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Well since the Days Inn has kindly provided FREE Wi-Fi service we're able to give a rundown of day one of the CGS Super Show. We've just returned from an awesome day which was capped off with a very emotional live recording of Comic Geek Speak.

But what a great day it was! Too Old to Grow Up literally spent the day recording from the CGS podcasting area and its going to be one hell of show this week. Just quick glimpse of what to expect on the show this will include Adam Umak (Mellvillsfist), Katie Cook, Harold and Wayne creators of MIMES, a special appearance by Peter Rios, and a complete half hour with Brad and Frank from Half Hour Wasted.

Let me just say that the CGS guys have put on a class act of a convention and there are so many great artists and writers and people involved in this show that it has been a wonderful time. And there's still more to come tomorrow!

The best part of the day for me however was winning the very first raffle, a FREE David Peterson, creator of Mouseguard, sketch!

If you were unable to make the show this year, there's another in the works for next year so fear not.

And check out all our coverage this Tuesday on Too Old to Grow Up!

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Batman by Tom DerenickYesterday was pretty awesome, there were so many comics I wanted to pick up at Free Comic Book Day it was hard to pick my four. In any case I picked up the Sonic, Jugghead, Hellboy and Tiny Titans books (yeah I stayed with the kid focused ones I talked about last week on the show, with the exception of Hellboy that is!). But the big part of the day was getting my Batman portrait from DC artist Tom Derenick! Tom's doing some work on Trinity and Reign in Hell this summer; we're hoping to get him on the show at some point!

After FCBD it was off to the theater to see Iron Man and wow what a great way to start off the summer movies. It’s the first I've been to the movies this year and it was well worth it. Next up is Indy on May 22nd for me and I can't wait!

Although we were scheduled to have lots of guests on the show reasons beyond their control kept them from joining us, but they'll be on the show soon. However we did have yet another Dave joins us for this week’s episode to talk all things Iron Man! Make sure to check out "I Am Iron Man" this week’s episode of Too Old to Grow Up! this Tuesday.

Today I'm just resting up a little bit and continuing the super hero theme of the weekend by watching Underdog on Blu ray! I'll confess its better than I thought it was going to be, “There's no need to fear Underdog is Here!”

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Oh man, yesterday was a blur. For as long and tiring a day it was, it was also a really fun day.

We got to the center right around 10am, opening time, only to be greeted by the massive line to get in. So like cattle we moved through the corralled walkway funneling us onto the convention center floor. By now it's almost 11am (yes, almost an hour) so I decide to go right to the Marvel panel. Guess where they are. Outside the convention floor.

I didn't have to stand in line just to go to a panel. Ugh.

Ok, no harm no foul. So I sit through the Make mine Marvel panel, which was good but I think I would have preferred the DC/Mattel panel instead. So it's off to the DC Countdown to Crisis panel (I recorded both and will include clips in the show if the audio came out well). Of course not much was said about plot points, but according to Geoff Johns, lots of people will fight.

I missed the Indy/Star Wars event in the theater because it was just too crowded. My partner Mike got in rather stealthy and has brief report. Short version - Indy Good!

I met Umar from Dafixer's Hideout at Podcast Arena. He's a really big fan of the show, and thank you for the compliments. It's always good to know that we're not just doing this for ourselves. Thank you.

I did finally get to meet Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver, two I absolutely had to meet and thank. With Green Lantern: Rebirth those two got me hooked into DC and comics in general. They both signed my Sinestro Corps War bound book, and both were impressed by it. Thank you to them for the great books over the years.

Last night we went to the podcast meet up at John's Pizzeria in Times Square. Good pizza and better company. The place is in a converted church, from the outside it's like any other building. Inside is very cool, a mix of modern and older architecture. Pics are in the gallery if you're interested. I sat with Tony (MobileHome) and NewMutant (I'm sorry, I missed your first name) from the forums. We had some great conversation.

We're off in an hour or so, more interviews and the we're headed home. See you at the con if you're going, if not on the boards later.

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First off, here is a link to my pics:

Now, what a wild day it was, and I was only there for 4 hours. As soon as I walked in I was overwhelmed. There is so much to see; you wonder how you would get it all in.

I decided I needed to ground myself first, so I headed off to podcast alley to see some friendly faces. I talked with the CGS crew, Wraithmaker from Geeks Unite, and I_am_scifi, Ian of Comic Timing. Charlito from Indie Spinner Rack came over and said hi, and I met a few of the forum members, including thefreakytiki and Wood.

I wandered the aisles checking things out. I came upon Artists Alley, and found my way to Steve McNiven who signed my Civil War bound collection. He was amazed by it and thought it was really cool. He spent a few minutes flipping through it, asking how it was done. I was glad he approved. I also saw Ethan Van Sciver, but as I didn't have my Sinestro Corp War book with me, I didn't approach him just yet. He's top of my list tomorrow.

I was so enthralled by it all I completely forgot about any panels, and there were a few I wanted to hit, especially DC Nation. Oh well, what you will do.

So Mike, my friend who came to the con with me, and I left shortly before the con ended. We headed to Times Square and had dinner at Planet Hollywood before going back to the hotel. Now I'm off to bed and ready for a very long day tomorrow.