Conventions 2009

I've attended a whopping 5 conventions so far in 2009, a new record for me!

For the 2 anime conventions (Fanime and Anime Expo) I cosplayed Kraehe from the show Princess Tutu. I've already posted pics of the wig making process, so here is the completed costume that I pranced around in ^_^


This was my favorite picture taken by D.Anderson at Conpix.com



And here is a very nice group shot of people dressed up from the same show, taken by the photographer from asianschoolboy.com

For Comic Con I've never dressed up...partially cause I'm often sort of on my own at this con, but mostly cause it's so darn crowded.


Crowd wise this picture is totally deceiving. Apparently I managed to snap a shot of the floor during the 10 seconds when an open space miraculously appeared.


And this is me being a photo sniper from the mezzanine. It's the Christian Comics Art Society (CCAS) booth manned by several of my friends. CCAS put on several different panels at the con that were really awesome. One was a "spiritual themes in comics" panel that had representatives from different beliefs fielding questions. There was a "secret" (as in is it didn't make it into the printed program, oops!) meet and greet to get to know different Christians who are into comics, fans or professionals. And then on Sunday they hosted a mini worship service followed by a short message and a discussion. The turn out for all of the panels, even the secret meet and greet, was really good!

And then my other highlight of Comic Con was my awesome celebrity sighting.


Nathan Fillion, shiny!

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from D23 Expo (the Disney convention). It was a lot of fun, very pretty and had the politest staff ever as they were all trained at Disneyland and had the Empire looking over their shoulder. A couple highlights: a life size Wall-e remote control robot, plans for the Hong Kong Haunted Mansion, a mock up of the up coming Cars land, and a talking trash can.

Con # 5 was the brand new Long Beach Comic Con. It was small, but not bad for a new con. I liked it cause it was practically right down the street from me, but aside from the much more managable size and lines it was like a mini Comic Con, so nothing new.