Comic Con 2016
“Apocrypha Now” Panel
Bill Plympton’s working on a new animated feature with Jim Lujan called “Revengeance.” Judging by the panel and the trailer, it’s going to be darkly hilarious…as we have come to expect from Bill.
“Revenge is a Dish Best Served Animated”
Bob Mogg and Catherine Fisher graced the Cosplay 101 panel along with Birda Hussey Nichols and Melissa Gene Meyer, after which Catherine showed off her patriotic princess cosplay trio.
Cosplay 101
Much to our surprise, we were able to get into Adam Savage’s panel on Cosplay as Storytelling. It also turned out to be a master class in how to moderate a panel while participating.
Cosplay as Storytelling
Our regular readers know that we’re fans and supporters of The League of S.T.E.A.M. So, we were delighted to be able to attend screenings and panels for two of their video efforts to which we contributed our “acting” skills: “The White Wolf” from season 3, and the “Kali 47” music video.
The White Wolf
Kali 47
We found time to visit some artists whose work we’ve enjoyed for years including Travis Hanson who whipped up this sketch of the Evil Cheesemonger from Drake & McTrowell’s Theatre of the Historically Improbable™. Amazingly, he looked up to talk to us several times as he continued sketching. That’s some mad skills!
Evil Cheesemonger
And Sparky got to the art show in time to nab this beauty by Dan Jones. His work was selling like hotcakes (as usual), and he sold out before the weekend was over.
Sir Franklin Java Bot, held by the artist, Dan Jones
And then there was that serendipitous moment when we borrowed a pen from a British gentleman at lunch who was dressed in a Star Trek uniform (original series). We asked what he was doing at Comic Con. He and his partner designed and built precise replicas of Star Trek communicators that pair with your cellphone. You know, the kind Kirk flipped open in the days before flip phones…actually, decades before the invention of the cellphone. Of course, as children of the 60s, we had to hot foot it over to the ThinkGeek booth and get ourselves a pair.
Beam Me Down, Scotty; I’ve Got Some Shopping to Do
Of course, no Comic Con bloop would be complete without coverage of the annual Starburner Galactic Courier Service Awards. Several good friends received well-deserved awards including Joyce McCarthy, Christopher Hoage, Dude Vader (Chris Canole), and Doc Phineas. Congrats all!
Starburner Galactic Courier Service Awards
Costumes, gotta do costumes. Judging by the pics we got, the ladies knocked this one out of the park.
Costumes Galore
We once again had the very last time slot on Sunday afternoon for our panel. This year’s offering was “Steampunk as a Maturing Visual Aesthetic” with Andrew Fogel (The League of S.T.E.A.M.), Bob Mogg (The Iron Tailor), and Rocky Olivares (Heroes and Bandits). You may recognize Rocky’s style because she was one of the illustrators for our first book, London, Where It All Began.
Steampunk as a Maturing Visual Aesthetic
Thanks to Kelly Varner and JoAnn Onishi-Mogg for the pictures of the panel because we were too busy presenting to get some ourselves.
We proved once more that we can shut down Comic Con in style. Despite the lateness of the panel, we still had plenty of people in the room and got several very insightful questions. Exhausted, but content that this year was once again a success, we departed for a celebratory dinner with our friends, Kelly and Murray. Thanks to Kelly for the departure pics.
Until Next Year, Comic Con
Time to start making plans for next year’s panel.
