So I just got back from a weekend at MegaCon 2010! For the uninitiated, MegaCon is the largest comic convention in the Southeast. It takes place at the Orange County Convention center in Orlando Florida, which for three days is packed to to the brim with all sorts of people in the comic and anime industry. I had a table there in the artist alley to promote my comic, Bonejangles, along with dozens of other independent artists.
The weather was pretty nasty on Friday, but the cosplayers and hardcore fans still turned out en masse and the convention got off to a great start. Things really picked up on Saturday, the day of the famous MegaCon costume contest. Really, Megacon is all about the costumes, and there were hundreds of cosplayers. You couldn’t throw a pokeball on the showroom floor that day without knocking out some be-cat-eared otaku.
There were a lot of famous people there, including Frank Cho, George Perez, Nichelle Nicoles, Brent Spiner, Billy Dee Williams and John de Lancie, the guy who plays Q of Star Trek: TNG (The best joke of the con came early Friday morning when there were relatively few people in the celebrity area. The announcer said, “Now’s your chance to meet John de Lancie, because there is no queue for Q.”).
Artist Alley was really hoppin’ for the whole convention, and I was fortunate enough to share an aisle with some terrific talents. First of all, I was lucky enough to get a table next to Rhi Owens (pictured above) the wonderfully talented artist and sketch card portraitist, and costume designer Stephanie of Crystal Ball Costumes. I also got to meet the guys from BSX22 Studios, the metal band Cellpan, Don Myers of T-Shirt
Bordello, and Joe of Zombie Salad Comics.
All in all it was a great show and I got to meet a bunch of cool people. The Pirate Pass-Off proved to be a hit as well, particularly among the cosplayers actually dressed as pirates, so thanks to Cramulus for providing those!
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