{"id":5909,"date":"2013-04-02T05:28:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T05:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/?p=5909"},"modified":"2024-02-29T07:15:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T07:15:30","slug":"wondercon-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/02\/wondercon-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"WonderCon 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mama Jedi, HNG, Geek Outlaw<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mama Jedi, HNG, Geek Outlaw<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hope y\u2019all had a very happy and nerderific Easter! I apologize for the lack of posts recently. Between working full-time (yes, I have a \u201creal\u201d job!), out of town guests, and just plain old life, I just haven\u2019t much time to blog. But I\u2019ll try to be better.<\/p>\n

So, a lot of cool crap happened this past weekend. There was new\u00a0Doctor Who<\/em>, the season premier of\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em>, and the season finale of\u00a0The Walking Dead<\/em>. And, of course, WonderCon.<\/p>\n

I mentioned in my wrap-up of\u00a0last year\u2019s WonderCon\u00a0that WC was the first comic book convention I ever went to (back when it was in Oakland) and it holds a very special place in my hearts. It\u2019s a nice combination of comic books and TV\/movies.\u00a0San Diego Comic Con\u00a0is great, but it focuses so much on the Hollywood stuff that the comic books tend to get a little lost. A comic book vendor and I were joking on Saturday about the audacity of the people who actually buy comic books at a comic book convention! Inconceivable!<\/p>\n

After\u00a0cosplaying as Thor\u00a0for a day at SDCC last year, I honestly didn\u2019t think I would cosplay in public again for a very long time. I\u2019m quite shy, especially around large groups of strangers, and my instinct is to blend in. Cosplaying is the opposite of blending in. Because of the timing of the day, I didn\u2019t spend much time at SDCC walking around as Thor. But in the brief times that I did, it garnered a lot of attention. Attention that I\u2019m not used to and that made me a bit panicky. I was very uncomfortable and not just because of the corset. I\u2019ve been putting together a\u00a0Tenth Doctor\u00a0costume for quite a while now. He\u2019s my favorite of the Doctor incarnations (followed by\u00a0Eleven,\u00a0Four,\u00a0Nine, and\u00a0Five) and, if I\u2019m being completely honest with myself, I was looking for an excuse to buy a\u00a0sonic screwdriver. Because of last year\u2019s experience, I almost didn\u2019t wear it, but I\u2019m glad that I did. It was comfortable and fun and was a great ice breaker (that and the flask of liquor I kept in my backpack *ahem*)<\/p>\n

Enough rambling, on to the panels I attended. Sadly, the TV show panel I was most excited about was the\u00a0Vikings<\/em>\u00a0one and I missed it thanks to the traffic around the convention center. I was very, very sad because, as many of you know, I\u2019m very proud of my\u00a0Viking heritage. But I sat in on a bunch of really cool ones that made up for it.<\/p>\n

Allons-y!<\/p>\n

Geeking Out with the League of Extraordinary Ladies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelists: Autumn Massey, Dina Kampmeyer, Emily Heyer, Geek Girl Diva, Jenn Fujikawa (Just Jenn), Sarah Kuhn, Stephanie Thorpe, Theresa Wollenstein<\/p>\n

These geektacular ladies are very much in line with my favorite motto: \u201cnerd girls of the world unite.\u201d They are a positive group of strong, independent, intelligent women who love to geek out together and support each other. As someone who can\u2019t stand cattiness, these ladies are right up my alley. The first thing I did when I got home was to join their\u00a0facebook group. I encourage everyone (men are also welcome) to join as well. \u00a0Unfortunately, we had to leave their panel early to make it to the next one. What I wouldn\u2019t give for a\u00a0time-turner\u00a0so that I could go to multiple panels that are scheduled for the same time.<\/p>\n

Falling Skies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelists: Drew Roy (Hal), Sarah Carter (Maggie), Seychelle Gabriel (Lourdes), Remi Aubuchon (Executive Producer)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been a fan\u00a0of\u00a0Falling Skies<\/em>\u00a0from the get go. As my NerdBFF\u00a0Geek Outlaw\u00a0says, \u201cif it\u2019s got aliens in it, I\u2019ll watch it!\u201d And it keeps getting better. We got to see some clips from the first episode premiering June 9th<\/sup>\u00a0on TNT, including a new baby girl, some more Karen, a badass new punk rock haircut for Matt, promotions for Tom and Lourdes, new alien technology, conflict for Maggie, and some pretty epic looking battle scenes. It definitely got me excited.<\/p>\n

