Elvis Hasn’t Left the Building, He Has a Four Day Pass - More From Day 2
28 07 2007 |
| Elvis Storm Trooper |
Day 2 continued at a fast clip. The floor was just, if not more packed than yesterday and it was hard getting through aisles. I did manage to run into Elvis in his current incarnation as a Storm Troope and he was nice enough to pose. Great guy that Elvis.
I accidedentally stumbled upon Frank Beddor, Cybil Award nominated author of The Looking Glass Wars. How lucky was that? I spent some time chatting about the
| Cybil’s (i was on the nominating panel for the graphic novel category) and how much I was looking forward to reading Hatter (graphic novel) and Seeing Redd, the sequel to The Looking Glass Wars. While I was there, I met the charming Ben Templesmith, illustrator of Hatter who kindly signed my book as did Frank. They were both very gracious and it was a pleasure to hang at the booth with them for a bit.
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| Seeing Redd |
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| Frank Beddor |
I just had to swing by Nickolodeon where I got to photograph the prettiest people there and obvious fellow lovers of caffeinated drinks. We spoke a bit about AWN’s Career Connections, our fabulous job board. I just love it when I can talk about all the great things AWN is doing and how much we love serving our animation community. It’s even better when I get to do that talking to nice people like the ones at Nick.
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| Nicktoons |
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| Nick is Nice |
I visited the Disney booth to take my walk through the 40-foot replica of The Black Pearl and got sand in my shoes. The ship looks amazing and the little walk through it is cool. The walls are covered in art and there are costumes and other things behind glass. Photos of the inside weren’t allowed.
A trip down an aisle brought me to the Pokeman tables where game playing was going on with fierce concentration and intensity.
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| Playing Pokeman |
A dangerous looking nurse administers a shot.
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| No wonder I hate shots |
At the Heroes booth, cheerleaders were handing out goodies. The warehouse-looking booth has the Heroes artwork on the walls and I hear they are changing it daily.
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| Save the Cheerleaders |
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| Heroes artwork |
Signing off,
Gina
