MegaCon Day #3 - A Quick Look Inside
Catch up with Day 1 in this post and Day 2 in this post. All photos from this post took place one week ago today during MegaCon 2018. Saturday was of course the busiest day. Any of the big names that were only making it to one day, Saturday was the day. Yesterday I had posted a shot of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, but it really didn't compare to the shot I had grabbed on this day, please take a look at the smile on the fan who just got her booked signed, so awesome:
Everyone at all tables was awesome. Even big names like Elijah Wood and Jeff Goldblum people were allowing photos for small press Steemit blog coverage. Oh wait, there was one incident ...
I am too amused by the above shot with the tough guy guard blocking the shot when I finally got focus. MegaCon staff is not the same as the handlers the entertainers and creatives bring themselves, so though I had permission from event staff to go up and grab some shots at the table, that guy at the table disagreed with that staff with many curt words for me. Good times.
Ended up meeting the great Paul Ruebens later in the day and just about made the con for me. No pictures, no autographs, just a hand shake and he complimented my shirt and made me feel like the most special girl at the prom. Make all the Pee Wee hand shake jokes you want, I refuse to wash this hand.
Real or not, I love catching a creator being happy to see a certain comic or item at their table from a fan that usually ends up getting you a personal story from the history of someones work you enjoy:
The below picture is a little blurry, but I still wanted to post it. Stephen Moyer from True Blood and The Gifted among other things, still taking time with a fan after a lot of other celebs might pack up and leave. He still had fans in his line, he stayed around for them, and not rushing anyone, was just cool to catch:
Wanted to see cosplay photos? Go to the links at the bottom of this post! Here is one funny incident I grabbed from Saturday of an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. getting in the middle of a family dispute:
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I almost went to the Paul Reubens panel but ended up going to see Lucy Lawless instead. I had heard that they weren't going to allow pictures or video in his panel. If that's true it must have been the only one.
You know the way his handler spoke to me (attitude wise, which you can see on his face in the picture) I wouldn't doubt it is just a big pet peeve of Paul's and so a guy is by him at all times paid to make sure no random pictures occur.
I looked him up online just to see what the latest was I could find on him. I found an interview from last year (from some show I am not familiar with) where he was talking about the new Netflix PeeWee movie (I still haven't watched that one). I don't know if I had ever seen him not being PeeWee before. He seems like a nice enough guy. There were people in the audience taking pictures. Of course, for all I know they were escorted out off camera :).
This is so awesome! Also, Stephen Moyer sounds really nice from your description. I love your coverage. Go to more conventions :)
If I was paid to do so I would go to every convention possible. I have accepted I enjoy the environments a lot.
I only make it to one convention a year and that's MegaCon. It just happens to be the one that is relatively close to me. I would love to go to more if it weren't so expensive (travel, hotel, and it seems the tickets themselves get more expensive every year). I do want to make it to DragonCon one year though.
My interest in DragonCon has grown as time goes on. On the other hand my interest in San Diego Comic Con has dwindled as time goes on. If I cover MegaCon next year and am in any place to do so, I would ask you to help me out, I have seen enough of your posts to see you enjoy covering it anyways (I mean there is probably little chance we have not walked past each other multiple times at this point lol).
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