My Yearly Posting on Wizard World Chicago
August 3rd, 2009 by The Polski Samurai, under Why are you reading this?. No Comments. 519 views
Well, it’s that time again. It’s time for me to be among the people who share all my interests, hobbies, and passions for an entire weekend. No, I am not talking about my imaginary friends or my stuffed animal collection; I am talking about the Midwest’s largest pop culture event, Wizard World Chicago. Starting August 6 to August 9 the doors or the Rosemont Convention center will be open for those who enjoy comic books, movies, television, wrestling, video games, role playing games, and anime. Sorry I will not be wearing a bright red cape or mask to conceal my face but I will give a good pat-on-the-back to those who do. I guess there’s a part of me who respects those who wear superhero costumes in public and walk around for 7 hours half naked (I’m talking about you Princess Leia). For one to have the confidence to embrace what they love and parade off into the aisles of geek, I tip my hat to you.
Always being a shadow under the mega popular San Diego Comic Con convention, Wizard World has hopped to different timeslots over the past couple years. Comic Con always falls in July so there have been years where WWC has jumped backward from August to June in attempts to receive more attendees. But for the most part, WWC has been in August which I believe people are more accustomed to. This is the ninth consecutive year I will be attending WWC and I honestly cannot remember any crazy change in attendance depending on what month WWC occurred. But I do know that attendance increases each year and often comes around 60,000 people over the weekend.
So what will I be doing here? A little bit of everything really. I enjoy going to panels and hearing celebrities speak, I browsing and buying comic books in addition to getting them signed by popular writers and artists, and of course having friendly dork arguments with random individuals. If you have never been to Wizard World Chicago Comic Con (yeah I said it) I would encourage you to do so. I know a couple non-comic book fans who attended this before and all said they had a great time. If you have any curiosity, here is the website to check on specials guests, schedules, and ticket information:
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-ch.html
On a side note, one thing I do not understand is what the convention is officially titled, Comic Con Chicago or Wizard World Chicago? From what I understand it was originally Comic Con Chicago and quickly converted to Wizard World Chicago shortly after the first year. I actually heard the title Wizard World Chicago Comic Con. I have no idea but here are both logos:
