valid point for them to make, because there were some pretty incredible sights to be seen at this convention. To keep it retro and fun, there was a gaming room where classic arcade games on free play were up and running and it was extremely cool to see younger kids who didn't grow up with a local arcade step into that room with wonder and awe upon their faces. A replica of the car from Supernatural was there as well, something Shae was more than happy to spend time admiring and there was even an awesome Star Wars room complete with members of the 501st in full costume and plenty of incredible displays and props from a galaxy, far, far away and all of this was complimented by a lovely main floor/vendor room filled to the brim with plenty of top notch artists alongside the big name guests and the environment in there as well was equally as relaxed.

In the end, it was wonderful to attend a convention and not feel an ounce of pressure to complete everything on my list in record time before the doors closed for the weekend and I loved the fact that everyone there was so laid back and friendly and just up for having a wonderful time. It speaks volumes to how the convention is run and credit is definitely due to John Hernandez, the man behind this entire show, for making it a requirement that everyone working this con and attending this con simply have a good old fashioned fun time and because he's created a con with this kind of environment, I will most certainly be back to check it out in 2017. Until then.

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