Live long and prosper

Well, we survived the Sci Fi-Comic Book Convention Saturday. We each had our brush with greatness. Pickle's was with his favorite graphic novel creator, Ben Dunn. He wrote a letter to Mr. Dunn with some story ideas and drew some of his characters for him. Mr. Dunn was so impressed with him that he gave him some books and drew him a picture. This was too funny, he was trying to make the "Live Long and Prosper" hand gesture and having some difficulty doing it.

Then, he got it and had a good laugh.

The event wasn't as crowded as previous shows, I didn't think. It had a different feel to it, but it was still a blast.

Sarah Douglas aka Ursa from Superman.

John Wesley Shipp, aka The Flash. He had a really long line.

Cute little supergirl and wonder girl.

Dwight Schultz aka Lt. Reginald Barclay from ST:TNG and A-Team. He said "excuse me" and touched me on the back as he was going to get his lunch. I had to giggle that he touched me. I'm such a dork.

Michael Gross from Family Ties and Tremors. I never saw a line at his table, so he looked pretty bored most of the time, like this shot. I felt sort of bad for him.

Gates McFadden is still pretty. I never saw Denise Crosby, who was supposed to be there. I missed my shot to get a picture of The Punisher guy, too.

Doug Jones, some dude from Hellboy and some fan.

Karen Allen from Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starman, Animal House and Scrooged. She seemed like she was genuinely having fun.

No one has ever looked so happy to be slaughtered by a klingon warrior.

We are a bit of a collage of things. I call this Ensign Naruto Morgan. He is the ST:TNG guy, Naruto from the comic book/cartoon fame and then he has "a little Captain" in him.

Hey, it's me and Alan Ruck (Cameron from Ferris Bueller fame and Spin City, too). I was starstruck. It as bad. I just kept thinking "Hey batter, batta batta, sah-wing batter! He can't hit, he can't hit, sah-wing batter!" It was great. He was very nice, too. I got a lot of comments about the Supermom shirt, too.

My son, of course, can't just meet Jeremy Bulloch and tell him how much he loves Boba Fett. No, no. My son has to tell him how I'm the big Star Trek fan and HE is the big Star Wars fan.

So, he asks Mr. Bulloch if he can take his picture with him. He says, "Absolutely, but no Star Trek fans allowed!" He was very funny. He personalized his autograph to Pickle with "you're cool!" That made his day! The man was very very nice, too.

He ran into a faux Boba Fett on the way out to our car. And, yes, we did a costume change at the midway point out Saturday. I had a phone interview to do for my homeland security story, so we went to the car where I could work on my new laptop *yes, I love it - big kisses to AoD* and he changed out of his Star Trek gear and into his Star Wars shirt. We couldn't lose the Naruto headband. Some comic book artist asked Pickle to trade hats with him. Pickle said no, so the guy said "Well, when I want to wear a kitchen magnet on my head, I'll get back with you!" I laughed hysterically. The humor went over Pickle's head.

There is going to be a big Star Wars fan day in July. I'm trying to make sure we're back from our Minnesota trip in time to take Pickle. Darth Vader is going to be there, so he is stoked.