Meeting the Stars Etiquette OR how to Not Be An Idiot

“Don’t hug Nathan Fillion,” the girl scanning our ticket said. I rolled my eyes. “We've already had an incident,” she continued by way of explanation.

Costuming Basics

For some cosplayers the creation of the costume is a labor of love and a fun hobby. This is the first in a series for the novice cosplayer.

SLC Comic Con 2013

Seven family members

Costumes

Three days

Photo Opts

  

Celebrities

Authors

Artists  Vendors  50,000+ people

Laughing

Sidling through crowds and

Talking with strangers while standing in line

Listening to panels

Autographs

Total Geek Culture Coolness

 for Father's and Son

for little ones 

And the exotic 

(yes, a real snake) 

Overall our three days at Salt Lake City's first Comic Con was a fun family event. The attendance numbers on Saturday reach close to 80,000 people making records for the largest first comic con. Even with those overwhelming numbers the organizers did a great job with lots of last minute planning as more and more guest agreed to come and be a part of this event. I thought the number and variate of panels astounding. I mostly went to panels on writing. The authors and others in the writing field hosting the panels were professional, fun and educational. I went to a few celebrity things and found Clair Coffee (Adaline a hexenbeast on Grimm) to be delightful and funny. We chatted with Kevin Sorbo and learned he (okay, his wife) home schools their three kids and they travel to wherever dad is working. 

We are already talking about costumes for next year.