I just got back from a weekend trip with Gavin to the Asbury Park Comicon. What an interesting experience! This year it was held at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel and sprawled throughout all of the ballrooms upstairs and downstairs. Like most conventions, it had rooms full of vendors, tables packed with colorful products, and tons of people wandering through looking for something interesting and new. Lots of families checking it out and lots of people dressed up in costumes from their favorite comics and movies. People get very creative with their costumes! We got to connect with a bunch of people who support indy comics (Gavin is the writer/creator of one: check out Ironhorse!) and a former professor at my alma mater Marywood University! Such a small world 🙂

Saturday night we got a chance to walk what still remains of the boardwalk. So much is missing and so many areas are marked off limits. It makes me sad for the shore. Sandy really wrecked the place, but with the new construction going on it looks hopeful that the boardwalk and seaside attractions will flourish again.