By: Meg Humphrey I’m heading off to Star Wars Celebration Anaheim (and Disneyland!) and I wanted to share some pearls of wisdom about not being the person that other people dislike that I learned from Celebration VI and from going to cons in general. You’ll no doubt see people do all of these things, but […]
Tag Archives: conventions
January 16
5 Fandom Friday: Convention Attendance
posted by tspofnutmeg
By: Meg Humphrey Check out the original 5 Fandom Friday post over at the Nerdy Girlie! Conventions I’ve been to: Star Wars Celebration! It’s a crap shoot on when this con actually pops up. It’s not a yearly deal and it moves throughout the US. Japan and Europe have also had their own iterations of […]
June 09
Convention Volunteering is Service
posted by tspofnutmeg
By: Meg Humphrey Fair warning: I’m getting up on my soapbox of righteousness. I’ve staffed in the programming department of my local anime con for the last nine years – as soon as I turned 18 and was allowed to (and I’ve attended for 6 years before then). For the past three years […]
May 09
VikingCon
posted by terraolsen
By: Meg Humphrey and Terra Clarke Olsen From Meg: VikingCon was pretty amazing! The students and staff at Western Washington University were dedicated to putting on a quality one day show. They had interesting and educational panels like “Young Justice: How Heroes Affect Children” and “The Boogeyman’s Journey: Shifting Roles of Monsters in Fantasy.” Panelists […]
April 04
ECCC: Roundup
posted by terraolsen
By: Meg Humphrey and Terra Clarke Olsen From Terra: Confession, I only went to ECCC on Friday. But I did get to enjoy the festivities of Thursday night in addition to Friday’s attendance, so it wasn’t a complete loss. Thursday night was packed with pre-con events. So many invites, so little time! I started the […]
October 30
GeekGirlCon: Roundup
posted by terraolsen
GeekGirlCon: Roundup By: Meg Humphrey and Terra Clarke Olsen As GeekGirlCon staffers, we both wanted to share our experiences from this year’s GeekGirlCon. Please feel free to share your own experiences and thoughts in the comments below! From Meg: It’s difficult to give you a play-by-play of GeekGirlCon 2013 because I missed the headlining moments. […]
October 23
GeekGirlCon: Photo Roundup
posted by terraolsen
GeekGirlCon Photo Roundup By: Terra Clarke Olsen This past weekend was GeekGirlCon, and boy was it amazing! Meg and I are both staff members, so we were busy running around all weekend. Happily, everyone seemed to have an amazing time! We’re still both recovering from it, so until we have the energy to give a […]
October 18
Interview with Chaka Cumberbatch, Cosplayer Extraordinaire
posted by terraolsen
Interview with Chaka Cumberbatch, Cosplayer Extraordinaire Interview by Sabrina Taylor OK everyone, let’s be frank. I’ve been told enough times in my life that I’m “unique” that I suspect there’s some truth to that statement. I’m a black girl from Iowa who loves anime, LOTS of anime, and read comics when she should be studying. […]
June 03
Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2013
posted by terraolsen
Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2013 By: Meg Humphrey This was my first time visiting Arizona. I was tagging along with some buddies who were exhibitors at PCCC because I needed to get out of my beloved state and away from all of the stuff I have to do. This was an honest to goodness vacation where I had […]
November 14
The Real Issues: A Response to Tony Harris
posted by terraolsen
The Real Issues: A Response to Tony Harris’ Facebook Rant By: Terra Olsen The Internet has been abuzz with Tony Harris’ offensive facebook post from Monday. For those of you who are not aware what I’m talking about, I have posted a screen shot of his post below. For those of you who don’t […]