Oddball Comics Live: Sex, Drugs, and Rock \u2018n Roll<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelist: Scott Shaw<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never laughed harder at a panel than I did at this one.\u00a0Scott Shaw\u00a0has collected some of the most bizarre comic books imaginable over the course of the last 50 years. It\u2019s filled with crotches, boobs, phallic symbols, crazy concepts, and hidden-in-plain-sight imagery (kind of like the\u00a0dirty stuff\u00a0found in every Disney movie made from 1989 to 1992). It\u2019s hard to tell if they were done intentionally or unintentionally. \u00a0He\u2019s compiled them into a power point presentation that he complements with witty commentary. It\u2019s hysterical and I highly recommend checking it out if you ever see him on a convention schedule.<\/p>\n

Roddenberry Presents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelists: Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Tory Mell<\/p>\n

As a life-long Trekker, I always enjoy checking out the\u00a0Roddenberry\u00a0Presents panel. I\u2019ve had the pleasure of hanging out with Rod and Trevor a few times now and even\u00a0interviewed Rod at SDCC last year\u00a0(I\u2019m still perfecting my interviewing skills, mmmkay?) They are super nice and working on some seriously awesome stuff.<\/p>\n

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Rod Roddenberry, HNG, Trevor Roth. I have no idea why I look bored in this picture, I SWEAR I wasn\u2019t. I was probably wondering if Mama Jedi knew how to operate my camera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Things worth checking out right now:\u00a0Days Missing<\/em>,\u00a0Mission Log podcast, and\u00a0White Room: 02B3<\/em>. Things worth checking out in the near future:\u00a0Worth<\/em>. We were teased about exciting new things TBA at\u00a0SDCC\u00a0this year. One of the highlights of the panel? Winning this awesome \u201cCool as Kirk\u201d t-shirt for answering one of the trivia questions correctly.<\/p>\n

Geeks Get Published<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelists: SG Browne, Katrina Hill, Alan Kistler, Alex Langley, Dr. Travis Langley. Moderated by Jenna Busch.<\/p>\n

This panel was extremely informative. It was a panel full of geek-centric authors offering up free advice on how to get published. The main thing I took away from it was that I\u2019d like to get a literary agent and that I\u2019m doing the right thing by writing what I love. Afterwards,\u00a0Alan Kistler\u00a0found me downstairs and wanted a picture (he\u2019s a big\u00a0Doctor Who<\/em>\u00a0fan and is coming out with a\u00a0Doctor Who<\/em>\u00a0book later this year.<\/p>\n

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Alan Kistler and HNG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He graciously stayed and chatted with\u00a0Geek Outlaw\u00a0and I for a good 10-15 minutes about writing while his friends wandered off to the bar without him. Thanks again, Alan!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some of what happened down on the Floor\u2026<\/p>\n

One of the first booths we noticed was that of\u00a0Lion Forge Comics. It was a mighty impressive booth.<\/p>\n

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Geek Outlaw oohing and ahhing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

They had a healthy line for the slot machine which we were talked into joining. It was manned by this lovely lady armed with a\u00a0sonic screwdriver.<\/p>\n

Mama Jedi went first and won a giant bag.<\/p>\n

Then it was my turn.<\/p>\n

The machine didn\u2019t seem to be working properly so I fixed it when no one was paying attention and won a bracelet.<\/p>\n

Then\u00a0Geek Outlaw\u00a0went and won a bracelet. I totally took a picture of him doing it but he didn\u2019t send it to me so blame him for the empty space here.<\/p>\n

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Based out of St. Louis, MO,\u00a0Lion Forge\u00a0has a lot of projects in the works and were some of the nicest people you\u2019ll ever meet. We chatted with a number of the people involved, including the\u00a0Creative Director, the YouTube channel host, one of the primary writers, and even the guy who\u2019s in charge of Licensing who was kind enough to help me get Mama Jedi into the giant bag she\u2019d won.<\/p>\n

