Emerald City Comic Con Report: Day 2 (part II)

Phew! I’m actually in the airport waiting for the flight home, so I thought I’d kill time by finishing my day 2 report! (Day 3 should be coming later tonight or, depending on how exhausted I am, and how much I need to prep for Monday, tomorrow.)

So! When we last left the intrepid SoldierHawk, she had survived a marathon of panels, reported a few cool tidbits of info, and saw some pretty cool creators. In addition to creators, there were more awesome costumes to be seen:

And my personal favorite, Halo Dude playing Halo:

I also stopped by the Comic Geek Speak booth again, because I was in complete fangirl mode when I initially met them yesterday, and had completely forgotten to get a picture:

Seeing the faces behind the voices I know so well was really a treat. I’ve discovered that that really is one of the most wonderful things about this convention for me as a whole: finally getting to put faces and voices to people whose work I’ve loved and admired for so long. Creating comics isn’t like acting, where everyone instantly knows you. It’s not even like writing a book, where you get an author photo somewhere on the cover or flap. Unless you’re an absolute superstar, it’s likely that not many people could pick you out of a lineup. (And frankly, I’m new enough to the medium that I didn’t even recognize all the superstars on sight. Matt Fraction looks completely different than I imagined, and I nearly walked right his booth–and would have, if I hadn’t seen his sign!)

After the con was closed for the night (or more accurately, a little before, so I could grab dinner first) it was off to the Hard Rock Cafe for KRACKLEFEST!!!!!