common folks and others
I dropped into WonderCon 2008 today at San Francisco’s Moscone Center: wow, there were thousands of people there, children of all ages! From the people in the line with their kids to the cool geeks who gave away their day passes to me (okay, so I gave them to 3 boys who were with their dad in line…), people were friendly, excited, and interesting. I met the charming Noel Neill, aka the original Lois Lane (she starred with the original Superman George Reeves), a most interesting actor (with GREAT STORIES of wearing the suit and being the character in the role of Chewbacca), Peter Mayhew, aka Star Wars’ Chewbacca, and I got a glimpse of hottie Lou Ferrigno, aka The Hulk, who ought to be called the Hunk.
visual art and lit
I picked up a couple of great black and white teeshirts from November Fire, a couple of books about Joss Whedon (“The Psychology of Joss Whedon: An Unauthorized Exploration of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly” and “Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon’s Firefly Universe”), and a sweet comic by Alison Doran, “The Land of Idaban and Nitwit Meets His Sidekick Candy”.
podcast on a rainy day
I got interviewed for a podcast by Doc from the Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy, and also met Willow of Willows Jewelry and a friendly and vivacious Sara Dunn, aka Queen of Trash.
rumors of things to come
I was really glad to learn that both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will return in a new X-Files movie, Brendan Fraser will star in a 3D version of Journey to the Center of the Earth, that J. Michael Strazynski of Babylon 5 fame is working on a new series (or two!), that J. R. R. Tolkien’s son, Christopher Tolkien, has released a new audio CD series based on his books about a pre-LOTR story, and that funny and sexy Steve Carrell will star as Maxwell Smart with Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 in a new movie about the sassy and clever series, Get Smart. It was a totally fab day!
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Thanks, Alison, for the comic art and for adding to Jimboland Jots’ review of Wondercon 2008!
I’ll check out your website. Would you please add my website to your links?
James
Hi! Thanks for plugging my comic book here. This means a lot to struggling up-and-coming artists like myself. I’m glad you liked it. There are more adventures of Nitwit and his Sidekick Candy on my site at http://www.aliententacles.com. I post pages there as I write them. And feel free to post comments, rants & raves.
Alison
Awesome! Thanks a million, Doc. I look forward to hearing the podcast and have been checking out some of your earlier ones. I like the way you think about scifi and fantasy! Keep it coming, Doc!
thanks Jimboland Jots for the link. Thanks for the interview at Wondercon. I will be there also on Sunday the 24th from 11am. to 5 pm. Saving the wolves is a great cause to take on -as you said in the interview. I also read the post. 25 years ago I had a t-shirt that had – save the wolves- on it from my marine biology class. So right there with you. Anyway thanks for stopping by… I had such a good time at the con will be there every year. Will put the interview on the Wondercon section of the podcast in the weeks to come. (will post on Jimboland Jots when that happens)