Finally back home after being on the road for a week and a half.
We set off a week ago Friday and first drove to West Virginia, where we attended the WV Pop Con. A relatively small convention that had about 2000 attendees, the Pop convention is a labor of love for the organizers held in the college town of Morgantown, WV. We stayed in a perfectly nice hotel that was surrounded by half a dozen restaurants, so finding somewhere to eat was no problem, and the fans seemed to have a good time.
Then we drove down to Knoxville where Caroline got to spend a few days with big sister Ariel. We then drove the way of the way down to Dragon*Con. Got off to an exciting beginning when they informed us that we were supposed to have arrived on Wednesday and had given away our hotel room. A trip over to Dragon*Con central promptly changed their minds and we got our room, thank God.
I then spent four days doing two things: sitting at my table at Artist’s Alley and attending something like eight panels during the course of the time. Autographs ranged from people apologizing for bringing me two things to sign (because they thought they were being pushy) to people bringing me my entire run on X-Factor or the original Spidey 2099.
The unquestioned high point of the convention was Saturday night at the banquet where we wound up sitting with our favorite filmmaker, Terry Gilliam. He and Kathleen wound up talking incredibly intently the entire time they were together, and since I’m aware of how much his films have meant to her, I knew what a quintessential fan girl moment that was for her.
I’m not going to list all the people I saw because I’ll forget someone and thus piss them off, so I’ll just say it was great seeing you all, but ultimately it’s nice to be home.
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Are you going to NYCC this year, Peter?
Yep.
Peter will be there Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Caroline and I will be there Sat and Sun. I’ll be bringing some of the puppet version of the avengers with me.
“Puppet Avengers?” PLEASE post photos of these after the convention (or a link to photos of them if they’re already been photographed) for those of us far, far, from New York. Thankew.
Plans for any Texas cons?
I’ve done three in the last year and a half.
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i read on comikaze’s website you are attending this year in los angeles. finally i can meet you in person!
What interesting timing. Just an hour ago, I read the most recent “Full Frontal Nerdity” webcomic. In it, one of the characters realizes that there are so many cons in a year that some older sci-fi actors are using the complimentary hotel accommodations 365 days a year as their retirement plans.
Ðámņ, you beat me to this! Anyway, the cartoon is at http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1309
Peter, I was glad to see you again at Dragon Con, even if it was very brief. (You and Caroline signed “Fearless” for me, and my son asked about the stuffed lion.) I wish I’d had more time to chat, but Daniel was really tired this year. First grade is wearing him out… Thanks for your time!
Ariel’s in Knoxville? I must have been out of the loop; when did that happen?
And glad to hear you’re going to be at NYCC; I’m really, really hoping that the three of us make it into NYC for the con this time around!
Were any of the panels recorded?