A Family Exploring the World of Fandom Together
If you have read our recent previous posts, you know that we had our first child on the Thursday before Pensacon; needless to say, we could not personally attend! Thankfully, we have a wonderful friend who went in our stead. Here is his great recap below: Hello Nola Nerd Couple…
Our first two days of Star Wars Celebration were spent just getting autographs. It was a tiring, grueling, and often frustrating experience. By Saturday, we needed a break from the long lines and the disorganization (more to come on our podcast comprehensive review of Star Wars Celebration). This also meant we…
Star Wars Celebration does an amazing job of having different stages for its panes. Each stage focuses on a different theme such as the stars of the saga or education. The Behind the Scene stage allows fans of the saga to learn what exactly goes into making our favorite movies…
Mary McDonnell is a veteran actress who co-starred with Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves. She also starred in the wildly successful and critically acclaimed Battlestar Galactica reboot. The photo op and autograph pricing has been announced and is listed here. The photography will be done by Wolf Studios…
April and May are busy times of the year for comic cons and for us. Star Wars Celebration is coming up Easter weekend and in May we will be attending Comicpalooza and MegaCon. Plus, our day jobs are winding down. Since we write extensively about cons that are in driving distance…
The Nola Nerd Couple love attending comic cons and have four scheduled until the end of May. In this podcast, we preview Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Spooky Empire also in Orlando, Comicpalooza in Houston, and then we head back down to Orlando for Mega Con. We do a preview…
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…
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…
