I have five panels today. In addition to the four I'm hosting which are listed on my official schedule, I'll also be a panelist for part of (probably the last part of) the Boom Studios "All Ages" panel (about comics for all ages), which is in Room 24ABC at 1 PM.
So as you might imagine, you're not going to get a lot of blog posts out of me today; not until the con's closed and I go into glad it's over/can't wait for the next one mode. Like a kid on Christmas morn, I have presents to open but already a certain sadness that it'll all be over soon.
When I have time to write about yesterday, I'll tell you how much fun the 70's panel was; how funny cartoonist Keith Knight and Surprise Guest Fake Stan Lee were on Quick Draw!, how funny the Cartoon Voices panel was; how the 3,000 people attending it stood and cheered when I brought on Surprise Guest Stan Freberg; how the Ray Bradbury Tribute was such an unexpectedly moving ceremony; and how last night, I actually managed to walk from one end of a block to the other in the Gaslamp District. I have much to tell and will be sacrificing chronological order to do so.
Here's one moment I forgot to mention before. Wednesday when Carolyn and I were motoring down the 405 to S.D., we stopped at a lovely little rest area near Camp Pendleton. As I was striding urgently towards the men's room, two guys called out to me, "When's your first panel?" I pointed to my destination and told them, "It's just about to start in here. Better hurry. There are still a couple of seats left!"
Hey, it's not bad for a Rest Stop joke. Off to Panel Land…