Back from Baltimore. The ethernet at the Marriot was hopeless, inexplicably shutting down for an entire day, then inexplicably popping back on at odd times, while crawling at a snail’s pace. We’re sorry we couldn’t do more live updating, but everyone had a swell time, it seems. More piccies and reports tomorrow. We will state for the record that Baltimore does make indisputably the best crab cakes, as if you didn’t know that.

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  1. It turns out that I only got to hang out at the convention for two hours late on Sunday, then my brother and I checked out the Geppi Museum. Very, very nice museum. It really exceeded my expectations. Great location, too. My brother loved it, but wondered whether it’s possible for it to generate a profit. I don’t really think turning a profit is why Geppi did it, but I wonder about it too. Except for two or three other people, it was empty.

    As for the show, I went to the David Lloyd panel and it was great. I felt a little bad because he seemed so eager to sell his new book Kickback, and Dark Horse didn’t supply him with enough copies. I wanted one, and he was sold out. He did autograph a Kickback promo though. Very nice guy.

    Probably the most interesting comment from him was that he totally didn’t agree with Alan Moore’s philosophy that anarchy can be a viable solution for the world’s troubles. To prove his point, he brought up the Christiania area of Copenhagen (which I had just visited last November), which is pretty much an anarchic society. It was fine until some bikers moved in and it turned to a crime infested slum. I can recall that when I was walking around there at noon, with cops nearby, I still felt very unsafe. The craziest people I’ve ever seen there, high out of their minds in the middle of the day.

    He said that the world that V envisioned just isn’t possible in reality. The movie was a more realistic portrayal of showing V creating anarchy for a specific purpose, defeating the oppressive government, not for the purpose of creating a society of anarchists.

    The biggest shock? There was about eight people in the room to listen to David Lloyd. This guy has been a huge talent in the industry for decades, he had a major motion picture released here, and only eight people show up to his panel? It’s the closest we’re going to get to Alan Moore, people!!!

  2. Hey Brian, I’m sorry I missed you! I went tot he museum in the AM but was around for a few hors on Sunday. Glad you had a good time.