Comic Con recap

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Panels we went to, they were all REALLY amazing. We did have to spend almost an hour lining up for them though:

• Fri: Felicia Day Spotlight
• Sat: "Vintage Tomorrows" Sneak Preview
• Sat: Girls Kick Butt: Strong Female heroines in young adult fantasy
• Sun: Mad Special Video Presentation and Q&A
• Sun: The early works of Jim Henson screening, with special "Tale of Sand" discussion

People we saw:

• Stan Lee (comics)
• Mark Hamill (Star Wars)
• Peter Mayhew (Star Wars)
• Jewel Staite (Firefly, Serenity)
• Al Jaffee (Mad Magazine)
• John Ficarra (Mad Magazine)
• Ian McNeice (Dr Who, Hornblower)
• Cory Doctorow (The Internets)
• Kevin Sorbo (Hercules..)
• Sandeep Parikh (The Guild)
• .. and of course, Felicia Day (The Guild, Buffy)

Shops/artists to give props to:

• Imaginism Studios - did the character designs for Alice in Wonderland
• Amy Mebberson - Loved her art, and was fun to talk to another Australian living in the PNW
• Echo Chernik - Again, loved her art
• Laura Lee - Likewise, great artist
• Abram Books - Publishes some really cool books
• Sanshee - Tshirts
• TAG Galleries - Prints and stuff
• Level Up Studios - Tshirts

The artists alley is also an amazing experience.