{"id":2877,"date":"2012-03-19T13:25:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T20:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotnerdgirl.wordpress.com\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2024-02-28T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:30:49","slug":"wondercon-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/19\/wondercon-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"WonderCon 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
The WonderCrew: Troi, Geek Outlaw, HNG, Mama Jedi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first time I went to WonderCon was way back in 2002 while I was in college in San Francisco. \u00a0I was the only girl in the group and was rocking my Batman Underoos and a very ill-fitting SFSU sweatshirt.<\/p>\n

A Spider-Man sticker on top of a Batman logo...I'm trying to remember if we had some sort of Marvel vs. DC thing going on that day....<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since moving to Southern California I wasn’t sure I’d ever go to a WonderCon again but fate had other plans (namely construction) and planted WonderCon in Anaheim this year. \u00a0I had to go. \u00a0Now, normally I like to spend at least two days at a comic book convention; however, WonderCon inconveniently fell on St. Patrick’s Day weekend and the Irish blood in me refused to give up the St. Patty’s Day festivities. \u00a0Therefore, I settled for going to WonderCon on Friday only.<\/p>\n

This was the first Comic Book Convention for my Mom, my sister-in-law Troi and my friend Hayden (aka Geek Outlaw). \u00a0We’re all going to San Diego Comic Con this Summer so it was good practice for them. \u00a0My Mom wore the HNG t-shirt I had made for Long Beach Comic Con and guys were flirting with her all day. \u00a0What can I say? \u00a0I have a hot mama. \u00a0Hayden wore his Geek Outlaw outfit which was so weighed down by his geeky\u00a0accoutrements that he literally had to mosey.<\/p>\n

[youtube:http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1J67TEVdIN0]<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

First things first. \u00a0Star Trek<\/em>. \u00a0Star Trek<\/em> actors are the only celebrities I get star struck by. \u00a0I’m not sure why that is other than the fact that I heart Star Trek<\/em> sosososososososo much. \u00a0Seriously, Harrison Ford could walk up to me and I’d be like “yo, what’s up dude?” but if Patrick Stewart did that I would freak the fuck out. \u00a0So it should come as no surprise that when I saw Anthony Montgomery (aka Ensign Travis Mayweather) I freaked the fuck out.<\/p>\n

See that look on my face? That's pure joy right there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was in the process of purchasing a comic book and getting my face sketched on the back of it (more on that later) when Hayden and I realized that Anthony was in the booth right next door. \u00a0I couldn’t move yet because of the sketching so Hayden went over and warned Anthony that a Super Trekkie was in his midst. \u00a0I tend to be a very shy person but as soon as I got the go ahead from the sketch artist that I could move I practically mauled the poor man.<\/p>\n

I swear I don't normally do this type of thing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He now holds the distinction of being the only Star Trek<\/em> actor that I’ve hugged. \u00a0Twice. \u00a0Seriously though, super super super nice guy. \u00a0I even told him my Connor Trinneer story and he got a laugh out of that (short version: I had just arrived at Whole Foods in Hollywood and saw a guy holding a baby and trying to get a grocery cart. \u00a0I got the grocery cart for him and when he turned around and thanked me I realized it was Connor Trinneer and I almost had a heart attack right on the spot).<\/p>\n

Anthony was there promoting his new graphic novel Miles Away<\/em>. \u00a0Y’all should check it out because it looks really good and because I heart him. \u00a0A lot.<\/p>\n

Back to the comic book I was purchasing before I saw Anthony….<\/p>\n

Artist: J caught my eye because she’s a fellow HNG who wrote a comic book. Seriously, she’s badass. \u00a0She combines the comic with music to create a whole experience for the reader. \u00a0I love and support my fellow HNG’s and you should too. \u00a0So check her out.<\/p>\n

And she makes a darn sexy Wonder Woman too<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of her artists, Will Olmo, did a quick sketch of me on the back of the book.<\/p>\n

While looking for an artist I saw at LBCC (alas, I never found him and I can’t remember his name) I ran into two other artists that I will be paying close attention to from now on. \u00a0The first one is Mike McKone\u00a0who happens to live just a few miles away from me. \u00a0I’m going to try and hit him up for an interview. \u00a0The second is Gerimi Burleigh\u00a0creator of Eye of the Gods<\/em> and Morningstar.\u00a0<\/em> We first noticed Gerimi because Hayden is a fan of the country western genre and Morningstar<\/em> has a cowboy twist to it. \u00a0After talking to him, you can’t help but like him. \u00a0Super talented and super nice. \u00a0Plus, he has an awesome name.<\/p>\n

Geek Outlaw and Gerimi Burleigh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DC is fighting hunger in Africa with their We Can Be Heroes campaign. \u00a0To bring attention to the cause they had a photobooth set up wherein you could get your picture taken with shadowy images of the Justice League.<\/p>\n

They printed a picture for you (or in Hayden’s case, a crapload of pictures…the printer went nuts over his sexy photo and wouldn’t stop printing them). The photos will be accessible online and on the DC facebook page at some point.<\/p>\n

My scanner doesn't like this picture for some reason so I'll replace it when they get the digital versions up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We went to an Amazing Spider-Man<\/em> panel where I saw and got super excited about this:<\/p>\n

