This past weekend, Liz and I had the opportunity to attend our first Emerald City Comicon in the Seattle Convention Center. I have to say that we've never experienced crowds like these in all the trooping events we've done so far.
Wall-to-wall describes it well for the first day at least. Of course there were celebrities like Leonard Nimoy (we saw him from a distance - but no pics allowed by the common con-goer), Lou Ferrigno (the original hulk), Stan Lee (sorry, Joshua, we were not able to get his $40 autograph - but we took a picture of a picture of him just for you!), and a few others whom we failed to recognize.
If you're into comics and graphic art, this is the con for you - we especially liked seeing some of the artists in action and the work of our favorite graphic artist, Shannon Potratz - he created a banner for a friend - you'll see it in the slideshow!
Once again, we enjoyed hangin' with our costuming friends from the 501st and the Rebel Legion - we participated in the usual photo shoot for a local charity. We met several we hadn't trooped with before including some Jedi from the Portland, Oregon, a trooper from Canada, and our favorite Tusken Raider from Spokane.
Can you believe we couldn't walk more than a couple of steps without someone wanting to take pics of our Tusken? We walked the floors spotting for him as he worked his way through the crowd, you know. I have to say he was awesome!
My words cannot really give you a clear picture of this troop, so here are some pics taking you through the weekend:
6 comments:
Excellent summation, my friend! :-)
Enjoyed the slideshow and the re-cap. ;-)
Josh says thanks for thinking of him and thanks for the picture of a picture of Stan
I love seeing a Storm Trooper taking a pic with his flip phone. LOL!
Wow sounds like my kind of event! I can't wait for the day I can troop with you!
You know Hendel and I would love that, J! :o)
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