I have to say, this year's Wizard World Austin Comic Con outdid itself. I absolutely enjoyed the exhibitors, the panels, and the cosplayers.
My day started later than what I planned--thanks to CapMetro Rail and Chuy's Children's Parade. Nonetheless, I got to the Convention Center and started my day by watching trailers of upcoming movies.
SuperKayceCosplay and
RealBreakingNate presented a series of movie trailers and provided their insights on each. There seemed to be anticipation for the new
Star Wars movie from the audience. Personally, I'm looking forward to not only
The Last Jedi but also the arcade-based-movie
Rampage.
I sat in on a brief history discussion on
Dr. Who before attending the very entertaining Michael Rooker. If you don't know who Rooker is, go
HERE,
HERE,
HERE and
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As many of you know, I'm a big Star Trek fan. I've met
Armin Shimerman,
Robin Curtis, the late
James Doohan,
Sir Patrick Stewart, and the great
William Shatner. This year, I got to meet Ms.
Nichelle Nichols and got her to sign a trading card I had been holding on to since 1991.
After coming down from a high, I sat in on a discussion panel with
Kevin Conroy and
Loren Lester discussing 25 years of
Batman: The Animated Series.
I then snuck out of Batman and Robin to watch
Felicia Day in a Q&A. The cool thing I learned about Felicia Day is that her formative years were spent in Austin. If you don't know who she is or what she has contributed in the geek-realm, check out
HERE,
HERE, and
HERE.
I then sat in on a Firefly cast reunion with
Summer Glau,
Sean Maher, and
Jewel Staite. Sean Maher was quite entertaining to watch as he interacted with Jewel and Summer. What I got out of the panel is that Summer was blamed for things that went wrong in the show, even when she was not around. Also, Nathan Fillion is a huge Firefly fan, who has show memorabilia around his home.
My day ended watching the extremely talented cosplayers compete in the Wizard World Costume Contest.
Some of the exhibitors I visited included:
Kristina Cantu,
Brent Woodside,
David Soto Jr.,
JeriLyn Alderman from Firechilde Glass Studio,
Cassie Small with Randon Smash Customs, Ryan Glitch with
Sci-Fi Speed Dating (I shied away from participating), the guys from
Hops and Heroes, and the gals from
Shivs and Giggles.
