Jack, is it intentional all your threads open with what sounds like a marketing quote?
I have never gone to Comic Con, I try to avoid going south of the border (no offense to my neighbors to the south.. just the few times I've gone to the states were very stressful (being mugged in a McDonalds drive through for example, or someone Siphoning my gas while i was asleep at a motel))
I have gone to several Conventions over the years though.. mostly anime and gaming conventions, but I had a blast.. met amazing people, saw some great Cos-play, ran a small gambling ring playing games not released outside of Japan in the gaming room, broke my wallet with several hundreds of dollars of merchandise....
Was gonna go last year but disaster struck