This weekend was the Indiana Comic Con and I can say that it was truly a memorable event.The first thing I noticed when I arrived at the site was how large the building was. The staff had already set up most of the tables for the Stars and the Vendor sections were ready to go. Once I completed my set up I waited for the horn to sound for the start of the Con.
The crowds were started early. There were many many people waiting for hours for the headliners to show up.
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| I met Roy Hilbert form the Indiana Pacers |
After the Con was started I looked up and to my surprise I saw Roy Hilbert walking down the isle with a camera crew. I had to take a picture with him. Unfortunately it required that I took a trick question test first on camera. That didn't work out so well! I tried to ensure I answered all of the questions correctly but I was unsuccessful. I hope I don't see it on Youtube.
I met an artist who was also working the Con. He is the originator of the Fried pickle comic. We had a great time talking about all of the crazy things that we saw at the show.
I looked up and I saw the crazy zombie Uncle Sam so I had to take a picture of him.
This character caught me by surprise. Xorn from the X-men comics. You will hardly ever see this character at a Con. It isn't a very popular character. I will say that the guy pulled it off.
Twisted wire Art
Bane entered the building and I had to get a picture. This guy was huge. He made me look like a little fellow. The first thing I noticed was that his arms looked like tree trunks. I asked Mr. Bane, The Punisher, Star Lord and Hercules If I could take a photo with them and they were very happy to oblige.
Bane asked me if I wanted to fight , I looked him in the eye and said " Any time sport Any time" He changed his mind. ( No that didn't happen just playing)
Storm came by to visit with me.You know I had to have her pose with a wire sculpture of her Cos-Play character.
I have no Idea who this is I just thought that the costume was interesting.
Ghost Rider came in the building and I realized that I needed to create a sculpture of that character. I don't often see anyone wearing a costume of old Ghost rider so it was good to see someone giving the character some love.
I saw this wonderful lady wearing the coolest Tardis dress I had ever seen so of course I had to have her pose with my Doctor Who sculpture and Tardis.
I have no idea who she is or what she is dressed as I just thought it was very classy and it deserved some recognition.
Finding Nemo???? Not too sure, the guy in the green had me laughing. If you are confident enough to paint yourself green and go shirtless in front of thousands of people then I have to give you credit for being bold.
This Cos- Player made everything she was wearing and I thought that was admirable.
This Cos- Play was from a cartoon where the human race was being eaten by giants. The name escapes me but I thought it was good.
When I saw the Fellowship of the rings Cos- Players I had to get them to take a pic with my Legolas sculpture. I don't know where Gimley went but the rest of the team looked great.
This Cos-Player was completely covered in these little x marks. I thought that was true dedication.
This had to be the most amazing person I saw in all of the Con!!!! This gentleman had his eyes tattooed!!! Yes his eyes are actually tattooed. He went to England to have it done. I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like this ever in my life. I was fascinated I asked him question after question. He actually has a regular job and a girlfriend ( standing behind him) who loves the look. His job has no issues with his eye tattoos or his face tattoo. Amazing!
This Batman Cos-Player was a very nice guy. We talked about his new book found on Amazon. 
I saw a few throwback Cos-Players dressed as Batman Villains. I couldn't resist.
It was a great weekend of fun and hard work. I hope that the people who purchased a wire sculpture will put it someplace special in their homes. Now I will have to create many more sculptures for the next show,
I will tell you this, since the Marvel and DC Movies are coming out and we have the Comic Book inspired TV shows on almost every channel the Con attendance is going up. It's finally OK to like comics because Hollywood has made it cool to be a nerd. If you don't believe me check out Big Bang Theory, Scorpions, Numbers and a host of other TV shows centered around the Nerd genre.
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