What Comic Con is about...

It's about not going. That's right, NOT Going. At first you might say, "What!!!!!? Me not going to Comic Con is a travesty of Justice!". Maybe your right, maybe you should be among all the booth babes, maybe it should be you who gets a front seat at the Kevin Smith Forum, and just perhaps you deserve to sit in Joss Whedon's lap. But for some reason the god's of geek have deemed that it isn't your turn. Don't be depressed, there are several reasons to keep living.

-You'll get the news...

In today's world, breaking news occurs about 5 seconds away from Twitter. Rest assured that the army of self important diva's that we geeks tend to raise on High will have breaking updates every 23 seconds. Seemingly every media source that is geek will be there, so you won't miss anything except the occasional funky body odor.



-You already know most of whats going to happen...

You're already spoiled. Seriously everyone knows that the overlong cinematic masterpiece that is 'Avatar', we've seen the pics from Iron Man 2, and we know the synopsis of the famed missing Dollhouse episode. Sure there's plenty of new stuff getting dropped, but it'll be leaked, scammed, hacked, and dissected about 2 hours afterwards.

-You'll be a bit pissed...

You are going to be disappointed, something won't meet your expectations, someone won't announce what you fervently hoped for, and you might be a bit miffed that David Tennat won't be Bilbo. You won't have to be restrained by security, or have your tirade broadcast to half the known Geek World.

-You won't get to sit next to Summer Glau...



Face it man, your shot with a Geek celebrity was far-fetched from the start. Break your delusion that all that certain star has to do is lay eyes on your god-like flesh colored beard or your "1980's Transformer Movie" t-shirt to fall madly in geek with you. It's better that your home then in San Diego getting arrested, and slapped with a restraining order...and no just because you have Dichen Lachmann's twitter feed doesn't mean you can 'hang out'.

-You can't afford it...

You've got movies to go see and buy (legally), music to (legally) purchase, Comics to order, new tech to pickup from Best Buy. Between all that and paying modern gas prices you might have enough left over for a plane ticket 2/3's of the way there. Better to relax pop on G4's coverage and play around of COD4 before falling asleep on the couch just as Olivia Munn punches Allison Haislip in the boob.

-Most importantly...

Comic Con isn't about you. This about the thousands of Internet Voices we the people listen to, and allow to judge our media. At the end of the day whether or not Tony Stark will have a successful second outing isn't really important to 'you', nor is whether or not Lucas' live action project will make him a ton of money. A con can't tell you whats really important, and if it does, maybe you should be happy your at home with your family and friends who don't care about your 'next project'.

Host your own Con, invite your celebrity friends, and laugh mockingly at Nathan Fillion on Twitter for not being there...

Thanks to Jay T for this article!