52 Weeks of Creative: Week 11

PLANET COMICON.

AKA, we waited in line for my friend to get his picture taken with Jewel Staite.  From Firefly.  And Stargate: Atlantis.  Who turned out to be really nice.

What does Planet Comicon have to do with my creative project?

I made things for it.  I posted the skirt a while ago.  And that was my hat before I finished it.

And here we are at Planet Comicon KC, costume all finished, even with things added to the skirt I made a few weeks ago.  I had a lot of help with it, though.

I like nerds.

Things learned at Comicon:

1.  Sometimes you will be surprised by the Foxtrot creator, Bill Amend, and turn into a blithering idiot.

2.  Will Wheaton is super nice.  And likes small children.

3.  If someone in your small group of 3 sees someone they know every 5 minutes, you’ve probably got too many nerd friends and shouldn’t change a thing.

Feel free to comment with feedback, ideas or share your own creative projects!

Con X

This past weekend a band of misfits rolled into Kansas City and took up residence at the Ramada.  They spread out their tables with sonic screwdrivers, Looper posters, headshots to be signed, mechanized R2-D2s and steampunk goggles.  Movies screened in one room while Stormtroopers and Redshirts trolled another.  Outside on the grass an epic battle ensued between medieval knights and a samurai Iron Man.

Con X.

A sci-fi convention to beat all sci-fi conventions.

I was there with Zodiac Cinema, a small production company out to save the world, one awesome movie at a time.  Besides helping to man the table, my job included running panels with celebrities.  On Friday I headed questions for Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, and Ashley Palmer, some of the talented cast of Paranormal Activity.  They were and are the kindest, coolest and most interesting professional actors I have ever met.  They even allowed us to take pictures with them.

On Saturday I had the chance to head a panel with Cliff Simon, Jay Acovone and Alexis Cruz, some of the folks from Stargate: SG1.  These guys were incredibly experienced with the convention scene and they seemed pretty cool.  I found out that Cliff Simon was originally from South Africa and they used his accent as part of the character of Ba’al.

After some fire-twirling, creepy elevator riding, and terrible dancing the weekend was over for me.  But that Stormtrooper wearing a kilt will never fade from my memory.  Some things you can’t un-see.

Onward to Comic Con.

Rodney Mckay/David Hewlett

The best actor on Stargate: Atlantis.  Who mentions my other favorite sci-fi show at about 8:40.