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Phoenix Comicon Follow Up: Kids Need to Read, The Guild Panel feat Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton

Well, hello again!

Sorry for the delay in getting this last report on the Phoenix Comicon up. I was sick and then out of town for awhile… But anyway, down to business!

First we looked and indeed there was R2-D2!

Saturday was one of my favorite days of the con. The very first thing I had on my agenda was The Guild panel featuring Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton. They are so funny together! I’ve got this whole panel on video which I will be posting, so check back for it soon!

Again, I must emphasize the amazing work that some people put into their costumes. I met this woman who made her own Codex costume! For all of you Lame-Os who haven’t watched The Guild yet, Codex is Felicia Day’s character’s avatar in the game that the web series revolves around. This costume was by far one of my favorites from the entire convention. And, honestly, I think it’s about time you dropped what you are doing and watched this show. Seriously. Just follow my superlative advice already and watch it! ;D

After that, I walked the exhibit hall a little more and found some amazing things. If you are a comic lover, then Phoenix Comicon is for you! There are literally thousands of new comics as well as many, many back issues. You will no doubt find what you are looking for.

There were even issues of The Guild comic for sale!

There are also loads of different collectable figurines, buttons (or pins), some “Monster Purses” and I found some really nifty (and by “nifty” I mean, completely geekified) belt buckles. There are also loads of different collectable figurines, buttons (or pins), and some really nifty ‘Monster Purses’!”

Another thing I love seeing around any convention is artwork. I stumbled upon this beauty while browsing. For the life of me, I can’t remember who drew this. If anyone knows, please leave me a comment down below so I can give credit where credit is due. This was amazing to see in person and I wish I had the money to have purchased it for myself. It has the mainline stars who attended the con this year.

After that, I had a little business to attend to and then the day was over for me since I didn’t have tickets to the Geek Prom. Yes, I know I originally wrote that the Prom was on Friday, but I was mistaken. And, by the time I figured out that it was on Saturday and I could have attended, it was already sold out!

This event was to sponsored by Bookmans and helped to raise money for the Kids Need to Read charity and Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day and John Scalzi all went to party it up with all the geeks. From what I’ve heard, it sounds like it was a blast! I’m going to be sure not to miss it next year.

As I mentioned before, this is my last report on the Phoenix Comicon. I was sick all day Sunday and couldn’t make it for the last day. I was SO upset that I missed Stan Lee! I’ve met him before and he is seriously the coolest guy ever. If you ever get a chance, go meet him!

Well, thanks for reading folks! Stay tuned for the Wil Wheaton panel video that’s up next and The Guild panel video that will be up after that.

And, as always, feel free to leave a comment down below or chat me up on Twitter by clicking on my picture.

~ MeaganSue

June 12, 2010
Phoenix Comicon: Friday – Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, SGU’s John Scalzi, Pac Man, Pinkie the Ghost and Hammerhead!

Hello everybody! Well, I survived the first full day of Phoenix Comicon!

I said yesterday how much I love all the costumes that people create and there were so many great ones today! Two of my favorites would have to be Pac Man with Pinkie the Ghost and Davy Jones with Hammerhead Maccus from Pirates of the Caribbean 2.

I wandered around the exhibitor’s hall a little bit more today and then hopped in the line to meet Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton. The line wasn’t too long and moved fairly quickly. Before I knew it, I was up to the front! I bought The Guild season 3 DVD’s from Felicia and she was kind enough to sign the cover for me. She is seriously such a sweet person!

Sometimes in an autograph line you are really rushed, or the celebrity just slaps their name on whatever you have and hardly looks at you at all, but she took the time to chat with the fans individually. She was also taking pictures with people even though it wasn’t her scheduled time and I was lucky enough to get a picture with her! Of course, you know me and my love of funny face pictures, so I asked if she would make a face and she did not disappoint!

Next up was Wil Wheaton. I asked him to sign the dvd cover for season 3 of The Guild as well since he plays a major role in that particular season and, I hope, in the seasons to come. He was really funny and a really nice guy. I asked him to take a funny picture with me and my cousin and I had been planning on just taking my normal crazy pictures side by side, but Wil said, “You know what would be awesome? If you two act like you’re just taking a picture and I photobomb you!” And you know what? He was correct. It’s probably one of my all time favorite pictures. Ever. And that’s saying something coming from me!

Okay, just another friendly reminder to all of you who have yet to take my extremely good advice and watch The Guild webseries, now would be the time to do it. Go on. Watch them right now! We’ll wait for you… Good job! And now, you can bask in the glow of the amazingness that is those pictures with me. You heard me. Bask. Now you understand. I’m glad we’re all on the same page. Anyway… Where was I… Ah, yes!

After meeting Wil and Felicia, it was time to head over to the room where the Stargate: Universe panel with John Scalzi was taking place. If you have a chance to see a panel with Scalzi, I suggest you take it! He is hilarious! He talked about what he does for the show. In his words, “You know how sometimes you’re at a convention and there’s somebody who says, ‘In episode five, you guys did this thing and it just doesn’t make sense. And I was just wondering why you thought you could get away with that?’ I’m that guy before that guy is that guy.”

