Youmacon's voice actor panels and autographs sessions were awesome. I love these guys!
I started this blog with a
picture from last year's Youmacon, so this is sort of full circle for me. It was of me and voice actor, director, etc. Caitlin Glass. She let me get a new picture with her, which is very cool.
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| We're in focus this year! |
The voice actors for whom I had stuff to autograph, I've met them before. Not, however, when I had my
Soul Eater and
Fullmetal Alchemist banners. They're becoming quite crowded now.
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| Youmacon additions include Caitlin, Sonny Strait, and Todd Haberkorn. |
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| From Youmacon, Sonny, Caitlin, Todd, and Tia Ballard. |
Sonny Strait, a comics artist and creator as well as voice actor, doesn't have his characters on either banner, so he drew them in - Ragnarok the demon sword on
Soul Eater and Maes Hughes for
Fullmetal Alchemist. The Hughes sketch is quite detailed because the autograph line was slow.
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| He'd draw some, look up, see the line hadn't moved, sigh, then draw some more. |
He had enough time during the entire session to create quite the work of art on the table cloth.
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| These are all his characters, I think. Hughes' drawing reflects his fate - oops, spoiler! |
I asked Todd Haberkorn to sign both banners, program, and a print of him as Mr. Spock, because he's doing
Star Trek now too.
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| And he did. He's very nice. |
One of the panels I went to featured the anime series
Fairy Tail, with voice actors Tia Ballard, Todd, and Funimation producer Sarah Sullivan.
I went to the
Fairy Tail panel at last year's Youmacon too, even though I hadn't seen any episodes yet. I knew the voice actors from other stuff. But Netflix picked it up a couple months ago and that means I can watch it! The panel made more sense this time.
Tia's on my
Fullmetal banner because she played
Shao May, a sort of miniature panda bear. I asked for a picture with her too.
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| I will never wash my Voyage Trekkers marine shirt again. Actually, that would probably ruin the fabric glue anyway |
Next up is Con Alt Delete in Chicago and Anime Crossroads in Indianapolis, both in December. Vic Mignogna is scheduled for Chicago - he plays the lead in
Fullmetal, the one who's not a suit of armor. His character is also on the
Soul Eater banner. And he's Captain Kirk in Star Trek Continues, with Todd's Mr. Spock.
My samurai cosplay project is underway, though not quickly enough for December. I stopped by Joann's fabric for supplies. They were having a half-off sale, which meant the stuff was cheaper, but also that the store would be packed. They passed out numbers for the cutting stations - they were on 23 when I drew the number 56. So I had lots of time to shop, and picked up a plastic, wheeled storage cabinet for my
Living Room Wars action figures and accessories.
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| Crafters are crazy good at organizing stuff! |
I'm still deciphering the hakama pattern. It's a set of line measurements based on size to be applied to a simple rectangle of cloth - an honest-to-goodness geometry worksheet straight out of high school.
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| Not quite ready yet... |
