How would I do spokane's Lilac City Comicon 2018?
If I were going to Lilac City Comicon as an attendee, here are the panels I would do my best to get to:
On Saturday
Get there at 9:00 am, maybe earlier, then I can take advantage of limited freebies (VIPs should have coupon for a free mini-movie poster from penguinate’s table! Supplies are limited) and talk to my favorite vendors before anyone else. I will also be dropping off my canned food donation so I can get in on the Lootcrate drawing! With the first panel at 11 am, there’s time to find the best items that I want to remember my experience by. Also, I can grab those items that may be one-of-a-kind. If you see something on Saturday morning, get it. It might be gone by Sunday evening.
On Saturday
Get there at 9:00 am, maybe earlier, then I can take advantage of limited freebies (VIPs should have coupon for a free mini-movie poster from penguinate’s table! Supplies are limited) and talk to my favorite vendors before anyone else. I will also be dropping off my canned food donation so I can get in on the Lootcrate drawing! With the first panel at 11 am, there’s time to find the best items that I want to remember my experience by. Also, I can grab those items that may be one-of-a-kind. If you see something on Saturday morning, get it. It might be gone by Sunday evening.
- 11 am Adam West Tribute -- Maybe not the best or the first Batman, but the best remembered.
- Noon -- Disneyland Is Creativity -- I love Disney (and I wrote the book for this panel).
- 1 pm -- Epic Voice Guy -- “IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE COSPLAYING…” Though Blacky Shepherd is awesome, too!
- 2 pm -- Lou Ferrigno -- Yes, I’ve seen him before and listening to cosplayers talk about their craft is amazing… but it’s THE INCREDIBLE HULK, and he’s an amazing motivator.
- 3 pm -- Carrie Merrill, but barely -- This was the toughest call of the day. Daniel Logan is a bona fide star with geek cred, and he’s funny to boot! But, I’m a writer, so learning about the process is always a good choice. Either way, there’s no wrong answer here (or anywhere during LCCC2018) just preference.
- 4 pm -- Johnny Yong Bosch -- Eyeshine, Power Ranger, and my wife made a penguin based on his character!
- 5 pm to 7 pm -- I might call it a day after taking a couple of turns on the floor. Cosplay isn’t really my thing, even if I can appreciate the craft of it. There’s still one more day left, so it’s time to get a good meal and get rested for Sunday. (Or there’s the ComiCrawl.)
On Sunday
The morning is the time to buy whatever you have your heart set on that you didn’t get yesterday. Hopefully, it’s still available.
At any comic convention, there are choices to make. Sometimes, they are difficult; sometimes, they are easier. As a journalist working for online outlets, I had to choose based on what I thought would garner the most page views, which meant thinking about what my audience wanted to read. I had to tailor the story for my beat -- for the first part of my career I worked at a college paper and for an online news source that wanted “community activism” stories. Of course, I also looked at those things that I most wanted to be a part of - Lou Ferrigno’s panel at Salt Lake Comic Con in 2013, for example.
At later cons, I got better at choosing for page views, but I also had to consider who I had seen before. Seeing someone new was almost always the better choice. The biggest thing I learned from the larger comic conventions was that I should pick out THE ONE thing I wanted to do that day and make sure that I got it done no matter what. Anything else would be gravy. At one of the Salt Lake Comic Cons, I stood in line and waited in the main hall to see a big star, but it was Vic Mignogna’s panel before the big name that made the best impression on me.
Fortunately, in all the cons I have been to, I only remember missing 2 panels that I wanted to see, and it was because I got hungry and decided to eat instead of trying to get in line. Lilac City Comicon is small enough, that you should be able to see everything you want to see, and with floors that extend beyond the panels, you can even support some amazing artists. Who are you most excited to see? Tell us below and we’ll see you at the con.
Don’t forget! If you join our Patreon at any level before May 31, you get $1 off for every $10 you spend at the penguinate.com table!
The morning is the time to buy whatever you have your heart set on that you didn’t get yesterday. Hopefully, it’s still available.
- 11 am -- Timothy Zahn -- learning from a writer for my craft and maybe asking what he thinks about the Star Wars canon change.
- Noon -- Michelle Harrison -- She’s acted in more than “the Flash”
- 1 pm -- Power Rangers!
- 2 pm -- Saturday Morning Cartoons -- These guys were a part of my childhood and the Disney Afternoon!
- 3 pm -- Sure, there’s the Kids’ Cosplay contest, but I’m going to see what’s on the floor one more time, just in case I missed something and I have to have it.
- 4 pm -- If you’re a VIP passholder, be at booth 133 and see if you can win an amazing prize.
At any comic convention, there are choices to make. Sometimes, they are difficult; sometimes, they are easier. As a journalist working for online outlets, I had to choose based on what I thought would garner the most page views, which meant thinking about what my audience wanted to read. I had to tailor the story for my beat -- for the first part of my career I worked at a college paper and for an online news source that wanted “community activism” stories. Of course, I also looked at those things that I most wanted to be a part of - Lou Ferrigno’s panel at Salt Lake Comic Con in 2013, for example.
At later cons, I got better at choosing for page views, but I also had to consider who I had seen before. Seeing someone new was almost always the better choice. The biggest thing I learned from the larger comic conventions was that I should pick out THE ONE thing I wanted to do that day and make sure that I got it done no matter what. Anything else would be gravy. At one of the Salt Lake Comic Cons, I stood in line and waited in the main hall to see a big star, but it was Vic Mignogna’s panel before the big name that made the best impression on me.
Fortunately, in all the cons I have been to, I only remember missing 2 panels that I wanted to see, and it was because I got hungry and decided to eat instead of trying to get in line. Lilac City Comicon is small enough, that you should be able to see everything you want to see, and with floors that extend beyond the panels, you can even support some amazing artists. Who are you most excited to see? Tell us below and we’ll see you at the con.
Don’t forget! If you join our Patreon at any level before May 31, you get $1 off for every $10 you spend at the penguinate.com table!