Last week's comic book convention...

Last weekend I went to the Wizard World Anaheim comic book convention. It was a pretty dumb weekend to have a comic book convention as there was a HUGE comic book convention in Chicago that same weekend. So there was no Marvel, no DC, no promos for Iron Man or Toy Story or any of the other big movies coming out. They did have one big draw...STAN LEE!

Stan "the Man" Lee

Creator of Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Iron man and the Hulk!

I missed the discussion/Q&A where he was promoting his latest book so I could try to get into a signing. Unfortunately I didn't get in the signing either, but I did get this picture while he was doing his signing. He's about 89 and still active creating and meeting fans. Love ya, Stan!

Because of that other comic con, they got a bunch of celebrities to come and sell autographs. Some stars included: William Shatner (yes, Captain Kirk himself!), Kevin Sorbo (Hercules), Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs (Charmed), Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, and (the original 60's Batman tv series), Jewel Staite (Firefly/Serenity), Ed Asner (Mary Tyler Moore Show), Mickey Dolenz (The Monkeys), Gil Gerard and Erin Gray (original Buck Rogers series), Doug Jones (Hellboy, Silver Surfer), Christopher Knight (Brady Bunch), Jason Mewes (Clerks), Nichelle Nichols (the original Star Trek), Billy Dee Williams (the Lando Calrisian!), Verne Troyer (it's Mini-Me! And holy cow is he tiny!) and a lot more I didn't really know or care about.

Since they were trying to sell photos (which they would sign) they didn't want you taking random photos but I got a few and pulled a couple from the net:

Adam West (the original Batman)

Jewel Staite (Firefly, Serenity)

Jewel Staite

Doug Jones

Anya Monzikova

William Shatner (the original Captain Kirk, Star Trek)

Original Batman cast (Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar and ???)

Jason Mewes (Clerks, Feast)

Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrision, Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back)

Nichelle Nichols (the original Ohuru, Star Trek)

Verne Troyer (Mini-Me from Austin Powers)

Doug Jones (Hellboy, Silver Surfer) and Kathy Najimy (from Numb3rs, Wall-E)

Diane Franklin (Last American Virgin -- one of the coolest and most brutal teen comedies ever made...I'll have to do a full post about that movie soon)

And the Back to the Future Delorian!


There also were a few people in costumes. There was one really good Predator costume I thought I got, but apparently didn't. For some reason there were mainly Star Wars costumes, although there wasn't anything SW-related about the con. Here are a few and some superhero costumes. Nothing close to the wildness of SDCC in July, but a few:

kid Iron Man and Storm

Batman and little Batmen

Doctor Octopus

Black Cat and Batgirl

Batmobile (from original tv show)

Batgirl (sideways)

Supergirl costume

Car from movie Kick A**

(The Batmobile, Batgirl sideways, Supergirl, and the car in Kick A**)

Jedi Training

Ghostbusters

Droids, inc R2D2

C3P0 and R2D2

Boba Fett

Storm Trooper

And I did get some comic book things. Here are a couple sketches:

Emma Frost by Phil Jimenez

Ms Marvel by Mike Mayhew

Catwoman by Simon Bisley

Supergirl by Drew Johnson

That Ms Marvel sketch is by artist Mike Mayhew, best known for his fully painted artwork, which is just gorgeous. I also got some large prints he had that are fantastic. I wish he'd had more! Just beautiful!