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Jim at Phoenix ComiCon - June 5-8
OZ:
--- Quote ---The Magic Systems panel was a lot of fun, as was Jim's Saturday morning spotlight. He said we WOULD get a definitive answer about Mac before the series ends! I asked Jim what he'd like to see in Star Wars VII, and he said he'd love to see Han Solo being a jealous husband and grumpy father. I'd love to see that!
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That was you? I heard the question but I didn't pay attention to who was asking. Jim talking about Hans stunning his daughter's unsuitable dates made me laugh.
EyeballKid:
--- Quote from: OZ on June 08, 2014, 05:38:14 PM ---I hope I didn't post this somewhere else already. My brain is still reeling from the con. I'm probably going back to day but I haven't decided for sure. I somehow overlooked the magic systems panel and missed it but I went to the Setting and Place in Urban Fantasy panel and laughed until I nearly cried. I don't know that I learned much about setting and place but Heather Brewer was hysterical and once she got warmed up Vicki Pettersson was funny as well. Jim was trying to stay quiet but Heather kept drawing him into the discussions and he had his usual humor. It was a lot of fun.
At the end, the authors were all asked where they were going next and they all replied that they were going to the drinks with authors event so my friend and I wandered over there. It was a blast. Jim was surrounded the whole night so I only got to speak with him briefly but he was charming as usual in spite of posing for dozens of pictures and being hemmed in until I'm surprised he could breathe. I got to speak with quite a few authors most of whom I've never read but all were very nice. It was a fantastic event. I even got another chance to talk briefly with Anne Sowards and Priscilla. Everyone was friendly. There are a couple of authors whose books I am going to have to try just because they were such incredibly nice people that I feel I should give their work a chance. Of course my brain was overheating and I usually thought about what I should have said or asked about ten minutes after I walked away from someone.
I closing in on 50 and this was my first con but I'm glad I went. I'll have to start planning to make this a yearly event.
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Both of those sound like a lot of fun, I wish I could have gone! Did you make it to the Comedy's Hard panel on Friday? That was one I was very sad to miss, but the drive took a good two hours and just figuring out the layout of the con was ridiculous!
It was my first con as well (other than some small single focus events - X-Files and Buffy back in the day), and I had a blast! It was confusing and crazy and ridiculous, but quite fun. I realized that in the realm of nerds, I am a VERY SMALL nerd. I mean...there are fandoms at the con that I didn't even know existed. Plus, I am completely oblivious to the whole anime thing, which had a very strong presence.
--- Quote from: OZ on June 08, 2014, 05:42:02 PM ---That was you? I heard the question but I didn't pay attention to who was asking. Jim talking about Hans stunning his daughter's unsuitable dates made me laugh.
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That was me! I thought it was hilarious, as well. I'd love to see overprotective Han! I figured Jim would actually have more ideas, but he seemed slightly flummoxed by the question.
OZ:
I did not make the comedy panel. It did sound good.
--- Quote ---I figured Jim would actually have more ideas, but he seemed slightly flummoxed by the question.
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I think that he was getting too many questions from too many different angles, everything from comparing Buffy the Musical to Dr. Horrible's Sing a Long Blog to which three fictinal characters he'd like to spend time with (I totally nailed this one. I said, "Lara" just seconds before Jim gave the same answer. If you asked him that one on one and he had time to think about it, I'm sure he would have more ideas.
Cenphx:
My first Con as well. I was only going to go for one day and have instead been here every day. It's been beyond amazing. I have been following Rothfuss and Sam Sykes and Myke Cole and Jim to every panel they are on. No matter they are talking about, it has been incredibly interesting and funny.
Right now I am awaiting Jim's panel on how to keep a long running series interesting and I can't wait for the Writing Rogues panel this afternoon.
For anyone who did not make it to the Author Batsu panel run by Sam Sykes, you missed out on one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Anytime one of the authors laughed, they had to do a shot of salsa. Rothfuss wore a wizard's hat throughout, Scalzi had on a lucha libra mask at one point. Myke Cole laughed while doing a shot and inhaled the salsa. Then he threw up.
I can't believe how great this whole CC was. Completely worth the time and money.
Cenphx:
--- Quote from: Fleegle on May 20, 2014, 01:36:05 AM ---Aw, crap... I've been looking at the Phoenix Comicon events, and the Spotlight on Jim Butcher ends 30 minutes before the Spotlight on John Barrowman starts... My wife will want to line uip early for Barrowman... This may cause... friction.
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Hey Fleegle!!! It's was great meeting you at Jim's panel!
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