Monday, March 7, 2011

A quick note about Emerald City Comicon 2011

Got home from Emerald City Comicon! I had an amazing time, and I met lots of really wonderful people. This was probably one of the best cons I've had in a while. Not only were the guests people that I knew (Felicia Day, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, William Shatner...So on) but everyone was very congenial and nice. There weren't too many people dressed up, but everyone was really excited to see us. The last day there, Sunday, Tobi and I dressed up as the Empty Child gas mask zombies. I didn't think we'd have too many people who knew what we were but MAN OH MAN. I don't think we've ever had such an amazing reaction to a single costume EVER.

It was killer fun. I don't get to be creepy very often and the Empty Child costume was fabulous for scaring people out there wits. We made several people run away, including several large men, and many more people, who asked to have their picture taken with us, were barely able to hold out for the picture as we twitched and stared and "Mummy"d them. It was fantastic. Some of my favorite reactions: One girl walked up to us and was like "Are you guys...?" Any time people looked like they recognized us, we'd start going through the whole routine, twitching and mummying. (Which we were doing anyway as we walked around, hand in hand. She was my nanny and I was the little boy. She was slow and upright creepy, and I was hunched and twitchy). She freaked out for a moment and then asked for a picture, proclaiming that that episode freaks her friend out to no end and that she was totally sending her a picture. XD
There were also several large men who declared themselves not above running away if we came any closer as they took the picture. Also, people who would say "mummy" after we walked passed, only to panic when we turned around and focused on them, which we inevitably did.


I'll post pictures soon. I'm absolutely exhausted and sore from the whole deal, but it was way fun. I'll post the details but needless to say it includes lots of fun, creepiness, Felicia Day encounters, and AXE COP. yay!

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