What
a crazy fast summer! It’s hard to believe its September tomorrow. This
past weekend was Fan Expo Canada, which always marks the end of summer
for me. This year, however, it was 4 days instead of 3. I
have to admit it completely flew by. I’m still recovering from it and I
feel like I could sleep for days. I posted a ton of photos on my flickr from this weekend but this post is pretty picture-heavy as well...
Day 1 – Thursday
I
was amazed at how busy it was considering it was the first day and
shorter than the other days. There was a fair amount of cosplay as well
which I was also surprised about. It was a great day to get a feel for
the show, take a walk around, scope out the contests and giveaways going
on, and meet your neighbours in Artist Alley.
Day 2 – Friday
This
was the first full day of the weekend and it was a lot of fun!
Personally, my sales on Friday were just as good as Saturday’s sales
(which is normally my best day) so we definitely had a lot of people
come by our table. And I had the pleasure of meeting a few twitter
friends on both Friday and Saturday as well –and as exciting as it is to
meet everyone in the real world, it’s still nerve-racking for me. I
sometimes feel like I’m an awkward, 12 year old girl. I
also met and got my first sketch by Katie Cook this day! I went back on
Saturday to thank her for a second sketch she did for Adam… me holding
our two kitties! After meeting her in person, I am completely in awe of
her… she’s hilarious and so sweet and nice and her talent is
unbelievable! Talking to her twice was definitely the highlight of my
weekend. Oh and this was Adam’s first day at Fan Expo since he couldn’t
make it Thursday. He was introduced to Game Stop Canada’s hourly
giveaway which kept him occupied for the rest of the weekend.
Day 3 – Saturday
This
is always the busiest day at Fan Expo. The line up outside the hall was
ridiculous and it made me so thankful for my exhibitor badge. It’s also
the day of cosplay since the masquerade takes place Saturday evening.
We took so many pictures this day and I was so incredibly happy to see
so much Adventure Time love amongst the costumes. Every Finn looked
great! I also loved some of the more random costumes… Rapunzel from
Tangled, Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon. I attended my very first
panel this day – Dragonball Z Super panel – I don’t like the idea of
leaving my table for that long to go sit in on a panel but I really
couldn’t pass up this opportunity. I’m so happy I went though. Listening
to Chris Sabat was amazing and I could have listened to him speak like
Vegeta all day. The guy’s absolutely hilarious. It was a very
entertaining panel.
Day 4 – Sunday
It
was sort of bittersweet going in on the last day. I was feeling very
tired from the commuting into Toronto and my eyes were sore from the
overhead lights and the smoke from the Uncharted – Drake’s Deception
display. But it’s so incredibly fulfilling doing a show like this. I
love the vibe inside the hall. Everyone is having fun and there’s so
much going on and the talent surrounding you is incredible. I leave the
show every year feeling exhausted, but yet, unbelievably motivated and
inspired. I pre-registered my table for next year on Sunday. I cannot
wait for Fan Expo 2012!
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