It's Punisher! In space!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But the best panel was Nerdist Industries Live! I really hope that no one reading this is too young to remember MTV’s Singled Out<\/em>. \u00a0It was back when MTV still played music videos and there were only a handful of reality shows, namely Real World<\/em>, Singled Out<\/em> and Love Line<\/em> (though LL may have come later…I can’t remember, I haven’t watched MTV in years). Anyhooters, people mostly remember\u00a0Singled Out\u00a0<\/em>because it introduced the world to Jenny McCarthy. \u00a0I remember it because it introduced me to Chris Hardwick. \u00a0My love for him has only increased over the years what with The Nerdist<\/em>, Talking Dead<\/em>, and various hilarious commentaries on E! pop culture shows.<\/p>\n

He introduced several people who will be participating in the new Nerdist youtube channel.<\/p>\n

Those of us in Ballroom 3 had to pay dearly to see this panel. \u00a0Warner Brothers decided that right beforehand they would force everyone waiting for The Nerdist to watch an episode of The Secret Circle<\/em>. \u00a0It was worse than Chinese water torture. \u00a0And this is coming from someone who enjoys Twilight <\/em>(I know, I know). It did give Chris the opportunity to tell jokes about sexy witch scissor sex (that’s how you complete the circle, right?) which almost made it worth it. \u00a0Almost.<\/p>\n

Other Chris Hardwick gems:<\/p>\n

Nerds make the shiny things that distract the mouth breathers.<\/p>\n

A nerd’s true superpower is to try to understand something and try to live it more than any other living creature.<\/p>\n

At the end of the panel\u00a0Chris had two Angry Bird stuffed animals. \u00a0The first he threw right to a kid in the front row who made them all feel horribly guilty for cussing. \u00a0The second he decided to throw as far as he could. \u00a0The guy next to me was crazy still during the whole panel but he wanted that GD Angry Bird. \u00a0I’ve never seen a man that size move so fast. \u00a0It was pretty epic. \u00a0And the guy was STOKED. \u00a0Of course I captured it on video.<\/p>\n

[youtube:http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v3GAz77TDqs]<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

On to cosplay photos!<\/p>\n

We got to take pictures in front of an Avengers poster while holding Cap’s shield.<\/p>\n

Somehow I ended up being the buttkicker in both photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And then with Captain America himself.<\/p>\n

There was Batman.<\/p>\n

And Rogue.<\/p>\n

Hulk…at least the top half of him…<\/p>\n

And Spidey (who was insanely flexible).<\/p>\n

And then there was whatever the frak this guy is.<\/p>\n

That's a nice leg and dangly-thing you got there Mister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To represent the gamers we had some Halo.<\/p>\n

And some Halo Barbies.<\/p>\n

Scorpion had some crazy white contacts lenses that gave me a really great mental picture of what Roose Bolton’s<\/a> eyes must look like.<\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln was in attendance just in case any vampires showed up.<\/p>\n

Battlestar Galactica was represented.<\/p>\n

This is the best Doctor #10 I’ve ever seen at a Con. \u00a0He was spot on.<\/p>\n

These fellow HNG’s made their Tardis dresses themselves. \u00a0As a very non-domestic lady I was extremely impressed.<\/p>\n

It takes this artist 8 hours to put this Firefly display together every time he goes to a convention.<\/p>\n

Represent.<\/p>\n

My favorite shirt of day.<\/p>\n

I heart Transformers. \u00a0Haha, j\/k, it’s a Gundam.<\/p>\n

And, of course, there was plenty of the Force.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, Hayden’s favorite, the Ghostbusters.<\/p>\n

That was a really hard pose to hold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

….and all the times Troi and I decided to photobomb Hayden’s pictures… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0souvenirs, including an R2D2 for my nephew.<\/p>\n

WonderCon turned out to be a good time had by all. \u00a0The newbies are\u00a0sufficiently\u00a0stoked for SD Comic Con and I got an 8-bit Starfleet communicator. What more could a girl ask for?<\/p>\n

<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The first time I went to WonderCon was way back in 2002 while I was in college in San Francisco. \u00a0I was the only girl in the group and was rocking my Batman Underoos and a very ill-fitting SFSU sweatshirt. Since moving to Southern California I wasn’t sure I’d ever go to a WonderCon again […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[44,73,80,91,104,109,149,181,213,261,302,303,330,360,371,373,400,442,447,526,648,649,667,808,834,874,877,885,896,929,930,973,1016,1064,1079,1090,1097],"class_list":["post-2877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrity","category-event","tag-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter","tag-anthony-montgomery","tag-artist-j","tag-avengers","tag-batman","tag-battlestar-galactica","tag-captain-america","tag-chris-hardwicked","tag-connor-trinneer","tag-doctor-who","tag-ensign-travis-mayweather","tag-enterprise","tag-firefly","tag-geek-outlaw","tag-gerimi-burleigh","tag-ghostbusters","tag-halo","tag-hot-nerd-girl","tag-hulk","tag-justice-league","tag-mike-mckone","tag-miles-away","tag-mortal-kombat","tag-rogue","tag-scorpion","tag-space-punisher","tag-spider-man","tag-star-trek","tag-star-wars","tag-talking-dead","tag-tardis","tag-the-nerdist","tag-transformers","tag-we-can-be-heroes","tag-will-olmo","tag-wondercon","tag-x-men"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}