Ah, Comic-Con. Where has the time gone? We're closer to the 2015 show than we are the 2014 version, and yet here I am, still showing pictures from last year. What can you do? All of these pictures are from Sunday, the final day of the event, which was, all things considered, fairly low-key but still included a lot of great moments. Here are a few.
Parodying the Comic-Con protestors never goes out of style, and sometimes includes horse masks. The handles are, I guess, Instagram accounts, because they don't show up on Twitter. A shame.
A big part of Sunday, for me, was spent back at Nerd HQ for their "Conversations for a Cause" series, which, as I've stated before, is pretty incredible. I got tickets (thanks to Larry) for the Nathan Fillion panel. The 2013 version was so much fun that I had to make it back this year for an encore. It was more laid back as I already had a year under my belt. Still, it was fun to see Fillion and Firefly companion Alan Tudyk again in this intimate setting.
As always, the very generous Zach Levi introduced the panel guests.
Fillion was gracious and funny as always. He mentioned that he sometimes walked the convention floor, dressed in a costume that also covered his face, from time to time. I wonder how many celebrities do something similar. It's not a bad plan for blending in.
Firefly will never die, even if Wash did.
There were a lot of great items auctioned off this year. I'm amazed at how much people are willing to spend. It's great that all the money goes to Operation Smile, Levi's charity of choice. I'd like to win something one day (one day...).
The NerdHQ team handled the photo booth better than they did last year, which included a mad rush after the panel had ended. This year, if you had a ticket to the panel and $20, you could get your picture taken with both Fillion and Tudyk. My wife and I are fans of Fillion's well documented photobombs, and so we asked to be included in that storied history. I'd say we got a good one. So we didn't lose our nerd cred, we were also wearing Futurama brain slugs at the time.
One of the walls at NerdHQ was dedicated to the people who donated to help fund the event. I had to chip in a little as I take advantage of this offsite event at different points during Comic-Con. My name made it on the wall right about...
...here. The entire monstrosity is up online here (search for yourself! Or search for me!): http://www.thenerdmachine.com/wall-of-honor-updated/
After the panel and picture session ended, it was time to head back. Do these Pokemon outfits count as onesies?
And it was time for another trip across the bridge, which called for yet another picture of the convention center and the city...but this time...it was a panoramic view. How nice.
One thing brought about by more events taking place on the back lawn is a longer line to the vaunted Taco Truck. It was a bit distressing...but there was still a fairly short wait to the front of the line, and the Taco Truck is worth every minute spent waiting.
Here's the man in charge. I love him. And his burritos.
Here's a fairly prescient costume, given the ending of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Good on this kid, though I'm surprised that anyone under 30 knows who Howard the Duck is.
Let's call this "battle damage Iron Man". A nice job.
Another nice job by Aquawoman, unintentionally standing by a Ghostbuster.
It's strange to look behind you and see someone dressed like this following you. Kudos to him for taking the picture in stride.
Here's a picture that illustrates how everyone feels at the end of a long convention.
This gentleman probably had the best costume at Comic-Con. Apocalypse here is affiliated with the Cinema Makeup School, and questions as to if this "counts" as a legitimate fan costume are brought up. I think it counts. Either way, it's a heck of a costume.
Catwoman was standing next to Apocalypse. She did a nice job, but that's a tough act to follow.
Battle Damage Dr. Mrs. The Monarch.
Love the original Trek uniforms.
To the side of the Cartoon Books booth stood this life size RASL statue. Really cool.
How many times did this guy get described as "outrageous"? Heck, what's one more time?
This is not the end. There are still more pictures to show. And show them we will. Soon.
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