FlameCon Wrap Up
Saturday was FlameCon which was NYC’s First Queer Comic Con. It was hosted in Brooklyn at the Grand Prospect Hall whose ad has been running on local tv for years. For those who don’t know and don’t want to watch the youtube video, its a hall in Brooklyn that normally would be used for weddings, parties, and the like. So think chandeliers, ballrooms, gardens, etc..
This was my first time at the first year of a convention. While I still remember the days of walking to the Javitz Center and getting a ticket to NYCC on Saturday, and not being packed like a Sardine it was well past a new event when I started going. I think it turned out pretty well, there was a sizable but manageable crowd most of the day.
So we decided to be members of the X-men. Shadowcat, Asgardian Storm, Punk Storm, and Jubilation Lee. We were walking around with a couple other friends who weren’t X-men, one of whom I think took all the photos on my Camera that I didn’t.
We had a lot of fun, though the GPH was HOT. Everyone was melting a bit, but the coolest room was also where there was seating available. Dressed in all black with a a leather vest and corset I took advantage of the seating a few times during the day.
At some point lightning may be added to the shot. I didn’t wear the foot and a half mohawk this time as it was wilting and would need to be reformed. Instead I made a fohawk and sprayed it with white. How? Hair gel, teasing and bobby pins. My hair put up quite the fight. If you follow me on instagram you saw a few more shots of the hair, and our entire group.
No convention would be complete without some swag. I was pretty tame though the Queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race dominated my purchases. Post cards by Chad Sell and Christmas Ornaments by James L. Barry. Lastly a pair of Supernatural buttons, where I didn’t get any vendor information at all *sigh*. So if anyone recognizes the design let me know.
I didn’t make it to any panels as there were only two that jumped out at me and when we went upstairs to the first one, the line wrapped around itself and as far as we could tell the panel room was tiny. And if we thought it was hot downstairs, upstairs… I seem to have lost all my warm weather proofing, when I could dress like Storm and be working outdoors for hours. Now I tend to hit a moment of sit down or fall down. Lots of water was had and escapes to the cool room.
Like NYCC the best part of the show were conversations with people, about geeky things, their thoughts on the convention, movies, and more. I got the usual I am with my tribe sensation and that always feels good. We didn’t end up at the afterparty where there was burlesque apparently, as we had another event to get to, but I would go again next year. Just maybe with a fan.