Comic Con 2018
D&McT Survival Guide Step 1: Comfy Clothes, Waiting for the Floor to Open, and Steampunk Mexican Food!
#SDCC 2018 officially started off with the traditional Cosplay 101 shenanigans featuring our friend, Bob Mogg, the Iron Tailor. As PowerPoint rangers in real life, we found the graphics for the slides particularly amusing. Sadly, Sparky didn’t win the “costume contest” with her garden party outfit, but the competition was pretty stiff.
Cosplay 101
Remember that booth we helped set up? Well, on Friday afternoon we also had a book signing there. Yep, we did a book signing on the floor of #SDCC. We’ve hit the big time!
Book Signing at #SDCC
Of course, the Starburner Galactic Courier Service had their annual meet up and awards for all steampunk. It was hot and humid, so Sparky bailed on her western costume (Sparky del Pecos) and opted for the Dia de los Muertos swim suit by Wyng’d Lyon. Super cool and comfy, but you have to see it up close to appreciate how cute it is. Go see Colleen if you just have to have one for yourself.
Starburner Awards
It seemed like there weren’t quite as many costumes this year, but there were a few funny and lovely ones. And we got to show off our “garden party” outfits.
Cosplaying in the Heat
Is it just us, or does this look like one of the Stan Lee cameos in a Marvel movie?
Is That You Stan?
Panels? Why yes, we did get to quite a few panels. We have always loved Shannon Wheeler’s work, so we were thrilled to be in the room when Comic Con International presented him with their Inkpot Award.
Wheeler Wins an Inkpot
Sparky dropped in on the Badass Female Scientists panel. No doubt about it; they’re her people.
Badass Female Scientists
We popped over to see what our Whovian friends were doing on the Timey Wimey panel.
Wibbly Wobbly
Special thanks to Lindsay Rae Harold-Wagner for getting us tickets to the masquerade. We’d never been before. Sadly, live iPhone pictures didn’t come out very well, so you’ll have to check those out online. But the costumes and performances were amazing!
Masquerade
Just to bracket the whole thing, we stayed to help tear down as well. Sparky should probably stick to software because actually sticky things are clearly not her strong suit.
Tear Down
It’s only been a week, but we’re getting ready for next year. (Cowboy) Drake’s checking his calendar and Sparky’s trying to get through all the graphic novels she just bought.
Getting Ready for Next Year
Photo credits - thanks to the following folks for sharing pics of the event that we missed, especially pictures of ourselves: Veronique Chevalier, Catherine Fisher, Trip Hope, Colleen Rodriguez, Carol Silver, and Wanda Wease,
