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As the 2010 edition of WonderCon comes to a close in San Francisco, I decided to sneak out the Moscone Center and write up my thoughts and feelings about this year’s convention. For me, this was my first visit to WonderCon, and even though people told me this year’s attendance didn’t seem to be as high as usual, I was still impressed by the large crowds storming the exhibition floors and panel room. If attendance is down indeed, I think it’s pretty safe to say it’s because this year’s WonderCon took place during Easter weekend.

My journey started early Friday, which turned out to be a very quiet first day. I decided to check out the booths downstairs in the exhibition hall, and to tell you the truth, it did get pretty busy in the afternoon. The Kick-Ass and Capcom booths seems to be the most popular ones down there, but the Dante’s Inferno gaming section ended up attracting large crowds as well. The highlight of the day was Kevin Smith’s Q&A session, which I had to miss because I headed over to the AMC Metreon for the premiere of the Resident Evil: Afterlife trailer.

Paul W.S. Anderson, Ali Larter and Milla Jovovich stopped by the theater to introduce the 3D trailer and answer a bunch of questions about the film, which was shot using James Cameron’s 3D Fusion Camera System. Anderson said Cameron was kind enough to show him a big chunk of Avatar last year, and consequently, Anderson went to Sony and asked for more money to shoot Afterlife in RealD 3D. To tell you the truth, the trailer does look amazing in 3D on the big screen.

You can read all about the Q&A Session right here.

The second day was by far the busiest. Saturday kicked off with press conferences for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and Jerry Bruckheimer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Nicolas Cage, Mike Newell, Jay Baruchel, and Teresa Palmer all showed up to chat about their upcoming films. I will have the full interviews from the press conferences online soon.

Disney hosted its big panel first, but I had to skip it to interview Paul W.S. Anderson, Ali Larter and Milla Jovovich, who were kind enough to talk to the press and tell me all about how much bigger Resident Evil: Afterlife will be. I also asked Anderson about the process of shooting in 3D using this system, and I will have the video interviews online for you to enjoy later today, so stay tuned. Needless to say, all three of them were incredibly nice.

Warner Brothers hosted a panel in the afternoon, and they presented The Losers and Christopher Nolan’s Inception. I had to miss this one as well because of more interviews, but the huge applauses and loud footage breaking out of the panel room gave me an indication of what the atmosphere was like in there. The afternoon session wrapped with the Lionsgate panel for Kick-Ass.

I moved on to my roundtable interviews with the cast of Kick-Ass, and to tell you the truth, it was definitely the most enjoyable experience of this WonderCon. Aaron Johnson, Clark Duke, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, screenwriter Jane Goldman and comic book illustrator John Romita Jr. all stopped by to chat about their fantastic film, and even though they had been running around doing press interviews all day, they still had enough energy to joke around. I will have those interviews up soon as well.

There is not much to report about the third day. I stopped by briefly to check the atmosphere, but it was rather quiet. Of course, it’s Easter Sunday, and that pretty much explains why it’s much calmer over there than yesterday.

Overall, my first visit to WonderCon was a success, even though I admit I was not entirely happy with the programming decisions on Saturday. Press conferences and panels overlapped, which made it hard to keep up with the program. Other than that, I have no complaints at all. Stay tuned for videos, interviews and more still images from the event, and feel free to share your own WonderCon experiences below.