I was five people from the end of the line for the Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. autograph session. That autograph signing was, by far, one of my San Diego Comic-Con International highlights for 2014, and I am not just saying that because each of the kind ladies in the cast gave me a high-five (as did Jeph Loeb.)
By rights the cast could have been tired, and noticing that their session was about to end. They could have been shifting their focus to the fact they were about to move on to whatever came next, especially since it was approaching lunch time and often these events are so tightly scheduled for talent that they have a hard time finding a chance to sit down for a meal.
If the cast was feeling any of those things, you wouldn’t have guessed it to meet them and talk to them. They gave every person who came through a bright smile, their full attention, and from first person to last made having stood in line for that moment of their time a highlight of San Diego’s Comic-Con International. When you were in front of them you had no doubt that every ounce of their attention was devoted to you, and thanking you for tuning in every week to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
But when they were done with the line they did not simply get up and walk away, instead they came down the few steps to where the crowd waited, and signed autographs for fans in wheel chairs.
Ask me to describe the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Class Act comes to mind.
(And for those who love the Marvel Universe, I just have to mention, the Winter Soldier was the last person in line!)