Against all odds Jen and I managed to get to the hotel in time for an 8:30 panel on Saturday morning, which was New Pop Culture And Old Farts, which was about how to keep up with new scifi/fantasy works when there's just so much of it, and how to find fandom when fandom spaces change. The focus was a little scattered but it was an enjoyable panel ( Read more... )

My WisCon is going well so far! Carrie arrived on Tuesday and I had Wednesday through Friday off work, so Jen, Carrie and I got to hang out. On Thursday I abruptly remembered that I was supposed to make posters for the Comic Book Party, so I whipped up two variations of the same poster and went to OfficeMax to print them on Friday morning. The ( Read more... )

WisCon happened! The highlights for me, this year, were the vid party on Friday night, and the comic book party on Saturday night ( Read more... )

Thing #1: If you like fanvids and the movie Dor, you might be interested to hear that a vidder on YouTube has made two new vids for it, You Are Always Welcome To My Home and Joleen.

Thing #2: WisCon happened, and it was great. The big new thing for me this year was that I hosted an official party on behalf of my comic book club. We had two large ( Read more... )

Fandom: Nerve (2016)
Song: Broad-Shouldered Beasts by Mumford and Sons
Length: 4:26
Warnings: none
Notes: This was originally screened at the WisCon Vid Party. It was my first time making a non-still image comics vid for WisCon, and my third non-comics vid in total ( Read more... )

WisCon is fast approaching! Yay! I'm going to be on one panel: Female Friendships/Relationships In Comics. The description: Despite the old standard 3-and-1 superhero team format, there have always been women navigating friendship in comics, from Betty and Veronica to the Birds of Prey to Princeless. Whether these were friendships, rivalries, ( Read more... )

I very rarely get around to making WisCon posts, because the weekends are so non-stop, and I always have so much to say that it gets intimidating to write it all down ( Read more... )

Oh man, WisCon starts this week! And harmonyangel is flying in today! She's probably in the air right now.

Multiple people have asked me what I'm looking forward to at WisCon, and honestly there's nothing specific this year. Just the whole damn thing. I've been looking at the schedule and I know I'm going to have such a hard time picking out which panels to ( Read more... )

WisCon starts on Friday! For the two people reading this to whom I haven't babbled about WisCon before... or convinced to come to WisCon... or originally met at WisCon... let me tell you about WisCon! It's a long-running (this is it's 37th year!) sci-fi/fantasy convention with feminist and left-leaning ideals. Although it's more of a literary ( Read more... )

John Barrowman is coming to C2E2! Not too surprising - I think his sister teaches in Chicago... or somewhere in WI? Anyway, I'm not sure if I'm a fan enough to wait in crazy lines and possibly pay through the nose for a chance to say hi and get an autograph... but he's the first guest announced this year for which I'd consider doing those things ( Read more... )