Alamo City Comic Con Pt 2

It’s only been a week since Alamo City Comic Con and I’m already looking forward to my next convention.  It had been a couple years since my last opportunity to hit up a convention, and my goal is to not leave such a gap this time.

So aside from the chance to dress up and hang out with other geeks, what keeps me (and so many others) coming time and again?  Well, there are quite a few things actually…

Things to look at, things to buy, things to listen to, things to participate in.

The first thing we did was head for the stalls.  The merchandise and artist area took up a pretty impressive piece of real estate.  While most of the types wares tend to be the same convention to convention, and even stall to stall, the quantity and variety of stuff makes it nearly impossible to tire of looking.

So we looked.

And looked.

And looked some more.

We also entered a raffle.  We didn't win, but the statuettes they were giving away were still cool to look at.

And for the third convention in a row, we got our picture drawn.  It is now officially a convention tradition for us.  This is always my favorite souvenir we bring home.  Because each artist has their own style, each piece is unique and personalized for us.

When we were tired of walking, we hit up panels.  This year was something of a nostalgia year.  The guests we saw weren't necessarily involved in anything that we currently are into, but from older entertainment, namely from our childhood.

While this panel pre-dates us a bit, my husband is a big brat-pack fan, so of course we went to see Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell Smith doing a Weird Science panel.  They answered audience questions, and talked about some of the things that went on behind the scenes.  And yes, the shower scene was one of their favorites.

The next panel we went to was a biggie.  Probably the fullest one we sat in on.  But of course, who doesn't like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?  The creator Kevin Eastman was joined by the four original animated series voices and the original live action movie April.  Between reminiscing and stories, they took audience questions, and thanked their fans heartily for their support.

We stuck to our seats after that to watch the last panel we attended, featuring the Power Rangers.  The original Red, Black, and Blue rangers appeared with the second yellow ranger.  There were two things I particularly enjoyed.  Austin St. John (Jason) told stories about being a teen star (he apparently lost a straw and fork at a restaurant to fans), and the four of them standing up to do their morph.

By the end of the day, I was very happy, quite exhausted, and excited to figure out our next convention.  I think it’ll be a bit before we get solid plans on that, but trust me, there’s going to be more conventions featured in the (hopefully) not too distant future.