Chapter 110: Golden State Comic Con
At the beginning of July, there is a special exhibition to be held in the San Diego city, called Golden State Comic-Con, also known as San Diego International Comic-Con, which attracts the attention of North American comic book fans.
With a history of only 15 years, the Golden State Comic Con has gradually become an important exhibition in North America, although its influence is not as great as that of the millennium.
In 1970, a group of fans of comics, movies, and science fiction, as well as a few others who joined later, founded Golden State Mini Comic-Con with fundraisers and guests in the San Diego area of the Grant Hotel.
The three-day trial exhibition was successfully held and officially changed to the Golden State Animation Exhibition.
In particular, the Golden State Comic Con is moving towards diversification, attracting the attention of many businesses.
It's a great event, a gathering place for comic book fans, and one of the places where cartoonists and toymakers shine in the spotlight with Hollywood and the like.
In the 80s, the Golden State Comic Con was moving towards diversification, gradually covering the direction of movies and shows, games and science fiction.
When the Golden State Comic Con was about to begin, a large number of comic book fans rushed to the Hilton Hotel in downtown San Diego, where the Golden State Comic Con was held.
The Golden State Comic Con attracts not only comic fans and others, but also businesses such as Leicester and Hasbro.
Lester will be bringing the trailer for Beauty and the Beast to the Golden State Comic-Con with comics and animations such as Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Chris Vicch was in talks with Golden State Comic-Con chairman Richard Offe back in May, and Asuka Comics' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers, as well as Blue Sky Animation Studios' Beauty and the Beast, will be featured at Comic-Con.
Before the Golden State Animation Exhibition began, there were already staff members who set up booths, pasted posters and models, as a promotional platform for each company that came with their works.
This event, Flying Bird Film and Television will not let go of such a good publicity place, Lester took Chris Weiqi and Chris and others to take the train to San Diego City at Los Angeles Railway Station.
Leicester and his party numbered dozens of people, and it was obviously not good to sit in ordinary seats, so they sat in the box.
The trains of the 80s were not as good as the trains of later generations, but they were also improving and developing rapidly.
This train to San Diego, Leicester heard the most about the Golden State Comic Con, which shows that his influence is gradually spreading in North America.
It took just over an hour to take the train to the city of San Diego, and the group followed the crowd to get off the train.
After leaving the train station, Leicester and his party arrived at the Hilton Hotel in a car, accompanied by toys such as Hasbro.
Lester said hello to the people who came over from Hasbro and walked into his room with the clothes and other things he had brought.
"Richard Off, who wants to meet you and Mr. Christwic, is waiting for you in the hotel room. โ
Lester had just put away the clothes and other things he had brought, when the assistant came over with a message.
Lester was slightly surprised, and asked suspiciously, "What did he say?" โ
"No, I just wanted to feast you and Mr. Christwiฤ. Chris Vic shook his head.
"Go and tell him, we'll be there later. โ
"Okay. โ
Since the other party politely invited him, Lester couldn't refuse, put his things away, and came to the private room booked by Richard Offe with Chris Vech.
Walking in, there were five people sitting at the table chatting, and Lester did recognize Richard Off, the chairman of Golden State Comic Con, and the other four were basically unknown.
After all, the chairman is famous, and not many other people will know their names.
The five people chatting saw Lester and Christwich coming in, stopped chatting, and the eyes of several people swept over Christwich and their eyes were on Lester.
Leicester, who has a reputation in Hollywood, naturally gave them special attention.
One of the middle-aged men came over to greet Lester warmly: "Hello, Mr. Lester, my name is Richard Off. โ
"Mr. Richard Off. โ
Lester and Christwech greeted each other.
"Come, I'll introduce you both. โ
Richard Auve introduced the four people at the table to Lester and Chrishwech.
Lester learned that the four people present were all one of the founders of Golden State Comic-Con.
After getting to know each other one by one with the four people present, the two sat down in the seats arranged for the two by Richard Off.
Richard Off, who knew Leicester well and was not yet 21 years old, put a bottle of juice in front of Leicester.
When the staff arrived, Richard Auve took the menu and ordered a few people, and asked the waiter to go down and let the chef do it.
"I don't know what Mr. Richard Auve is looking for me. โ
Lester looked at Richard Off, a puzzled expression, before the dish was served.
Richard Offe heard Lester's question, smiled and said, "Mr. Lester, your drawing of "The Watchmen" is simply a milestone for the comics. โ
Speaking of "Watchmen", the other four people also interjected with their hands, and the buzzing rang non-stop for a while.
"Wait...... Stop, everybody. Lester was confused by the words of several people, and did not understand the words of the five people, so he interrupted directly, and Chris Veich also looked puzzled.
Looking at Lester's puzzled face, Richard Auve said strangely: "Don't you know that "Watchmen" was nominated for a Hugo Award?"
"I don't know. โ
Lester shook his head, not reacting for a moment, still in a state of ignorance.
"You didn't know your work was nominated for a Hugo Award, God...... This is the first time that a Hugo Award has been nominated for a comic book. Richard Auve screamed loudly, and the other four all looked at him in disbelief.
"Leicester has been nominated for a Hugo Award. โ
Christwich reacted and looked at Lester in dismay.
The Hugo Award has a prominent position in the world, even if Chris Weiqi does not pay attention to the Hugo Award, he is aware of the importance of the Hugo Award.
"Uh. Lester turned his head, shrugged his shoulders, and said awkwardly: "I've been filming, so I haven't watched the Hugo Award nominations, and ...... Lester looked innocent: "I haven't even voted for Watchmen to the Hugo Science Fiction Society." โ
Richard Offe and others heard the black lines on their heads.
"This is the Hugo Award nomination report, you see. โ
Richard Offe took out the newspaper he had brought with him and handed it to Lester.
At this time, the waiter brought the food they ordered to the table, and the fragrant resemblance surrounded several people.
Lester looked at the Hugo Award nominations for Watchmen in the newspaper and finally understood that Richard Auve would be hosting him.
The Golden State Comic-Con naturally has a very high level of attention to comics, and it is natural to be excited that "Watchmen" can be nominated for the Hugo Award in the form of comics, so that Richard Offe and others who have been contributing to comics.
"Watchmen" was sent to the Hugo Science Fiction Association to compete for the title, which somewhat surprised him, Lester did not send the "Watchmen" comics to the Hugo Science Fiction Association.
Lester put the newspaper down and explained why he didn't know about the Watchmen nomination under the watchful eyes of Richard Auve and others.
"It's possible that it was sent by a comic book fan. Christwiฤ hesitated;
As soon as these words came out, everyone was thoughtful, and Richard Offe looked at the food on the table and said, "Let's eat!"
The seven of them began to eat and chat, and when it was over, they each went back to their rooms.