Hey, gang-
As you probably know I’m a big WATCHMEN fan. I love the comics, the movie, the toys, the statues, the podcasts, cosplay, etc.
Well, now I’m a big fan of the HBO TV show as well. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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My last HGWT blog post was a Flashback Friday on the Delta Fan Fest, so I thought I’d do this one on another backyard con I hadn’t posted about- the Memphis Comic Expo, AKA “DonnieCon” or “MCX“. The latest Memphis Comic Expo was held on October 20 & 21, 2018 at the Agricenter International out in east Memphis, TN. Saturday the show was open from 10:00 am-6:00 pm, and on Sunday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm. Admission at the door was $25 for a one day adult ticket, $35 for a two day adult + gaming priority admission, and ages 12 and under were FREE!
I’ve been set up as a guest artist at all of the past 5 DonnieCons, and all but one (which was downtown at the Memphis Convention Center) have been at the AgCenter. This year I was back in Artists Alley across the main aisle from where I was set up last year and the year before, and just up from where I was at the first MCX. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I noticed I had started a draft but hadn’t posted about some of the conventions I had attended around town last year- or even some from the year before, so I figured a Flashback Friday would be a good way to catch up. The Delta Fan Fest was September 17 & 18, 2016 at the Landers Center in Southaven, MS.
Guests included actors Dean Cain (“Lois and Clark”), Katrina Law (“Arrow”), Walter Jones (“Power Rangers”), voice actress Trina Nishimura, and artists Tom Nguyen and Jeremy Clark (there was also an actress from The Walking Dead I’m not familiar with and a couple other guests I can’t find their info now.) ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple blog entries ago I talked about the Memphis Ghostbusters. This time I’m going to talk about another local Ghostbusters franchise in the area I’ve become associated with, the DeSoto County Ghostbusters.
I got to first meet them at the Memphis Comic Expo at the Agricenter International this year. Picked up some DCGB pins from them, and gave them some of my MemGB stickers. Jack Johnson, owner of their Ecto-17, gave me a tour of the car. He said they had a lot of work to do to it still, but it looked pretty sweet- even up close. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While updating my website this week I realized I never did a follow up to my Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor War Doctor cosplay project. I told you all how I got started 2 years ago in my “This Means War”- My Doctor Who War Doctor cosplay Part 1 blog post, but never showed how the final costume turned out. I covered where I got some of my items in that blog, but will be going over more of how I put the costume together here, as well as some con shots of me wearing it.
First up on my list was finding the coat. Man do I love Goodwill! Found the first pieces for my costume- a leather jacket ($29.99) and boots ($14.99) that fit perfect at a Goodwill store near me. I saw some online from a few different sources that could have worked, but the cheapest I found was a little over $100. Not a bad price for a nice coat to wear around, but a bit more than I wanted to spend for a costume jacket I was going to dirty up. I confess, at this stage I looked more like Kevin Smith/Silent Bob than John Hurt as the War Doctor, but it was a start. Needed to switch out the buttons and paint and distress/age the jacket some- but for a leather jacket under thirty bucks, I knew I could make it work. Woo-Who! ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
