I hope you are enjoying Captain’s Journey thus far. Today is the seventh installment of the story. Please feel free to sound off in the comments or contact me on Twitter. *** “You are not a monster.” “Hal. If I am not a monster, then what am I? I chose to push forward and destroy […]
Occasionally the guys on Funnybooks will mention a comic that is damn good but will not talk about it much more after that initial introduction. Supurbia is one such book. I understand why this occurred though. The first volume of this book was a miniseries. It was an excellent story and well drawn. Listening to them talk about it […]
I’m a huge fan of the original Evil Dead series. My dad introduced my brother and myself to them back when he owned a video store, and I have very fond memories of him bringing the movie home (and us later owning part 2 on VHS), and have seen that one, and of course Army […]
Why Paul ain’t here Death and Return of Superman Omnibus Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness Leave Nova Fear the Con 6 Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Journey into Mystery 650 Superior Spider-Man #6 Fantastic Four #5 Injustice Gods Among Us #3 (PRINT)j Aquaman #18 Justice League Dark #18 Teen Titans 18 Five Weapons #2 East […]
Closing Thoughts Based on the tone of these articles it should come as no surprise that Wizard World St. Louis was a resounding success in my eyes. That doesn’t mean that everything was done right and that there is no room for improvement though. The biggest disappointment about this convention was the lack of current […]
The Costume Contest The costume contest was one of the best organized and fastest moving I have been to. There were approximately 200 contestants and the line to get into the room twisted around two halls. Despite this once the contest started there was no delays. The contestants were sent down the isles and told […]
Welcome to the next installment of Captain’s Journey. I hope you are enjoying the story so far. Here are links to the earlier installments. Bad Dreams Call the Question Dreams Remembered Desperate Measures Consequences *** I steel myself and sink back into the memory. I feel the chaos wash over me, I open my eyes. […]
Some times nostalgia will make one do bad things. I know this as I have seen many a movie purely for nostalgic reason. The first GI Joe movie is just such an act. I went to see it in the hopes of conjuring up those feeling from childhood of watching the cartoon and reading the […]
The Celebrities In the back of the Vendor Hall there was a section of tables with rope lines setup for Wizard World’s celebrity guests. These tables were used for autographs and pictures were explicitly forbidden in this area. Some of the celebrities also had paid meet and greet sessions as well as free Q&A sessions. […]
The Vendor Hall and Artist Alley The Vendor Hall took up the three largest rooms in the Convention center combined. The first section was dedicated to the ticketing area. There were ques for regular tickets, press, VIP, Special tickets, and Groupons. These lines were almost always empty as the staff worked very quickly to process […]