Day One of the 1998 San Diego Comic-Con International

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Giant balloon figures seem to be popular with exhibitor's. Someone always seems to put one of these things up. Spawn was the first of two used this year. More	If you've pre-registered and got your badge in the mail, they'll send you upstairs to line up Under the Sails. From here, they'll let you in the back way. In the past, they would schedule events that would happen just at opening. Since there was always a line, you could never get to there in time. The Con finally changed this practice a couple of years ago. More

Now you too can own your own Robot... More	Or you can watch TV from the Captain's Chair... More	Or have your own personal assassin. More

A company call Icons was selling these and other movie reproductions. Make sure you have plenty of money, though. They were pretty pricey.

Heather Young played the character of Betty Hamilton in the TV series, Land Of The Giants. More	Don Marshall played the character of Dan Erickson in the TV series, Land Of The Giants. More

There were some other stars from the series, but I missed them. There is so much to see at the Con, that you just can't see it all.

Sergio Aragonés is about the fastest artist you'll ever see. You've probably seen his work, if not his Groo The Wanderer comic, then the little pictures in the margins of MAD magazine or the animations on Dick Clark's Bloopers and Practical Jokes. He's also an all around nice guy. More

Dark Horse had a ?Statue? (how do we know it's not the real thing?) of Concrete. More	Here's Bio Alexi, from the movie Virus . Created by Steve Johnson's XFX. More

"Look sexy for the camera" More	"What am I doing surrounded by all these nerds?" More

Ok, so the quotes are really mine. This is Alley Baggett, Playboy model, and, as the sign says, Lingerie Model of the Year.

This is adult actress Ginger Hill. I have no idea what she was promoting at the time, and to be honest, I really don't care. I just enjoyed the show. More

Olivia De Berardinis is a pin up artist who's art is in the style of Vargas. More

Actress and Penthouse Pet Julie Strain. More	She's become a rather common sight at the Con. In these pictures, she's dress more conservative than her normal style. More

The well known Chris Claremont. More

Apollo Smile, real life anime girl. More	Honest, that's what it said at her booth. More

Horror of horrors. Dee Snider, lead singer of Twisted Sister, has given up writing songs and started writing comic books. More

Dave Stevens is a pin up and comic artist. He also writes the comic The Rocketeer which was made into a movie. More

I know, scantily clad women are a trend in my pics. Hey, I photograph what I like. More	This model is dressed as Pantha for Harris Comics More

The artist Brom, well known for his Dark Sun art. My friend Joe took a picture of him at the 1997 Gencon. Brom's holding on to the same silly smile. More

There's almost always a party every night, usually held on the back patio and Under the Sails. More	Klingons and Elves? What a combo. This pictures shows one of the problems of early digital cameras. More	Wendy and Richard Pini, posing for the cameras (Richard's on the right) (wink) More
Richard and Wendy, still posing. More	Would you hire this guy as your DJ? More	Of course, Richard has to say a few words... More
... And Wendy takes offense to some of them. More	More	Are we ready for ElfQuest the Movie? Unfortuately, this project seems to have died. More
Wendy's finally found her elf ears. More	Wendy and some elves. More	Wendy found some more elves. The gentleman(elf?) in the center had a great costume later on. More

Those elves really know how to party! More	More