Todd Terwilliger

It was inevitable that, having compiled the list of events at comic that I most wanted to attend, I would actually participate in almost none of them. Inevitable, perhaps, but not tragic. The convention grounds were so carpeted with pageantry, pomp, and circumstance, the air so thick with geek pheromones, that the panels and screenings, not undesirable by any means, were out of sight and thus out of mind.

As the run up to the NY comic con ends with a trip, a windmilling fall, and a dull thud, I’m coming in with a quick hit, fast and short, to the point like the jabbing of a sharpened stick: my uncle (by paths strange and wonderful) has started up his own blog: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BLACK: COMIC FANDOM FROM A BLACK FAN’S PERSPECTIVE. He’s just published his first post and already it’s moving to the top of my reading list (and not just because he’s in the family).

Now that I have overcome my fear of the forthcoming comic convention, I must now tackle a slightly less-vital but crucially important task: selecting the panels and events to attend.