I'm getting all ready for Long Beach Comic Con. I'm so excited for it.
Have fun! Attending conventions for the first time always felt daunting. So many things to do and so many things to see. The one thing that ALWAYS happens to me is when I read or talk to others regarding their experience at a Con I just went to and there are things that I miss out on, I think to myself "damn, I wasn't doing anything during that time frame and I could have gone to see that or buy it."
My city is having our first ever comic convention in mid-October. I'm not sure how the attendance will be but I'll probably just go there for one day. Some of the special guests that'll be there: Kerrigan Mahan (voice of Goldar from Power Rangers), Blake Foster (Blue Ranger from Power Rangers Turbo), Yanick Paquette (DC artist), Khoi Pham (Marvel artist) and a few others. I'm mostly just interested in filling up my convention sketchbook. :]
Edit: Looking over the comics coming out this week again, looks like I'll pick up Gotham Academy, Thor (maybe the Fiona Staples variant cover) and Guardians 3000. Is no one else picking up the latter? I haven't seen it on anyone's list on the last page.