A Family Exploring the World of Fandom Together
At Nola Nerd Couple, fan conventions are our passion. We attend fan conventions across the Gulf Coast, Houston, and beyond—including California, Illinois, and the UK—always sharing reports from a fan’s perspective. Our ComicCon-ing 101 series helps newcomers navigate the world of fan conventions with confidence. Since our daughter joined us in 2018, our coverage also highlights the joys and challenges of experiencing fan conventions as a family, from stroller strategies to meeting celebrities and exploring the vendor halls with a curious elementary schooler.
MegaCon has been steadily adding guests to its lineup. Here are the latest additions: Gina Torres: A fixture in the Whedonverse, she has had pivotal roles in Firefly and Angel. ( Which is also the two fandoms I need signatures for!) Tom Wilson: We met Mr. Wilson at another con…
Fan Expo Dallas will take place March 31 to April 2 at the Dallas Convention Center. With Mark Hamill and Stan Lee, this con can boast one of the strongest celebrity and comic artist lineups in recent memory. Of course they have added more guests, this time quite a few…
In our very first interview, we talked to Fred Van Lente at Wizard World New Orleans. Mr. Van Lent is the writer on the Comic Book History of Comics as well as titles such as Archer and Armstrong and Assassins Creed. NNC: We’re here with Mr. Fred Van Lente. I said that…
Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi. Some organizations, like EW, have stated that the the title is an ominous one. First, Star Wars is in red, the color of the dark side. It also assumes that Jedi here is used in the singular. It also assumes that the middle episode…
In our latest podcast, Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple we did a wrap up of Pensacon 2017. A large section of that podcast dealt with the Star Wars people we met at Pensacon. Here are some pictures of the Star Wars cast and crew at Pensacon. Click to make any picture…
More celebrities have been added to the Celebration line-up! Here are the recent updates: Angus MacInnes: Gold Leader from A New Hope and Rogue One. Brian Herring: The man behind BB8 will be at Celebration. I expect long lines at his table. Clive Revill: Mr. Revill portrayed the Emperor in…
We look back on the wildly successful Pensacon 2017. We discuss some of the celebrity encounters we had as well as some of our shopping experiences. Plus, we take a long look at the Star Wars guests at Pensacon! Here is the podcast: https://nolanerdcouple.podbean.com/mf/web/i78gqw/pensacon2017.mp3 For more of our coverage…
Even though we really can’t make Fan Expo Dallas, they still pretty much have us like this: Why? Here is some of their guest announcements since we last posted. Milo Ventimiglia: We met him before at Megacon Orlando, but they didn’t have any Gilmore Girls pictures. We got one for…
Sorry for the lack of blogs this week, but it was Mardi Gras which meant it was a holiday for us. In the meantime, a lot of Cons in driving distance from NOLA had quite a few guest announcements. The already stellar list of comic writers and artists has grown.…
