So yeah let me tell you of the evening past…or more like it morning. Everyone knows that the online sale of Comic Con Tickets were thrown off cause of the lack in making sure the system would be able to handle the amount of tickets sold. There was the crash and when the dust settled there was pretty much no more tickets left that people wanted to have.

So I was in that number so I needed to find a way to get myself a ticket cause I loved Comic Con and still do. Seeing all the awesome things avaliable, meeting plenty of the important people visiting the show and then also seeing sneak peaks into what was coming in the next season.

Looking online I was looking on the prices of tickets that were marked up over 300%. Really not a good thing to see and it hurt to see that I may not go but I knew I had one other chance and that was to go on retailers day. Note that I have never done so with NYCC tickets before but I have done so with other events and promotions, like comic book signings and Free Comic Book Day. So I would have to get there early and this time around I knew there would be campers for sure.

So I left on the previous day to just arrive at midnight of August 7th. The people were there, oh yes, lots of people. Alleys and streets were filled on both sides with people. These were the really dirty places that I knew of since I have been in the area a couple of times, with the people there it did not make it any better. People were seated around and wrapped, with food and drink to keep them through the ordeal they were putting themselves through to get tickets.

To pass the time you get friendly with your neighbors, don’t be afraid to cause everyone has a shared interest and they would love to pass the time faster with some talk. Keeping yourself entertained is mandatory, staying in one spot for a long period of time can get to you. Also making buddies may mean being able to step out of said line and going to the bathroom. I brought food and water to drink to last me for the period that I was arriving and estimating for when I would be getting my ticket.

Cops were there and patrolling cause we had just amassed a unbelievable amount of people right there in one section of the city which was now encircling so many blocks. They had the power to shut this all down and we knew we all had to play nice to make sure they would not.

Word passed around that after I arrived that the line had been growing incredibly fast behind us. I saw how to circled a few streets but heard to had 8 blocks and there were over 8500 in line (news says it was 2000, but how I saw those lines I believe strongly they were being VERY conservative) Staff was over whelmed for sure, but they did everything in their power to make things work along with help from the volunteers from NYCC. I even noticed one got really worried when she had to do the announcing for when the 3 day pass sold out, while she pulled a barricade in front of her.

Those doors may have opened at 8am but no one was going to serve that many people all at once. 10 people at a time was the mandatory thing like always. The final stretch was the most nerve racking for me cause, they just announced the 3-Day sold out meaning single days and 4-Days were left, and I really wanted 4-Day. I finally got in there at around 2pm, they had the 4-Day and I bought it counting down to the last cent. Not a second though on an extra cause I knew someone else waiting was hoping just like me to get their ticket, just hoped a scalper would not take advantage. Bagged the pass in my sketch book and left for the closest bathroom and available outlet.

So awesome! I put in the hours and tension of waiting and I am going to Comic Con and like every year I look forward to having a blast!