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COMIC CON IN SAN JOSE
During 18-20 March 2016, the first Silicon Valley Comic Con in San Jose, California, was held at the San Jose
Convention Center. Steve Wozniak
(inventor of the Apple I and Apple II
computers) was a driving force behind
this conference, which also featured Stan
Lee (chairman emeritus at Marvel Enterprises and founder, chairman, and chief
creative officer at POW! Entertainment)
A few years ago, Lee and Wozniak met at
a party with a science fiction/comic
theme, and afterward, they talked about
sharing their experience with others. This
led to the 2016 Silicon Valley Comic Con
in San Jose. Figure 1 shows Wozniak and
Lee during the conference. Many artifacts
from Lee's collection of Marvel Comics
characters were on display at the show.
As is common at shows such as this,
many of the attendees dressed up as various characters from either video or written
fiction. These ranged from Wind in the Willows to Star Wars, various fantasy stories,
and hard science fiction characters. Of the
60,000 or so attendees that weekend, many
were families with small children. I was
able to enter the exhibit area before they let
the crowds in, and so I was able to take
some photos before and after the exhibit
hall was filled. There were many vendors
selling comics, science fiction, and other
paraphernalia (see Figure 2).
There was also a photo opportunity
location, a place to get signatures from
numerous celebrities, a popular area where
people could experience virtual reality
(VR) entertainment using various headmounted devices, a section for lightsaber
practice, and a number of displays celebrating various forms of fiction from Ghostbusters, to Lost in Space, to Back to the
Future (see Figure 3). There was also a
small wax museum with many well-known
technology and science fiction characters
on display including Steve Jobs, Albert
Einstein, Steve Wozniak, Mark Zuckerberg, and Captain Kirk. Figure 4 shows
the Steve Wozniak wax sculpture.
Costumes were common at the event.
Figure 5 shows IEEE volunteer Kate
Mercado, the student activities coordinator for IEEE Region 6, dressed as Star
Trek Santa (if she lives long enough-
note the red tunic).

FIGURE 2. The exhibit hall was full of vendors selling various items and collectables.

FIGURE 3. The Back to the Future fundraising display for the Michael J. Fox Foundation
(michaeljfox.org).

FIGURE 4. The Steve Wozniak wax sculpture.

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