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It seemed like a good idea at the time<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There was a large \u201ccelebrity row\u201d including Boomer aka\u00a0Herbert Jefferson Jr.\u00a0from the Classic\u00a0Battlestar Galactica<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0staple Chewbacca aka\u00a0Peter Mayhew.<\/p>\n

The ghost of\u00a0Richard Hatch\u00a0aka\u00a0OG Apollo\u00a0and\u00a0reboot Zarek.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Soup Nazi\u00a0aka\u00a0Larry Thomas, who\u2019s decision to sign soup ladles convinced\u00a0Geek Outlaw\u00a0to buy an autographed one for his parents who LOVE the Soup Nazi.<\/p>\n

And then there was this guy who Mama Jedi made a beeline for. I still have absolutely no idea who he is or what he does besides sitting there shirtless.<\/p>\n

We ran into\u00a0SDCC buddy Daniel\u00a0who was holding down the fort at the booth of a friend.<\/p>\n

We also visited a buddy from this past\u00a0Long Beach Comic Con. Artist\u00a0Matt Stevens\u00a0creates metal fan art. Last time I bought\u00a0Tenth Doctor and Wash. This time I got an\u00a0Eleventh Doctor\u00a0and\u00a0River Song\u00a0bookmark. They sit right by my desk and I LOVE them. Not only is Matt a fantastic artist but he\u2019s a super cool dude so you should definitely check him out\u00a0HERE.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s a mighty fine t-shirt you got there, Matt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

One of the ships from\u00a0Oblivion.<\/em><\/p>\n

There was a parade of\u00a0R2 units\u00a0lead by a small child.<\/p>\n

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Where were those brakes again?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

They got into a fight with a couple of\u00a0WALL-E\u2018s.<\/p>\n

There was some spitting and at one point the Black R2 unit totally flipped off one of the WALL-E\u2019s as you can see in this video I took:<\/p>\n

[youtube:http:\/\/youtu.be\/gfu_uFi_W6E]<\/p>\n

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It wouldn\u2019t be an HNG convention wrap up without the costume pictures!<\/p>\n

One of the very first cosplayers we ran into was\u00a0Toni Darling, better known to the interwebz as Lady Thor. She\u2019s a friend of Daniel\u2019s and the artist who\u2019s booth he was manning (see the posters and artwork behind him?)<\/p>\n

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I have no idea why I\u2019m making that stupid face<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On our way to the\u00a0Falling Skies<\/em>\u00a0panel I time crashed into my\u00a0future self\u00a0in the form of a delightful guy with a very convincing British accent named Jack.<\/p>\n

Something\u2019s up with the universe because we ran into each other again at the end of the night while\u00a0Geek Outlaw\u00a0and I were chatting with\u00a0Alan Kistler\u00a0and took some more pics.<\/p>\n

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This is Alan\u2019s friend who took off for the bar while we were deep in conversation about writing and stuff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jack even helped us out by taking the picture of our little group in front of the WonderCon sign.<\/p>\n

Time crash number two\u00a0occurred\u00a0down on the Floor. This time I ran into my\u00a0Fourth incarnation.<\/p>\n

Four is my favorite of the Classic Doctors so he gave me a jelly baby\u00a0which I totally ate, because, heck, it\u2019s a\u00a0jelly baby\u00a0from the Doctor! It was delicious.<\/p>\n

It was a little freakier when I saw\u00a0myself. I\u2019m just going to assume that he\u2019s the\u00a0Meta-Crisis Doctor\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Mini me. Seriously, this kid was adorable. He was a bit upset with his Mom because she ruined his jacket. It\u2019s not easy being the mother of a Time Lord, mmmkay kiddo?<\/p>\n

There were many, many, many ladies dressed up as the\u00a0TARDIS. Apparently a\u00a0Time Lord\u00a0dropped some\u00a0TARDIS coral\u00a0on Earth at some point in the past. \u00a0This one was one of my favorites because it was so unique.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s move away from\u00a0Gallifrey\u00a0and check out some of the other costumes, shall we?<\/p>\n

This Lady Thor sat next to us during the Roddenberry panel.<\/p>\n

I ran into this walker at least three times. It freaked me out just as much each time. *shudder* He obviously ran into\u00a0Haley\u00a0from\u00a0Woodbury\u00a0because there\u2019s no way\u00a0Daryl\u00a0would have missed that badly. Twice.<\/p>\n

