NY con day 2


11:13, Saturday, at the con alone today. Missed the 11:00 Bendis panel by five minutes. A little pissed. Just as many geeks outside as in, thinking the same thing as me. “Bendis gets the big room jackass”! 
Over to the DC Crisis Counseling: 52 pick-up. A very rotund Blue Beetle waits with me in the hall. That’s why I love these things.
Inside the panel, it becomes obvious very quickly: Dan DiDio is kinda an ass. I mean this guy is being an outright tool to the audience and even to the speakers (if you can call them that, the little he lets them actually speak). He’s condescending to most, flat out rude to some. Blowing smoke, lying to these people. He won’t let some even finish their question. But we are ALL supposed to laugh at his jokes. And they’re bad. This is getting insulting. Look, I understand that some of these questions are asking for the actual plots of some books, arguably silly things about costumes, or for explicit explanation of how the Speed Force works. But this is your bread and butter Dan. These are your most loyal of followers. They deserve respect. They deserve honesty. 
Oh there it is. I knew he had to before it was over. He just took a little crack at Marvel books. X-books specifically. And with me that’s a no-no. Bad business, bad politics. Faux pas Danny-boy.
Geoff Johns just showed up. Nice guy Geoff right? Everyone loves Geoff. You know DiDio just cut him off. You can relax Dan. You’re the boss. Don’t have to prove it all the time.
13:00, Now in line for Kevin Smith. Nooge. The session works just like the Evening With Kevin Smith DVD. Lines form at the mics and star-struck fan-boys get to ask Kevin all those questions they’ve been rehearsing for weeks. And the wonderful thing about Kevin is that he hears everyone of them out. Fucks with them, just the tiniest bit, with that razor sharp wit, and then honestly and completely answers them. A tremendous guy, very appreciative and absolutely respectful. A real class act. And so fucking talented. He has the timing and delivery of a major league comedian. I don’t care how many Bennifer stories I hear, they never get old.
15:27, I decide to bump Milla Jovovitch for another shot at a Bendis panel. It’s on the cross over between comics and Hollywood. Bill Sienkiewicz, Greg Pak, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, and Heidi MacDonald.
Bendis and Sienkiewicz don’t show. But Pak and Rosenberg make up for it. Very eloquent, very cool. Heidi MacDonald is absolutely charming. Classy and clever and very cute.
People are leaving and I feel terrible for the panel. Really a shame.
I’ll have to check out Pak’s Robot Stories and his other short films. Wasn’t aware of them at all. And I learn that there is going to be a Stray Toasters movie. Add that to your lists.
16:05, and I’m exhausted. Hungry. Can’t go back out onto the show floor. Off to the room and rest for tonight.