Costumes large and small, some bare nearly all, wind
their way through downtown Phoenix on their trek into the convention center
where Phoenix Comicon has taken over. I can’t even begin to tell you how many
awesome, freaky, weird and wonderful people passed by and all were willing to
snap into character and strike a pose for us.
For the budding cosplayer, there were wonderful
panels, vendors of the most intricate wares and of course the opportunity to be
a rockstar as you wander through the con with your friends unleashing your
inner superhero or working your divaliciousness.
If you opt in for a Photo Op, the lines move fast
and the people working PhoenixComicon have it down to a science. I thought for
sure we were going to miss the cutoff but it was smooth as silk.
Friday it was still pretty easy to maneuver the
massive venue – I’m still not sure we saw everything but there’s always next
year but we did get into a few actor panels and one of them was Mark Sheppard
currently from Supernatural.
He slipped right into Crowley to tease and torment
the audience. I was dying whenever anyone asked a question because he came down
off the stage and slid right over to fans. It was wicked and wonderful watching
Mr. Sheppard toy with the audience like a cat playing with a mouse.
Probably my favorite part of the panel was when a
fan argued that Crowley was a villain with him staunchly denying that
declaration. I loved it because writers and really good actors know that the
antagonist never thinks he’s the bad guy – that’s what makes them believable
characters.