There are always a few Ghostbusters wandering around conventions. This time they were everywhere. We chatted with a group from Sacramento for quite a while. I like the\u00a0Ghostbusters<\/em>\u00a0groups, they do great things in their communities.<\/p>\n

The Ecto-truck (behind\u00a0Ecto-1) belongs to one of the guys from the Sacramento group.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Stay Puft Marshmallow Man\u00a0was the Dad of the Mini\u00a0Tenth Doctor\u00a0(see him down in the right hand corner? He\u2019s totally thinking he has the coolest Dad ever).<\/p>\n

Stay Puft helped me out by posing with\u00a0Flat Stanley. I was put in charge of Flat Stanley by a friend who\u2019s kid read the book. I honestly have no idea what the heck Flat Stanley is all about but I returned him to his owner yesterday. Apparently I\u2019m getting him back when I go to Wisconsin for my family reunion next month,<\/p>\n

Rad.<\/p>\n

Steam Punk\u00a0Snow White\u00a0can kick your ass.<\/p>\n

Disney Princesses\u00a0+\u00a0Rainbow Brite\u00a0= every little girl\u2019s fantasy come true.<\/p>\n

Jon Snow\u00a0admiring Daenerys\u2019 \u2026uh\u2026eggs. Riiiight\u2026..<\/p>\n

THIS.<\/p>\n

COBRA Command from\u00a0GI Joe. I\u2019m pulling this entirely from memory here but the group seems to include Serpentor, Destro, The Baroness, and I think Zarana, a BAT and a Night Creeper. Please correct me if I\u2019m wrong, it\u2019s been more than a few years.<\/p>\n

Marvel goodies vs. DC baddies.<\/p>\n

LEGO Darth Maul!<\/p>\n

This fellow HNG was mighty hot for a\u00a0scruffy looking nerf herder.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a nice multipass you got there,\u00a0Leeloo\u00a0(and a\u00a0view from the rear\u00a0for anyone who\u2019s interested).Finally, there\u2019s CMDR William T. Riker as portrayed by a guy who\u2019s name really is William (no joke). He was very nice and we chatted for a few minutes about how much we love\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>. It was only after I got home that I realize we\u2019d already met and\u00a0taken a picture together\u00a0at\u00a0Long Beach Comic Con\u00a0back in November. Kismet!<\/p>\n

And that concludes my wrap up of WonderCon 2013. It was loads of fun and I\u2019m looking forward to next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mama Jedi, HNG, Geek Outlaw Mama Jedi, HNG, Geek Outlaw Hope y\u2019all had a very happy and nerderific Easter! I apologize for the lack of posts recently. Between working full-time (yes, I have a \u201creal\u201d job!), out of town guests, and just plain old life, I just haven\u2019t much time to blog. But I\u2019ll try […]<\/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":[4],"tags":[109,203,208,218,244,246,261,317,334,353,360,373,376,442,496,561,568,573,588,612,623,627,658,711,713,769,771,806,865,869,871,885,893,896,930,958,989,996,1052,1060,1075,1090,1096,1111],"class_list":["post-5909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-battlestar-galactica","tag-cobra-command","tag-comics","tag-cosplay","tag-days-missing","tag-dc-comics","tag-doctor-who","tag-falling-skies","tag-flat-stanley","tag-game-of-thrones","tag-geek-outlaw","tag-ghostbusters","tag-gi-joe","tag-hot-nerd-girl","tag-jelly-baby","tag-lady-thor","tag-league-of-extraordinary-ladies","tag-leeloo","tag-lion-forge-comics","tag-mama-jedi","tag-marvel","tag-matt-stevens","tag-mission-log-podcast","tag-oblivion","tag-oddball-comics","tag-r2d2","tag-rainbow-brite","tag-roddenberry","tag-snow-white","tag-sonic-screwdriver","tag-soup-nazi","tag-star-trek","tag-star-trek-the-next-generation","tag-star-wars","tag-tardis","tag-the-fifth-element","tag-the-walking-dead","tag-thor","tag-vikings","tag-wall-e","tag-white-room02b3","tag-wondercon","tag-worth","tag-zombie"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5909","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=5909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}