So, what does John Scalzi do? He reads through the scripts, finds the little inconsistencies that us more hardcore fans will eventually see and he catches them before they get put on film. Basically, he’s the guy that keeps us from ripping our hair out, falling on the floor and screaming, “WHYYYYY?!” at the top of our lungs when we see something that doesn’t work with what we know to be true in whatever particular universe it is we happen to be watching and I thank him for that. There is nothing worse in my mind than getting pulled out of the story by noticing something’s off. There’ll be more details on Scalzi’s panel later, so stay tuned!

Once that panel was over, I had some business to attend to and then it was time for Wil Wheaton Presents: The Awesome Hour! And I can tell you friends, it was indeed an awesome hour. And a little more since Wil let us run over by about 10 minutes once he knew there was no other panel scheduled after his. I have a video of this hysterical panel that will be posted as soon as the re-mastering is completed, so check back for it! Trust me, you don’t want to miss it.

And that brought my day to a close. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the Geek Prom, also known as Wil Wheaton’s Rock Band that was in the ballroom of the Hyatt tonight because of a prior commitment, but I’m sure it was a blast and I can’t wait to hear about it tomorrow.

And now, I’m heading to bed so I can be well rested to tell you all about the exciting things I’ll be doing tomorrow. One of which is attending The Guild panel with Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton! I’ll be recording it (unless for some reason it turns out not to be allowed) and will have it up as soon as possible for your viewing pleasure. Until tomorrow! And as always, feel free to contact me on twitter by clicking on my avatar or leaving a comment down below!

~ MeaganSue

May 29, 2010
Phoenix Comicon: Preview Night – Wil Wheaton, Comics, Dren and Fun!

Hello again!

First our special thanks to Ms. Kate Davids of Phoenix Comicon for all her wonderful help!

Howdy from the Southwest Desert! We’ve actually been having unseasonably cool(ish) weather this week here in Phoenix, which is probably nice for the guests of the Phoenix Comicon as they are surely not used to our normal temperatures. (Cool-ish temps being around a balmy 80-95 degrees (Fahrenheit, ~32.2 Celsius).

Thursday night started off with lines for pre-registration. Luckily, I was able to skip this long line because the wonderful people of Phoenix Comicon were kind enough to grant WHR with a media badge. All photos except the cartoon of me are courtesy of the great team at Phoenix Comicon.

I love preview night because there are not as many people around and you can get the layout of the land so to speak, so you know where you’ll like to spend time browsing between your panel times. I met some awesome comic illustrators and even got a sketch of myself by R.K. Milholland! You can read his webcomics at www.somethingpositive.net.

The Exhibitor Hall is packed full of great finds. I got a copy of Blackest Night signed by Geoff Johns himself! (Blackest Night is a comic about a personified force of death resurrecting dead superheroes and trying to eliminate all life and emotion from the universe…)

There are all sorts of wonderful costumes to see all over the place from anime to Mario. Costumes are probably one of my most favorite things to see at any given con. I’m constantly amazed at people’s creativeness while making their own costumes.

While wondering around I found the Star Wars booth with plenty of Storm Troopers to keep it safe. They even captured someone! Everyone at the booth was very friendly and I hope I get more chances to go back and visit with them.

Like with any good con, there is always tons of free, yes you read me right, FREE swag. At Phoenix Comicon, tonight it was posters. There were tables and tables of free posters. Of course, if you’re not quick, you’ll miss out because they fly like hotcakes! I really enjoyed the stuffed toys table which I took a shot of for Zoe (@Superrhuman).

I also saw the poster for David Hewlett’s new movie Splice that opens on July fourth and I burst out laughing at the name of the creature. See, her name is Dren and if you know anything about me, you’ll know that I am a ridiculously large fan of Farscape. And if you’ve ever seen Farscape, then you’ll also know that they have their own made up swear words and Dren happens to be one of them. (Well, I thought it was funny and I know you Farscape fans do too! Don’t deny it!) This movie looks really intense and amazing!

I also got to see a glimpse of Wil Wheaton signing autographs. Unfortunately, the line was around the room, so I didn’t have time to get in it, but I’m planning on getting one tomorrow if at all possible. I asked via Twitter and found out that Felicia Day will have copies of the Season 3 dvds of The Guild for sale tomorrow which I’m planning on purchasing and having signed by her and Wil. He’s a major character in season 3 and, from the last episode; it looks like he’ll be sticking around for season 4! I don’t know if it’s just me, but after seeing Wil on The Big Bang Theory as Evil Wil Wheaton, the first thing I wanted to do once I saw him was scream, “WHEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTOOOOOONNNNNNN!” Just me? Okay then… Moving on.

