Comic Con Talk (Renamed since LA Comic Con can't get it together) (2 Viewers)

[Sun Wukong]

Meanwhile in Chicago, it's crowded as hell, but there's no cosplay involved.

But is there at least the smell of rampant B.O? I got hit with that a few times today...wouldn't be a good con without it...or something. Side rant: I am about as big a geek as you'll find and drink from every well imaginable from tabletop games to anime to comic books to sci-fi and fantasy and horror to whatever, but I still find time to shower and groom myself. It isn't that hard people.

I just looked them up online. They go to comic cons all over the place. They were at SDCC last month.

So the print I was going to buy was a smaller size, probably a 6 x 10 or something like that. It was $20. No problem. I pay him and he goes to look for it, but can't find any. I was a bit bummed, but he said, "I can refund or I can give you a deal on the 10 x 20. How about $30 for it?" It is normally $50, so I saved $20 and was quite happy. Now I just need to find a frame to put it in.

Yeah, they seemed like really nice people. Unfortunately both the pieces I wanted today they said they no longer bring prints of to shows as they are "retired" just due to travelling logistics and rotating in new pieces. If I can't get them online there was some other stuff I really liked.

Random observation: Trish Stratus is really tiny. Her billed height is 5'5 but even in giant heels today I'm not sure she actually cleared that. Wrestling heights are always kayfabed, but it still kind of shocked me.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Random observation: Trish Stratus is really tiny. Her billed height is 5'5 but even in giant heels today I'm not sure she actually cleared that. Wrestling heights are always kayfabed, but it still kind of shocked me.

Yeah. I realized that when I met her in Raleigh a few years ago. She was in tall heels and still looked the same height of my girlfriend, who truly is 5' 2".

 

[bonnjer]

Random observation: Trish Stratus is really tiny. Her billed height is 5'5 but even in giant heels today I'm not sure she actually cleared that. Wrestling heights are always kayfabed, but it still kind of shocked me.

I noticed that she was a bit on the small side. Kevin Nash, on the other hand.....

Meanwhile in Chicago, it's crowded as hell, but there's no cosplay involved.

There was plenty of cosplay here. My two dressed up as Eleven and Will from Stranger Things. Their cosplay was good enough that several people stopped us and asked to take pictures of / with them. They'd always seen others doing this at other cons, but they'd never been asked before. Needless to say, they thought they were celebrities.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Still upset I couldn't attend. I'm heading to Dragon Con at the end of the month, then Mighty Con at the Pontchartrain Center in September before Big Easy Con enlighten us in November. Busiest con season for me ever.

 

[Sun Wukong]

So MechaCon just announced that next year will be their final convention. They basically said that the changing con landscape (when they started in 04 there was almost nothing Con wise in La and now there are many successful options) and other factors led to them making this decision.

 

[Doug B]

... then Mighty Con at the Pontchartrain Center in September ...

Hadn't even heard about this one -- is it similar to the heavily-comics-driven small cons they've had in the Pontchartrain Center in the past? No celebrity guests or panels, just a slew of comics and a few dozen merch vendors?

 

[Doug B]

So MechaCon just announced that next year will be their final convention. They basically said that the changing con landscape (when they started in 04 there was almost nothing Con wise in La and now there are many successful options) and other factors led to them making this decision.

Now I feel a little bad about missing this year's MechaCon. It was my daughter's first con, and still the one at which she feels most at home. Maybe they should scale back to a smaller, cheaper venue (The Riverfront Hilton wasn't ritzy, but it fit their con well).

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Hadn't even heard about this one -- is it similar to the heavily-comics-driven small cons they've had in the Pontchartrain Center in the past? No celebrity guests or panels, just a slew of comics and a few dozen merch vendors?

They were at the Alario Center last year and had a few guests, including Jim Shooter.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

BEC is bringing a hometown hero the first weekend in November...

 

[Sun Wukong]

Whoa, that's a great addition.

 

[Doug B]

Whoa, that's a great addition.

Yes he is. Anthony Mackie was a lot of fun on the Civil War panel at Wizard World 2016 in New Orleans. He enjoyed showing off the city to his castmates.

Wouldn't be shocked if he pulled along one or two other MCU folks to come down to NOLA for at least one of the days. Like on the Sebastian Stan level or below.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Yes he is. Anthony Mackie was a lot of fun on the Civil War panel at Wizard World 2016 in New Orleans. He enjoyed showing off the city to his castmates.

Wouldn't be shocked if he pulled along one or two other MCU folks to come down to NOLA for at least one of the days. Like on the Sebastian Stan level or below.

Yeah. He really loves the city. I found this video he just did short and sweet. I would imagine he's talking about Hansen's.



I've been an Anthony Mackie fan ever since She Hates Me.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

David and Meredith Finch have been reconfirmed for BEC...



On another note, I see presale will start on Thursday for Wizard World New Orleans next year. What in the actual hell?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

There's no video, but this is a great conversation with the VP of Events of BEC's parent company. He discusses the rescheduling the June show almost exclusively.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

This is going to be an awesome event...