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 […]
First Impressions, Venue, and Logistics When I heard that St. Louis was getting a Wizard World convention I knew that I had to cover it for Funnybooks. This was by far the largest comic book convention that St. Louis has hosted to date in regards to size and attendance. Over the course of this week […]
Musical Chairs at DC Batman 66 Returns Angela in the Age of Ultron All – New X-Men #9 Superior Spider-Man #6 Artifacts #26 Avengers #8 Constantine #1 Justice League of America #2 Justice League of America’s Vibe #2 Supergirl #18 Nightwing #18 Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite: Rocket Raccoon Nova #2 Give us a call […]
Welcome to the next installment of Captain’s Journey. hopefully you are enjoying the story so far. If you have any questions or comments please leave them in the comments or send them to me on Twitter. *** “Mother-fucking asshole! The Terran League fucking lied to me! When I gained consciousness they told me he didn’t […]
My reading for the past few months has been somewhat sporadic. I’ve kept up with my comics and graphic novels but have had little time to dedicate to my passion for science fiction and fantasy. I have been making an effort to carve out more time for reading and have recently finished The Apocalypse codex […]
Gary returns to join Mark and Aron for this long delayed first episode of 2013. This time we explore imperial stouts! Ken Schmidt / Iron Fist / Stone Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout The Temptress Imperial Milk Stout Brooklyn Black Ops GlenMorangie’s Artein Special thanks to Spec’s and Lakewood Brewing for assisting with acquisition of this […]