Oz Comic Con - Adelaide 2012

I first heard about Comic Con via The Big Bang Theory; Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj go to this event every year.
I had no idea this was an actual real event....

When I read in my local paper that Comic Con was coming to Australia for the first time, I decided I'd go.
Particularly when I read that TV stars from some of my favourite shows were also going to be there.
Sean Astin from Lord of the Rings;
Gigi Edgley from Farscape;
Ben Browder also from Farscape;
Jewel Staite from Firefly and Stargate Atlantis....
and others.

There were to be autograph signing opportunities at specific times, and photo with your star opportunities at specific times.
Other events were also programmed.

Entrance fee for Comic Con was $20, tickets to wait in line for an autographed photo were $30, tickets to wait in line for a photo of yourself with a star were $40.

(Entrance tickets can be bought online and when I saw how long the line was I wished I'd done that.)

Oz Comic Con is going to Melbourne towards the end of June, if you want to go, I'd suggest buying your tickets online so that you can get straight in without waiting in line to buy tickets.

http://www.ozcomiccon.com.au/

I climbed the stairs to the auditorium and took this photo from the observation window in the waiting lounge. You can see that Comic Con is lots of stalls selling different things, comics of course....

Games....

Movie artefacts..... (if that's the right word)
The Hogwarts stand was a little too pricey for me, if I decide to go again next year, I'll be taking more money, that's for sure.

T-shirts.... (different stalls had different types and different prices)

...and plush toys like Yoda here....

and Mario. (hop you little plumber, hop, hop.  (Sheldon))

There were people in costume....

I tapped this fellow on the shoulder and asked him what he was dressed as; he did tell me, but I've forgotten. (should have written it down!)

A Storm Trooper  (?) and someone dressed in green....with elf ears.

Elf Man again with Elf partner...I don't know who they're meant to be or which movie they're from.

There was a Storm Trooper standing in a plexiglass booth with an open side for people to step in with him and get a photo taken by their friends or by an assistant.
I handed my camera to a nearby assistant....

and stepped in with the Storm Trooper.

"Dr. Who" and "Captain Jack Harkness" (Torchwood) were there, just stepping away from the TARDIS,
so while they were gone.....

I thought I'd take a quick trip through time.

You're probably wondering if I had a photo taken with the star of my choice?
Well, yes.
Yes I did.


Jewel Staite.

She was taller than I expected, maybe she was wearing really high heels, I didn't check. Jewel played Kaylee in the short-lived TV series Firefly, followed by the movie Serenity, and seemed geniunely pleased when I told her I'd loved the show and that Kaylee had been my favourite character.
The photos are A4 sized, they're ready a few hours after the photo sessions and get laid out in plastic sleeves on long trestle tables while the crowd is held back by security guards and plastic chains, when they've all been laid out, people file through and pick out their own.
My photo was right at the edge of a table, so I didn't have to follow the shuffle through, I could just reach over and take it like several other people did with theirs.

It was a great Sunday.