Thursday – 01 September 2016
For a No Bad News Thursday, today wasn’t horrid. It didn’t start off as what I would have called “perfect,” things came together by the end of the day and it ended with a bang! The day started with me at work and not at the Mark Hamill and William Shatner Salt Lake Comic Con panels that I had originally planned on attending. Oh, well. (As the song says: “I guess this is growing up…“) The work day came and went I left work a little early and made my way downtown.
People. Everywhere.
Many/most of them were in costume. It was great to see the array of characters and the work that people put into their outfits. (I only took one picture.) Of the standouts I recall, there was:
- A really great Rule 63 Flash (Jay Garrick)
- Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers),
- Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan),
- Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell, in a costume that looked to be primarily body paint),
- An armored “trooper” that I don’t think that it was a Stormtrooper, and
- Squirrel Girl.
I made it to the convention center, picked up my badge, and hung out at the Dr. Volt’s Comics booth before heading to my panel discussions.
Wile E. Coyote… Special Guest! (What!? It has the same initials as “Super Genius!”)
Leigh George Kade (Geekshow Podcast and Frisch) moderated both discussions. They were fun and hopefully informative. Audience members asked a number of good questions across a decent spectrum from – we even fielded a few questions after each panel ended. I think that augurs well. (And, if it doesn’t… just let me sit here and enjoy my little delusion. Thank you.) The fifty minutes passed far too quickly – it felt like we had just gotten a good head of steam built up when the “Five Minutes” sign was waved. Hopefully, I’ll get an opportunity to be a panelist at a future con; if not, I’ve scratched an item off my bucket list that I didn’t even know was on the list!
For now: Sleep.
And tomorrow: Work… and Salt Lake Comic Con: Day Two!