Supanova

My husband and I went to Brisbane yesterday to attend a Supanova convention. I had no idea what it was but B is into comics and games so i agreed. He organized for the kids to be taken care of so we could enjoy the day by ourselves. I was in for this no matter what we did.

We did a drive by the entrance to the convention to find a park and the line of people waiting to get in was so long it spanned blocks. But this got me excited to be there because of all the fans dressed up like their favourite characters. I had my camera on hand and here a few of the ones we saw inside when we finally got in.

Skiffy from Blade Kitten
Computer game

Joker dressed as the Nurse, Poison Ivy and Nightwing
From Batman

Daggy me and Sophitia Alexandra
from Soul Calibur 4 (computer game)

Batman and Catwoman

What I loved the most was getting to sit and listen to a few movie characters that were there signing autographs. Mary McDonnell from the Battelstar Galactica remake and Carl Urban from the new Star Trek movie. I'm not a trekkie fan but I do like both of these and because I've seen them recently, it made the experience really worthwhile. They were so down to earth, had great sense of humor and were really interesting.

We also caught a glimpse of James Marsters who is Spike from Buffy fame. He is in a new T.V. show out in the US called Caprica. Spin off from Battlestar Galactica. We were standing around trying to see the celebrities and an Asian girl in front of me turned around and showed me the signed photo she just got from James. As she smiled ear to ear she said " I used to watch him in Buffy when I was a teenager and I had a huge crush on him. I don't even know you but I'm so excited that I have to hug you." And she did. We had to laugh with her, she was so cute.

Me and B. after the long day