Showing up in full costume at a comic book convention. Check!

Now I know what a celebrity must feel like. The constant attention. The repeated requests to take pictures alongside you. Children coming up to you tentatively but with big smiles on their faces. This was my first intro to a comic book convention as a costumed character. And all I can say is: Way cool, man.

My day as the Joker at Super-Con was a blast, made possible only with my sidekick, Vivian, accompanying me. For nearly three hours, we walked around the hall of the San Jose Convention Center, glancing at comic books, talking with celebrities like Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's, taking photos and videos with other costumed fans and interacting with different people of all ages. We'd just gotten in the door when a convention official ran up and told us we absolutely had to be in the costume contest later that day. If not for other commitments, we would've stayed. And you know, I've no doubt we would have won!

All day long, fans approached us and heaped praise on the costuming. More than one featured artist, guys who draw comics for a living, told V she was the best Harley Quinn they'd ever seen. I'm so proud. One writer pitching his new comic, asked us to pose with his book as a way for him to market it. He's putting us on his Web site!

Another artist caricatured us in anime form. The finished product is amazing! He's an art student at San Francisco State University and teaches on the side. Never was a big fan of caricatures, like the ones you'll see at a lot of tourist spots, but this was something a lot cooler. Now there's copies on my frig and in my office.

Aside from checking out some of the collectibles, people come to see the costumes, like the stormtrooper from the Golden Gate Garrison,

Wolverine,

And some twisted versions of Captain America. Boy, I feel safer already, don't you?

Meeting Margot Kidder, who portrayed Lois Lane in the Superman movies with Christopher Reeve was a pretty starstruck moment for us. She commented on Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight and in talking with her more the next day, she really had great words to say about Reeve, leaving no doubt he truly was an amazing person. You'd think this would be the highlight of the day. But you know...