2 posts tagged “lucca”
Man, this year was great.
First of all, the convention was inside the city wall, in the old part of Lucca. We had an hotel very far away, in the middle of Garfagnana. It was simply astounding.
Then I met Douglas Meakin, Dave Sumners and Mike Fraser, which are the band singing most of the cartoon song i listened when I was a child.
As usual, Bishoonen were great, and I had a lot of fun listening to them and joking and jerking around the fair with them. I got just a comic book, this year I was far more interested in games (I bought a copy of Munchkin with the first two expansion pack) and in vinyl designer toys. I discovered a true love for vynil designer toys.
Most of them come in closed envelopes, so you can't know which one you'll get until you open the sealed box. They're great!
The last day was a real tour-de-force. I got a temperature, and Lucca was extremely crowded due to the cosplay competition. As you can see from the photos, there were a damn lot of people in cartoon character costumes. You may assume it's like carnival, but it's in fact a really different phenomenon. Dressing in such strange way is more an art performance, a way of give a love tribute to a character you admire. It's pretty interesting, from a sociological point of view, and less nerdy than you may think.
The return journey was really hard. Four days of cartoon madness, the illness and the sadness for the end made my driving really difficult. Can't wait for next year edition.
I'ts always strange when you're about to leave.
Wednesday I will be off to attend Lucca Comics 2006. I'll be there four days long.
My camera is ready. I want to take soooo many cosplyer picture.
Unfortunately the Internet connection in the hotel will be charged. I wonder how I'll do without my daily dose of news.
