Hey guys, Vyvyan here. Had a great weekend on Soonercon 23!
On Friday, we first met an artist named Scott Cosby. We
bought a cool print of Green Lantern from him for a friend of ours named Jamie.
He’s going to love it. Scott Cosby is from Oklahoma and does absolutely wonderful
pencil work. If you’d like to see more from him, you can go to his facebook
page at “The Uncanny Scott Cosby.” I’m sure he’d love the press.
Next, we hung out with some of the steampunk guys from the
Sky Marshals. You can visit their page at http://www.skymarhals.webs.com. They
put people in their jail for however long you pay for and it all goes to
charity work. They are really cool and I suggest that you look them up and give
them likes.
I got to go to a workshop on making steampunk bags that
Bernina were putting on. You get to use one of their embroidery machines. It
was really cool and I totally want to get one of their embroidery machines for
myself one day. They do a really great repair program at the Bernina shop where
they’ll fix a machine up for you if you need it. They are also family owned,
which is really cool.
Friday night we watched the Star Trek Continues episode “Lolani”
with Vic Mignogna. I got my picture taken with him afterwards because Batsz was
being super sneaky about it. I was really embarrassed, but I was so happy I got
a picture with him.
We got to see teasers for Army of Frankenstein and that was
super cool. I can’t wait until the movie comes out in 2015 in America. It’s
going to come out in Japan this year, but that’s in Japan, not here. Oh well. I
can’t wait though. We got to see the director and the special effects people
for it and we made friends with them. It was super awesome and I’d love to see
them again sometime.
Saturday was a really hectic day because we were just about
everywhere. We got to see another episode of Star Trek Continues with Vic
Mignogna and Larry Nemecek. It was called “fairest of them all” and it was
really cool. I told Batsz that I guess I should probably watch more of the
original Star Trek so I can understand some of the references. I’m losing nerd
points!!!
I got an autograph from Vic Mignogna, which I am super happy
about. I put it in a special place in my house and he even spelled my name
right! It’s a hard name to spell, so I felt pretty good about it.
At the end of Saturday, Batsz got to meet Count Gregore
(John Ferguson), his childhood idol, and we helped him load up his car. He told
us about some of the things that he’s done and he even helped us by telling us
to give him some of our business cards and he’d pimp us out, too. I was so
touched. This man is amazing and I hope we get to see him more.
Sunday was a kind of bland day. We had to run to the store
to get prints for Count Gregore and some business cards worked up. We got to
see some really cool panels at the convention and had a ton of fun. After one
of the special effects workshops we got to talk to Ryan Bellgardt more in depth
about his film, Army of Frankensteins. He is super cool and I was excited to talk
about his film with him and get the heads up about it. You can find his film on
facebook if you look up Army of Frankensteins.
I loved every minute of Soonercon 23 and wish my friends
could have gone with Batsz and myself. It was so much fun.
-Vyvyan Wormwood
