puppetmaker | SDCC 2016 First Day

Or the first long day as one could see it.

Yesterday was about getting some dominos in place to see if I can knock them down in order later.

It also was about seeing friends and having some fun.

Caroline participated in her first panel at San Diego Comic Con.

From the program book copyright SDCC

Spotlight on Maggie Thompson

Maggie Thompson (Toucan blogger) interviews three other "Nerd Family" kids: Lora Boehm (daughter of John and Bjo Trimble), Sky McLeod (daughter of Scott McCloud and Ivy Ratafia), and Caroline David (daughter of Peter and Kathleen David). Check out what four generations of second-generation fans have to share.

It was an interesting panel. You can see how the attitude of the world outside of fandom has changed. Rather than having a fan life and your life outside of fandom, in Caroline’s case, they are now one and a the same.

Peter had his spotlight and received an Inkpot award for his body of work in comics. We are very pleased with that.

I went over to the Marvel booth to see that they had the Dr. Strange Costumes on display. I went and looked and figure out what I had done wrong on the costume for the puppet. The cloak now makes total sense and I found out some details about the back I hadn’t known. I did take pictures of the puppets with the costumes.

We spent some time talking to Richard and Wendy Pini who are good friends of the family. We caught up on stuff and Caroline got her Elfquest questions answered from the source. She does know how lucky she is.

I had a quick chat with various people I have known over the years. I plan to go visit some others today since they are trapped at their booths.

There were lots of things going on outside the convention. I walked to get lunch for us and came away with a bunch of free swag. The Sharknado people had the largest group watching what they were doing.

We were going to have dinner with some friends but everyone decided that they were all too tired for anything so we went our separate ways and found food before collapsing.

Today there are some plates spinning for some things we want to do on Saturday. I think we will find out yea or nay sometime today. One of these things would be great for me and one would be awesome for Caroline. But more on that only if it does happen.

I am grateful that Caroline did well on her panel.

Photos of the day behind the cut.