{"id":12606,"date":"2012-04-29T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12606"},"modified":"2012-04-30T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T20:13:40","slug":"humble-beginnings-of-comic-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/04\/29\/humble-beginnings-of-comic-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Humble Beginnings of Comic Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went for my first organizational meeting of volunteers for the brand new San Diego Comic Fest<\/a> to be held this October at the Town and Country Resort<\/a> in Mission Valley. Technically it was the second meeting, but I wasn’t here for the first one. It is being organized by many of the same individuals who started the hugely successful Comic-Con as teenagers and who miss the casual intimacy that has been lost at the larger comic conventions. We met up at Twiggs Bakery<\/a> on Adams Avenue along Antique Row. We’ll need to find a larger venue once more volunteers start coming onboard.<\/p>\n

Names were dropped, ideas were proposed, notes were taken, preliminary duties were assigned, and I had some hot chocolate.<\/p>\n

\"In <\/a>
In the heart of Antique Row <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Twiggs <\/a>
Twiggs Bakery <\/div> <\/div>
\"Inside <\/a>
Inside Twiggs <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Our <\/a>
Our ragtag gang <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went for my first organizational meeting of volunteers for the brand new San Diego Comic Fest to be held this October at the Town and Country Resort in Mission Valley. Technically it was the second meeting, but I wasn’t here for the first one. It is being organized by many of the same individuals who … <\/p>\n

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