Vancouver Fan Expo and other stuff I've done recently...April 29, 2012 by

Well, it's been a week since I went to the first Fan Expo in Vancouver, hopefully the first of many.  Basically a mini comic con, and the first one I've been to in many years, I quite enjoyed it, as did my daughter.  We were going to go as a whole family on Saturday, but my youngest was sick, so just the two of us went in on Sunday.  It was super crowded, and as we entered we saw a huge wall of shirts, with a mini-store of hats and other assorted geek clothing.  So much cool stuff, but I didn't buy any since I have plenty already.  Past this were row upon row of tables with comics and toys for sale, and so many people that it was difficult to walk.  A lot of great, and awful cosplay costumes, some surprisingly revealing.  For example, the white tape suit that Mila Jovavich wore at the beginning of the Fifth Element!  I got a picture taken with a short Darth Vader, as I was wearing a Vader shirt. (LORD VADER IS COMING look busy...) I saw my own comic book shop owner, who was there to sell some stuff.  The original Bat mobile was there, which I got some pictures of, though it was $20 if I wanted to sit in it.  There was a good amount of celebrities, which was very cool.  Same deal though, $20 for pictures with them.  Alan Ruck was the friendliest and actually reached across to shake my hand!   I didn't care about Burt Ward or the people who play Warf or Boba Fett, but did have a nice chat with Kevin Sorbo who was also very friendly, as was Aaron Douglas from Battlestar Gallactica.  Lou Ferregino on the other hand, was not too friendly, and didn't seem happy to be there at all, though he looks amazing still for his age!  There were a lot of great comic book artists and writers.  Greg Rucka was very friendly, and I tried to hunt down Wonder Woman The Hiketeia for him to sign, but couldn't find it.  I also chatted with Walt Simonson and his wife a bit, and watched Whilce Particio and some other artists draw.  I bought a book of art from Laurie B, who I'd never heard of, but does cool superhero art in a cute style, mostly woman heroes or woman imagined in male roles, like what if Han Solo was a girl etc.  My daughter bought two Manga posters and had them signed by the artist, whom I don't know.  There was minimal video game coverage, but what there was had huge line up's to play, so I ignored them.  The longest lines were for a Pokemon voice actor, which I couldn't really understand.  I took my 3DS along, as I do in any situation with crowds, and got 29 streetpasses.  It was a lot of fun overall, and I was tempted by everything, but held back a lot as I'm not made of money.  My daughter and I will go again for sure, maybe even in our own costumes next time.

Haven't done much else exciting lately.  Still running when the sun is out.  Did my 10 k Sun run in 1 hr 2:15, which is a lot better than last years 1 hr 10 min, but my friend who doesn't really train beat me, so I know I've got a lot of improvement to do.  Saw Cabin in the Woods and loved it!  Also saw Chronicle awhile back and loved it. Can't wait for Avengers on Friday...Finally beat Red Dead Redemption and American Nightmare early this year, but that's it so far, I guess I'm just not gaming enough...


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