Denver Comic Con 2015 - Scotty's Saturday Recap

Written by Scott Edwards

Even though the clouds did not waver on Saturday morning, I still stuck with my regular con routine, walking around the Colorado Convention Center at 5:30 in the morning.  It has something to do with me needing to get my legs ready for the day ahead and since I work a desk job, it does help to get them stretched out before being on my feet all day.  I was kind of disappointed not to see anyone at this time, but hey, the weather was kind of cruddy, so I understand.  Getting back to the hotel and getting my first cup of coffee and heading back over around 6:30, I saw what I was accustomed to, a line of about thirty people.

These are the people I have expected to see and as I got more coffee, back at the hotel, and kept watching, the line was in full effect around eight, and I knew that this was the place to be this weekend.  Hitting the main floor for about an hour and trying to get my bearings of where everyone was, I admired the layout of the floor and how it differed from the year before.  With a huge section laid out in the very center for the Pop Culture Classroom events, I remembered exactly what this event was for, the kids. By the time I got all of my good mornings out of the way, the doors were open and Denver Comic Con 2015 was in full swing. 

Hanging back in Artist Valley, I noticed that some people truly had their agendas intact and were making a B-line back to who they wanted to get things signed from first.  This is very important, since there are so many artists on the top of their games right now and have a fan base bigger than their line capacity.  It took a little bit of time, but at noon, the con floor was packed from end to end with people looking for that treasure to take home from the event.  And yes, the kids were showing up in droves as I started walking towards the Pop Culture Classroom area. I was eaves dropping a little bit to hear the directions that some of the teachers were giving on how to draw the perfect animal, trying to pick up some hints so maybe at one point I could draw something other than a stick figure.

As the day moved on, the crowd started to filter back to more of the artists and their booths got busier. It is fun to watch as people go window shopping at a con since there are so many great artists on display with wonderful works that may have not been seen for several years.  For me, I tend to stick with my staples, but this year I moved out a little bit and was looking for something that I have not purchased yet as there are too many things to pass up on.  It was great watching the kids looking at the art work from the older artists and listening to their parents talk about why it was great during their youth. 

Although some kids do not want to listen to things that their parents tell them, Denver Comic Con has provided more of a bonding experience for the families and with the diversity of guests that show up on the roster, it is hard to not find something that both generations can like at the same time. Finding my buddy Paul from work in the crowd was also great.  Taking his cousin to the event for their first time, it was fun to see the looks on their faces and although I was not able to direct them to any place specifically, I do believe they found a treasure or two to take home and hope they had a great time since I had been talking the event up at work for the past couple of months. 

I was impressed that the weather did not keep anyone from coming in on Saturday, since it has been a monsoon season in Denver for the past month.  It is awesome that a little bit of rain will not slow down the fans drive to come to this event, much less make them at all depressed that they might have to walk through it to make it home.  This was a great day for everyone since the doors finally opened and everyone got to see, talk to and take pictures of or with their heroes.  With a plethora of cosplayers walking the halls as well, it was great to see the smiles on everyone’s faces that have been dormant for the past couple of weeks. 

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