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Texas conventions
« on: March 31, 2012, 05:36:30 AM »
There are some great cons coming to Texas-Dallas Comic Con has Patrick Stewart, Stan Lee, Val Kilmer, Etc. (including Kevin Conroy-so excited!).
There is also Comicpalooza in Houston-their big guest is George Takei, and they have a great artist alley too and tons of activities (they screen up and coming B movies at night, Anime, etc.). Last year they had Being Human and Firefly guests-hopefully more like that will be added. They do have Chandler Riggs from Walking Dead-that's pretty cool too.

Anyone going to these? I am! These will kick off Con Season for us!

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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2012, 12:31:56 PM »
I will probably try to go to Dallas CC in May, but not comicpalooza. No place to stay in Houston and don't want to spend 6-8 hours on the road to be there one day.

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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 03:15:43 PM »
Comicpalooza has posted their guest schedule! It's getting close!

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I like this one because they get a killer rate at the Hilton, which is attached to the convention center, so you can park the car for the weekend. The downside-not a lot of places to eat nearby (that are open weekends).
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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 03:35:41 PM »
Looks like some great guests!

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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2012, 04:15:26 PM »
Here is my photobucket album from the Dallas con so far:

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I have some pics on my camera that I will add later. These are obviously iPhone pics.
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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2012, 04:17:20 PM »
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Here is my photobucket album from the Dallas con so far:

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I have some pics on my camera that I will add later. These are obviously iPhone pics.

Thanks for sharing, Angology!  Looking forward to see some more photos. ^_^
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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2012, 07:06:36 PM »
Cool! Thanks so much for sharing! It's neat to see these other Cons!

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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2012, 06:01:55 PM »
The rest of the photos are posted. I am still getting used to my new camera, so excuse some of the fuzzy pics!

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It was a really fun time, but way overcrowded! Hopefully, they will address the issues (they are pretty good about it so far). There were some unsafe moments-luckily, there were no disasters!
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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2012, 06:06:26 PM »
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The rest of the photos are posted. I am still getting used to my new camera, so excuse some of the fuzzy pics!

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It was a really fun time, but way overcrowded! Hopefully, they will address the issues (they are pretty good about it so far). There were some unsafe moments-luckily, there were no disasters!

Oh, thanks again for sharing, Angology.  I love seeing photos from various convention experiences--it really gives you that nostalgic feeling... *laughs*
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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2012, 06:32:40 PM »
Went to Comicpalooza in Houston over the weekend. Had a great time. This one is pretty unique-lots of small panels on a wide spectrum of topics. Saw a panel with Science Fiction writers Larry Niven and Timothy Zahn. DH sat in a panel with neurobiologists from Baylor talking about research on moving objects with the human mind (he was in heaven). While he was in that one, I was in a Hello Kitty panel (my brain needs a vacation from all that deep thinking!). Lots of other panels too!

They had a few problems because they were shut out of the area with separate rooms for panels, and the main stage had to compete with Quidditch matches and Roller Derby at times, but we made the best of it. Saw Michael Biehn from The Terminator, and got his autograph (yes-he signed it "Come with me if you want to live"!). I also got Chandler Riggs autograph (Carl from The Walking Dead)-he is a very sweet and together kid. I was very impressed. We ended it with a George Takei panel, which was phenomenal!

Oh yeah-saw two movies-A documentary called "We Are All Cylons"-very good (even though we aren't BSG fans, we enjoyed it). We also saw a grindhouse type flick by Michael Biehn called The Victim-was fun (Michael was in the room and was lying on the floor watching it with us-awesome!)

All in all-a great time. They are listening to our feedback about the set up, and do say they will get the enclosed rooms next year. We will definitely go again! It is such a diverse con-we have a lot of fun.
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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2012, 06:36:30 PM »
Here is a link to my pictures. I mostly uploaded everything-will sort them out later! (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!)

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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2012, 09:41:16 PM »
Thanks for the report! That looks like a cool con!

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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2012, 07:27:33 PM »
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Here is a link to my pictures. I mostly uploaded everything-will sort them out later! (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!)

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I just added DH's pictures to the album-they are all with his iPhone, but he got some great shots of George Takei!
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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2012, 08:09:46 PM »
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Here is a link to my pictures. I mostly uploaded everything-will sort them out later! (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!)

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Thanks for sharing more of your pictures!  Those are indeed some great photos of George Takei (ha ha, I liked the mini-Hulk as well).
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Re: Texas conventions
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2012, 01:48:27 PM »
I was at Comicpalooza Fri and Sat, lots of fun.  Missed having the rooms for panels like last year  :(