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This weekend, GeekDad was privileged to attend the Denver Pop Culture Con (DPCC), held at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver from Friday, May 31 to Sunday, June 2. On Friday, I drove my 9-year-old daughter, Geek Young Lady, and her BFF down to Denver to experience the Con. I made notes of our goings-on at the Con, and here are some highlights from our day:
10:30 Arrival: This is it, the first day of DPCC! We’d been talking about it for a few weeks now, and mild excitement had been building in the Geek Young Lady (GYL), and she was very happy to be bringing her BFF. And then, they saw the line to get in. “Do we have to wait in that?” GYL asked me. “No!” I exclaimed, and swiftly whisked them to the side entrance for media, exhibitors, and guests (thanks, GeekDad media pass!). “Dad to the rescue!” I told them-but they weren’t as impressed with me as I was with myself.
10:45 Scouting the Con Floor: We wandered around a bit to get a sense of the main floor layout, including Artist Valley (where all the comic book guests and artist exhibitors had set up booths), the merchant rows, and the Kids’ Lab section. I told them about some of the special guests at the con, including Zachary Levi of Shazam!, and Christopher Lloyd and Tom Wilson from Back to the Future! And I even showed them the row where some of…
