Polite Dissent

The Polite-Wife and I are safely in Seattle. It was a long plane flight — because we had to go through Dallas, but a comfortable one. I was able to polish off two books (the latest Spencer book by Robert Parker and R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton) while Robin read one of her “chick lit” books and burned through some Sudoku.

The Emerald City Comicon has been nice. We has to stand out in a light rain for a few minutes before entering, but it wasn’t bad. Once inside, it was a nice setup in one large room containig exhibitors, dealers, and “artist alley.” We meandered for most of the day, talking to a variety of professionals — finally got to meet Gail Simone…

Scrounging through the dealers’ area, I managed to fill some holes in my Kamandi and Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane collections. I’m one issue shy of filling out my Flash collection (#92). There were many dealers carrying Silver Age comics, but few carried much more than the super-hero titles, so I only managed to find one issue of Dr. Kildare and no Doctor Tom Brent, Medical Intern.

Thanks to everybody’s suggestions for places to eat. Tonight we head off for Andaluca for some Spanish themed food.

Tomorrow, back to the Con. We also want to fit in a visit to the Science Fiction Museum before we leave Seattle.