I'm real busy at the moment but I spoke to the folks running Comic-Con and asked if they wouldn't mind postponing it for a few weeks and they said, "No problem! We'd be glad to do it for you, Mark."
That's not true. I didn't ask and they didn't agree…though given how frantic they must be, some of them would probably have loved the idea. As long as those conventions have been held — and remember: I've been to all of them — it has been impossible to start planning so far ahead that the last week is not hectic with Too Much To Do. It's hectic for those of us who attend and those people who stage the convention. But Preview night is still Wednesday and the con still starts officially on Thursday.
Mixed emotions are already flowing freely. How do we feel about returning there after two years of not going there? How do we feel about being in a convention center where folks are masked and checked for vaccination status? And some are a bit uneasy about being there? I'd be fibbing if I said the COVID thing doesn't concern me. I'm also concerned that for the last 27 or so months, I haven't been around many people and I haven't walked the great distances you have to walk at Comic-Con. But I'm still going.
Please do not call, write or otherwise ask me if I can help you get a badge, hotel room or parking space. And don't ask me just days before the con starts, as someone always does and one person already has this year, if I can help you get a panel added to the schedule. The schedule is already printed.
I will see some of you down there.