San Diego Comic Con 2019

03 08, 19

For us, Comic Con this year was mostly about scouting artists for the illustrated versions of The Bavarian Airship Regatta and Her Majesty’s Eyes and Ears. But we still found some time for the usual sorts of fun. Sparky went early to help Colleen Rodriguez set up the Wyng’d Lyon shop in the League of S.T.E.A.M. booth.

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The Calm Before the Storm

Of course we went to the Starburner Galactic Courier Service meetup and awards. In addition to old friends, someone there was enjoying his very first Comic Con.

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Steampunks in the Sun

We did a fun little “Steampunks at the Beach” cosplay where Drake tried to catch Sparky with a butterfly net because she was so scantily clad. Hey! It was hot and a good excuse for Drake to wear shorts and Sparky to wear her favorite Dia de los Muertos swimsuit.

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Knees? Shocking!

Old friends abounded. Thomas Willeford was showing off his new bird-watching goggles.

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Apparently Thomas Willeford Doesn’t Care for Birds

And what would Comic Con be without costumes? The first pic is of our friend Colleen Rodriguez as Batwoman, a role she was born to cosplay (in a costume she made). The second pic is of Dude Vader, and this year he was on the front page of one of the Comic Con daily newsprint updates. Congrats, Dude!

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Oh, the Cosplay!

This one takes Sparky back because Princess Leia was her first cosplay.

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Pew! Pew! Pew!

One of the funnest panels we saw was the League of Extraordinary Scientists and Engineers. They answered questions about what they’d like to see in fiction and how real life for scientists and engineers is different than fiction.

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