Jared Whitley: It's not you, Comic Con, it's me — this old timer needs a break

The first comic convention I went to was in 1991 in Salt Lake City. The keynote event featured legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont. I stood in a short line to meet him, got some books signed and got to visit with him and other comic book creators face to face.The experience was small and cozy and novel … and of course absolutely nothing like what fans experience nowadays. If Claremont attended the Salt Lake City Comic Con, his name would probably be well below Richard Dean Anderson&rsquo