Amazing Arizona Comic Con January 6-8, Mesa Convention Center Mesa, Arizona One of the best things about living in Arizona is that I don’t have to wait until summer for my comic convention fix. Amazing Arizona Comic Con is the first con of the year and it’s right in my backyard. This is only A2C2′s second [...]
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The littlest cosplayers and Boba Fett, in a sport coat, playing the Superman theme on an accordion.
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With the proliferation of photos of women in cosplay at conventions, it’s easy for me to forget that dudes wear costumes to conventions, too.
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It is 3am and the room is full of people laughing hysterically as they watch Commander Riker and Jesus Christ act out some outrageously bad “A-Team” based erotic fanfiction. We’ve been in our seats for over two hours, we’ve heard about Harry Potter going on a heavy-metal inspired trip through the cosmos, we’ve witnessed the S&M inspired downfall of the Care Bears and we aren’t done yet.
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I forever have associated Starfest with the idea that there was someplace you could go and get your geek on with your fellow geeks and no one, absolutely no one, would think you were out of place at all.
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DR Hanson – Will they like me, these geeks and gamers? Will I fit in with my Flash T-Shirt I bought at Urban Outfitters or will I be eyed curiously as a poser who bought his Flash T-Shirt at Urban Outfitters? I rest upon the knowledge that I’m well versed in much of comic lore, following the X-Men since I was 8, and if all else fails, I know my strapping partner will defend my right to be there as a veteran Con goer himself. I almost hope for an altercation involving a pencil so I could watch Jamison masterfully deflect the number two weapon with the reflexes of Matt Murdock.
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by Amy Ratcliffe Last Sunday, I sipped an adult beverage while sitting in a moody blue room with faux snow and a wampa. What did you do? Related Stuff:
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by Amy Ratcliffe One hundred and forty characters. It’s amazing what we’ve learned to cram into those characters in the last few years. Twitter and other social media sites and apps are moving at lightspeed. I know I wasn’t the only person walking around at Star Wars Celebration V with my thumbs attached to my [...]
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by Amy Ratcliffe If you’re a Wil Wheaton fan, you’ve probably heard of w00tstock. The shows seemed to always happen in far off places from me – like Minnesota or Illinois. When I heard that w00tstock 2.4 would be held during San Diego Comic-Con, I didn’t hesitate. I bought tickets immediately even though the complete [...]
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by Amy Ratcliffe You know some things that make geek girls happy? I mean, other than Jamie Bamber wearing only a towel? Being recognized as legitimate science fiction fans and having merchandise made just for us. It’s a great feeling to be able to get clothes that express one’s fandom, fit, and look stylish. Tons [...]
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by Josh Weiss-Roessler I look at my hastily scrawled screening notes for the pilot and it doesn’t seem like I much liked it. “Too straightforward.” “Too earnest.” “VO… ehh.” “Overexplaining…” But a funny thing happened as the show continued and my notes trailed off: I started laughing. My final note, in fact, is “Weeds dude [...]
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by Josh Weiss-Roessler Saturday I had the chance to check out the Comic-Con screening and incredibly abbreviated panel for The Event, the newest attempt to create a Lost-like mythology show that actually manages to attract viewers in a Lost-like way as well. Judging from the pilot and how the writers said they want to handle [...]
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by Amy Ratcliffe I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you this, but San Diego Comic-Con just ended this Sunday. Though it’s not the costume craziness that I’ve heard Dragon*Con is, it’s big. I took multiple costumes to a convention for the first time. It’s hard to keep track of all the costume pieces [...]
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by Juliana Weiss-Roessler Nerd on a mission. I’m pretty sure that’s the best phrase to describe me this morning, speed-walking to the convention center wearing my Buffy backpack with my Comic-Con badge swinging. It was just after 9 am, and I was intent on getting in for the Supernatural panel at 11:15 am. I wasn’t [...]
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by Juliana Weiss-Roessler Today was the least stressful day of Comic-Con. There were no panels on the schedule that I was dying to see, so instead I walked the floor and sat through the premiere of two pilots: The Event and No Ordinary Family, which my husband will be posting reviews of soon. Here’s my [...]
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by Juliana Weiss-Roessler After getting up at 5 am yesterday, I decided to let myself sleep in this morning — that was a mistake. By the time I got to the Ballroom 20 line, it was already winding its way around the building. I resigned myself to the fact that I would miss the first [...]
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by Juliana Weiss-Roessler I am convinced that this is going to be the best Comic-Con ever. Why? Let’s count the reasons. 1) I am attending 4 days for the first time. 2) I have a room with a spectacular view just a shorting walking distance from the con. 3) I have a professional pass for [...]
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by Josh Weiss-Roessler Since the turn of the millennium, the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (yes, even its acronym – CCI:IFF – is a mouthful) has selected filmmakers from around the world to screen their genre films and participate in a juried event where judges will select the best of these works for awards and [...]
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