I was in San Diego last week to cover my first Comic-Con. It was the 40th anniversary of the event and nothing could prepare me for the excess.

Early estimates put the four-day count at over 125,000 people. There were lines to get into other lines. There were great costumes and weak costumes and WTF costumes. There were rail-thin people and grossly overweight people. There were babies and kids and adolescents and adults and older adults. There were games and toys and comics and movies and TV and actors and celebrities of all types.

And I managed to crank out 17 articles in five days. Here’s a run-down:

• Do You Still Like Captain Jack? Barrowman asks the Comic-Con crowd to judge the head of ‘Torchwood’
• From ‘Halo’ to ‘District 9’: Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp turn bad news into good
• Tennant Bids Farewell to ‘Doctor Who’ Fans: But actor insists the show must go on
• ‘Torchwood’ Getting a Fourth Season: Not clear what role creator Russell Davies will have
• The Boy and ‘The Box’: Richard Kelly looks to events at NASA for an ending
• ‘Fringe’ Gets Ahead of Itself: Olivia and the Bishops to be more involved in Season Two
• ‘V’ Producers Dodge Race Question: But they should pay attention to the issue that was raised
• Chuck Panel Rocks the House at Comic-Con: But do the creators have any ideas for Season Three?
• Rebooting Sherlock Holmes: Going back to the source the route to success says Downey
• Sendak: ‘They Can Go Straight To Hell’: Author loves film adaptation of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
• Science Fact Meets Science Fiction: Data from Cassini satellite used in new animated film
• Halo Goes Anime: Microsoft’s game franchise moves to a new medium with ‘Halo Legends’
• Big, Bad Bruce Campbell: The B-Movie star and friends talk ‘Burn Notice’ at Comic-Con
• Wonder Women at Comic-Con: Iconic female characters in pop culture
• Rayguns and Robots, Babes and VR: Highlights from the exhibit hall at Comic-con 2009
• People, People Everywhere: The crowds descend on San Diego for Comic-Con
• Welcome to Comic-Con 2009: Where Felicia Day selflessly indoctrinates us

Now I am going to sleep for three days.