Saturday morning, we went to the vending rooms to start the day. Mark Bagley, who illustrated the entire Ultimate Spiderman comic series, was on the third floor, in the artists alley. On Friday, I commissioned him to draw the character Venom for me. We walked by his booth, and he was in the process of making my drawing. Miles was looking at posters in his booth, and picked one out and asked him to sign it. Then, he watched as Bagley drew Venom for a bit, before we left him alone.
As we walked out, Miles posed with a costumed man.
At 11:30 am was our first panel, of Battlestar Galactica. The panel was our largest of the con.
The first ten minutes was the most memorable, as they spoke at length about their experiences and memories with Richard Hatch, who passed away this year.
Next up was an hour with Jim Butcher, the author of the Dresden Files book series. I enjoyed his panels last year and he was just as lively this year. He spoke about how when he first had a cat in the series, he drew on experiences with his friends' cats. Now, he has a few cats of his own, so he understands them a bit better.
As with last year, he told the story about how he had had an internet argument when he was younger. His opponents' perspective was that writing a good book is all about having a unique idea. Butcher, on the contrary, believed that a good writer could repackage an old idea and make a good book out of it. He brazenly challenged the opposing side to come up with not one, but two overdone ideas. They chose the ideas of a missing Roman Legion and Pokemon. He then wrote a book combining the two. It was a success.
Our next panel meant skipping Star Trek, in favor of seeing Guardians of the Galaxy actors in the hope that Miles would enjoy seeing them. He ended up being bored. It featured Karen Gillan, who also played as Amy Pond in Doctor who. Sean Gunn, who played a minor human role in the movie, as well as Rocket, the raccoon's voice. He is also the brother of the director, which just screams of nepotism to me, which was a turn off. Michael Rooker, who played the blue guy with the whistling arrow, was there as well, He was crude and seemed either fake or trying too hard to appear cool. We walked out early.
We walked around the art show room and then the vending rooms a bit before heading back to the room. The art show has a few artists around the outer edge of the room, while the entire middleof the room is filled with different art pieces being auctioned. The auction would end on Sunday at 5. There was no point in bidding on anything before then. We had wanted to see John Barrowman for a panel called the Barrowman Show, scheduled for 7 pm, but we were just too tired. Stephanie and I napped.
When we woke up, she still wasn't feeling well. I decided to take Miles out for the night, to take a look at people wearing costumes. Saturday night at the Marriot is the place to be if you want to see people dressed up. We walked from the Hyatt to the Marriot, and then to the Hilton. Here are my favorite pictures of costumed people from the day and night, as well as the rest of the con.
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| This is the Marriot from the inside, looking up. The interior of this hotel has been used in a few movies, including the Hunger Games. |
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| The inside of the Hyatt, looking up. |
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| You cannot see it, but under High-5, is a year. The year kept changing. So, it would be High-5 2013, then it would rotate to High-5 2019, etc. He was going around high fiving people. It was pretty weird but pretty funny and different. |
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