Denver Comic Con 2015 - Scotty's Friday Recap

Written by Scott Edwards 

Pants, check, deodorant, check, Hawaiian Shirts, CHECK.  With my bare essentials ready for DCC this year, I got a call saying that the girls were already down at the hotel and ready to rock.  Proud of myself for not forgetting anything, I arrived to find that we were all ready to go.  Now, this year at Denver Comic Con, it was a little bit different since it was happing over a holiday weekend. With all of the guests getting loaded in before the doors officially opened on Saturday, the opening ceremonies were on Friday night and looking back, it could not have been better.

With the line forming pretty early to get in and a couple graduations happing in the Bellco Theatre, there were several former high school students that did not know what they were in for.  While people are dressed in costumes of their favorite characters, some of the newly crowned adults tried to walk by and pretend not to notice, but that quickly changed when they saw someone that they loved as well.  With several Batmen, Black Widows and other various characters I will never remember, these young adults had seen something that I am sure that they will never forget. 

But there was one thing that I noticed about the line that left me wondering what was going to happen this weekend, there were very few children there with us.  Looking like it was strictly the older folks, I was worried that the kids might not make it out to the even this year.  (This will be followed up on the later weekend day recaps, but there were so many kids having a great time.)  But since this is event that is driven towards our youth, it would be a shame is none of them actually came to the show. As the show rocked on, I was able to run into a couple more familiar faces and we all touched base on what to expect from the weekend and how everything should be running.

It was a fine reminder of how much of a family we really are when the events start up and how we are all in it together.  With the casual conversations on the con floor, it was time to retreat back up to the room to try and get rested for the doors opening in just a few short hours.  With the con starting a day late in my mind, I will admit I was a bit off of my game, but you know what, it was time to have some fun.  With my Hawaiian shirts in the bag, how could I not have any fun.  Until tomorrow, when the sun will come out again.

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