Well, I had a fantastic preview night! There was even a screening of Warehouse 13! I assumed it would be a preview of a new episode from the new second season, but I was wrong. They screened the Edgar Alan Poe episode from season 1, but it was still really cool to watch it on a big screen with people who enjoy it as much as I do.

And now I’m heading to bed. I’ve got a full day tomorrow and I need to be well rested! I’ll be Tweeting and Twitpic’ing during the day, so if you’d like updates, follow me on Twitter by clicking on my picture.

Hope to see you back soon!

~ MeaganSue

May 28, 2010
Phoenix ComicCon Convention – Live Four Day Coverage!

Hey there convention fans!

Well today is the day we have all been waiting for! What day?

Here at WormholeRiders we are pleased to announce “Live from the Convention” news coverage of the fantastic Phoenix Comicon, a four day convention event. Rest assured that WHR will be there for you the fans of comics and science fiction! All our thanks to the team at Phoenix Comicon and Ms. Kate Davids! Oh and please use the hash tag #PHXCC in your tweets about the con. Thanks!

The Phoenix Comicon takes place starting today and runs the entire weekend Memorial Day weekend, May 27th-30th, 2010. We will be tweeting LIVE from the convention all four days starting tonight at approximately 6 PM Pacific time. The WHR team is very excited to be reporting on this convention! There are many awesome guests this year. There are many stars we will report on. The celebrities are wonderful people and our team are most looking forward to report on the following:

The fabulous Ray Park! Ray is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Toad in X-Men, Snake-Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and Edgar on Heroes.

The wonderful James Marsters from Caprica, Buffy and Angel! Our reporters love James and our reporters of WHR had the delightful pleasure of visiting with at WonderCon San Francisco 2010 courtesy of Light Speed Entertainment!

Science fiction super stars Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) and LeVar Burton (Geordi) both from the beloved series and movies Star Trek: The Next Generation. Both will be appearing at Phoenix ComicCon convention LIVE!

And perhaps my favorites,the talented comic book and movie legend, the creative master Mr. Stan Lee. Stan will be signing autographs and of course is the co-creator of Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, the X-Men and so many more we cannot possibly mention them all here!

AND last but certainly not least, the very lovely and gifted Ms. Felicia Day (pictured below), the creator and star of the fantastic series “The Guild“,

As you may already know Felicia Day created, writes, and stars in the web series The Guild which finished it’s third season on November 24, 2009. If you have not seen “The Guild”, you must rectify that situation immediately!

Click the image or link below so you can watch all three seasons (12 episodes per season, 5-10 minute episodes) at www.watchtheguild.com. Do it. Now!

You may also leave me directed tweets for news coverage suggestions by visiting me or WormholeRiders on our Twitter pages.

Simply click the avatars left and below right to let me know what conventions news you would like me to focus on.

We will do our best to internalize your requests!

Thank you! 🙂

MeaganSue

May 27, 2010
Team WHR Announces Coverage of Phoenix ComicCon Convention!

Hey there everybody!

We here at WormholeRiders.com are pleased to announce another in our “Live from the Convention” series news coverage of the fantastic Phoenix ComicCon!

This year, the Phoenix ComicCon takes place on Memorial Day weekend, May 27th-30th, 2010.

I am super excited to be attending this convention as there are many awesome guests this year. Among the many stars I will report on, and with regard to the celebrities and wonderful people that I am most looking forward to reporting on, they include:

The fabulous Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica) whom WHR recently had the pleasure of meeting at WonderCon 2010 in San Francisco!

The wonderful James Marsters (Caprica/Buffy/Angel) whom WHR had the pleasure of visiting with at WonderCon courtesy of Light Speed Entertainment!

Science fiction super stars Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) and LeVar Burton (Geordi) both from the beloved series and movies Star Trek: The Next Generation. Both will be appearing at Phoenix ComicCon convention LIVE!

And perhaps my favorites,the talented comic book and movie legend, the creative master Mr. Stan Lee. Stan is the co-creator of Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, the X-Men and so many more we cannot possibly mention them all here!

AND last but certainly not least, the very lovely and gifted Ms. Felicia Day (pictured below), the creator and star of the fantastic series “The Guild“,

As you may already know Felicia Day created, writes, and stars in the web series The Guild which finished it’s third season on November 24, 2009. If you have not seen “The Guild”, you must rectify that situation immediately!

Click the image or link below so you can watch all three seasons (12 episodes per season, 5-10 minute episodes) at www.watchtheguild.com. Do it. Now!

Also, please take a look at the cool Phoenix ComicCon line-up, see if there are any guests/panels who you would especially like me to report on, then leave a comment below telling me who you’d like to read about and I will do my best to see that I get pictures and/or into those panels.

You may also leave news coverage suggestions by visiting me on my Twitter page by clicking my avatar below right to let me know what conventions news you would like me to focus on. Thank you! 🙂

I can’t wait!

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I and TeamWHR look forward to Seeing You on The Other Side!“

MeaganSue

April 10, 2010

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