Written by John Edward BetancourtSometimes heading to the same convention year after year creates a bit of a conundrum for nerds and geeks in that, con fatigue begins to settle in, and you know what I’m talking about. It’s that moment when you feel like you’re going through the motions when you attend a convention, to the point where you have a good time, but the con simply doesn’t thrill you anymore. Some consider that bad, some consider it time to move on, some consider it to be nothing more than a sign that one belongs there, but what’s strange for me, is that after attending Denver Comic Con every single year that it’s been in existence, I’ve yet to find a sense of fatigue when the time rolls around to enjoy it once again. If anything, I found myself more excited than usual to attend the con this year, and that’s something that stuck in my mind, simply because that kind of wonder and joy and outright anticipation is usually reserved for something new in our lives, not the norm. But rather than focus on that, I chose instead to focus on the matter on hand, attending the con, because the moment had arrived at last and well, it’s always an incredible rush to walk through those doors and see the con laid out before me and of course, I went through my own routine related moments as I wandered the floor on day one because hey, that’s what you do. For me, this involved getting the lay of the land, checking out Merchant Mesa and Artist Valley, and wandering the rest of the convention floor to know precisely where to find all of the things and of course, catch up with all of my artist friends and fellow media buddies that I haven’t seen in forever. Yet while that was in fact, merely going through the motions in many ways, I still found that the excitement that I attempted to cast to the wayside was growing stronger and well, I found that to be supremely fascinating, and part of me thought that this seemingly newfound joy could be attributed to the fact that NTG had a first time con goer coming along to help us cover the convention this year. Which made sense at first, because my friend Emily was wide eyed thanks to the wonders this con had to offer. She had never seen crowds like this, or this level of outright nerdiness before and while seeing her in awe when it comes to everything DCC has to offer was joyous in its own right I still could not shake the anticipation that was surging through my mind and my veins. I was simply giddy, as if I was a young kid all over again seeing this convention for the first time and I couldn’t get enough of walking the floor on this first day and taking in sights the and well, this was simply magnificent and befuddling and despite my best efforts to put my finger upon why I was THIS happy to attend DCC this year, I went home at the end of day one without a single answer. Now I’m sure that’s disappointing for you to read, dear reader, because a snap shot of the con should in fact have a logical conclusion to the day in question. But honestly, this is precisely what I experienced and well, it was the only story of the day that came to mind and really, this little surprise on my end, gives me an opportunity to do something different with this year’s recaps of the con. Instead of the usual, I saw this or that, I can tell a far more personal story than I’m used to telling when it comes to DCC, and I think that’s a good thing, because this turned out to be a supremely personal and special year for me when it comes to this convention. So, bear with me over the next couple of days as I tell a different kind of con story, one that I was extremely happy to experience.
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