Okay, so New York Comic-Con was pretty awesome. Hung out with some friends I hadn't seen in months, including Sopko, bought stuff, had fun. Picked up a stack of free books that reaches to my upper thigh, most of which is generic and probably terrible recent fantasy/SF, but there's a George R.R. Martin anthology in there and a reprint of the first issue of Watchmen, so that's pretty nice. Also bought the Girl Genius #7 hardcover (which I got signed), a couple of the Tek Jansen comics, the first Astonishing X-Men trade ($5 trade bins are awesome), and some bargain-bin anime DVDs.
I only hit two panels, Torchwood and Dollhouse, but both were absolutely great.
Eve Myles (Gwen in Torchwood) was both hilarious and totally unprepared for how strange fans can get. She started out flustered when the first question was basically a demand for her (and co-panelist Euros Lyn, one of the best Doctor Who directors) to go out and get drunk after the con, and it went downhill from there. Toward the end some random guy used his question to declare that he'd turn gay for John Barrowman, and she just sat there with her mouth gaping open for a good thirty seconds. It was awesome.
Whedon, by contrast, was obviously used to this by now, but he gives an entertaining panel. Best out-of-context quote: "When I kill someone, it's part of a process."
