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  • HNG Photo Giveaway!

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    Ok, so here’s the deal. I have these two friends, Gabe Diani and Etta Devine, and they are making a movie called Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse. They’ve done it before with The Selling which was brilliant and won rave reviews. They’ve got some big, highly nerd-worthy stars lined up to be in it (like Armin Shimerman, Barry Bostwick, Janet Varney, and Harry Groener).

    They were even kind enough to invite me to film an “Apocatip” that was released this past Saturday. Check it out on YouTube HERE.

    They have a Kickstarter campaign and only have a few days left to raise the rest of the money. I’ve been promoting it and all but it’s hard to get folks to part with their hard-earned money. So, I came up with an idea. I probably should have run it by them first but I’m a rather impulsive person at times so I figured I’d just do it.

    They have some amazing perks for donating. Like, seriously amazing. You get A LOT for your donation. But I’m going to attempt to sweeten the pot a bit by giving away some HNG photos to all of you who donate to the cause (and it’s a really, really good cause).

    If you donate at least $25, you’ll get all the awesome perks that they already including PLUS I’ll send you a signed HNG print of your choice from any of the past photo shoots. Choose from any of the photos at the following links:

    THOR: http://hotnerdgirl.com/2013/11/08/thor-photo-shoot-and-contest/

     

    DELILAH: http://hotnerdgirl.com/2013/02/05/delilah-photo-shoot-contest/

    BABE LINCOLN: http://hotnerdgirl.com/2012/10/26/babe-lincoln-vampire-hunter-photoshoot-contest/

    BATGIRL: http://hotnerdgirl.com/2012/02/01/my-birthday-present-to-you-a-batgirl-photoshoot/

    XENA: http://hotnerdgirl.com/2011/10/31/xena-warrior-princess-photoshoot/

    To claim your photo, all you have to do is go HERE and donate at least $25, then email me the receipt/confirmation of your donation, the photo you want, and your address to princesstrek@hotmail.com.

    Please feel free to donate more than $25. For every $25 you donate I will send you another signed print of your choice 🙂

    For more information go to: www.ddmta.com

    Or on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/DianiAndDevineMeetTheApocalypse

    Or on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/DD_Apocalypse

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    It’s that time of year! Pre-order your 2014 HNG calendar. It’s got all the nerdy holidays and a 2014 convention calendar listing comic, sci-fi, anime, and horror conventions all over the world!

  • Ender’s Game – Double Review

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    Since I’ve read the book and Geek Outlaw hasn’t, we decided that it would be fun to do a joint review of the movie Ender’s Game from both perspectives. That being said, this seems to be a particularly busy and hectic time for both of us so it’s just now all coming together. We’ll start with Geek Outlaw since his review is shorter and doesn’t have any spoilers 😉

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    Geek Outlaw (didn’t read the book)

    If there is one thing Geek Outlaw is confident about, it’s that I’m a cheap date.

    I confirmed what most people already knew as I decided to take advantage of my local theater’s $5 Tuesday where every pre-hump day movie is $5 per ticket for any flick, any time.  Couple that with the 25 cent banana and free bottle of water from work I smuggled in to the theater and it boggles the mind why I’m still on the open market.

    It also marked a first-of-sorts as the Outlaw took in Hollywood’s latest sci-fi release, Ender’s Game, all by my lonesome.  If memory serves me correctly – and being a male in my 30’s I’m fairly certain it doesn’t – this was the first time I went to a movie theater Han Solo style.

    Enough about my deteriorating social life, and more about Ender’s Game, the new Harrison Ford vehicle based on the somewhat controversial novel from author Orson Scott Card.  Unlike the likes of my blogging counterpart Hot Nerd Girl, I have not yet read the book so my perspective comes purely from the film it’s based on.

    I’m never one to spend too many words on plot overviews, and I’m not going to break any new ground with this review either.

    The gist behind Ender’s Game the movie is that Earth is recovering from an invasion from an insect-like alien race. (By the way, why do 99.8% of all alien races look like over-fed bugs that mated with the likes of Keith Richards?)

    The audience is told that 50 years have passed and humans are preparing for another potential attack from the flying ants.  Unfortunately, us two-legged fleshies got lucky when legendary war hero Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) found the enemy’s weakness.  Now, the military is looking to the X-Box generation to find the next “One” (and no not the actual Xbox One) to lead mankind to another victory.

    Enter Ender Wiggen (Asa Butterfield), a virtual Doogie Houser in the ways of all things strategy and knowing when an extraterrestrial might have his next bowel movement.

    Let’s start with the good.  Ender’s Game was an entertaining movie in that it proved riveting.  When I say riveting, I mean I wasn’t looking at my watch every 10 minutes and wondering what else I could have done with my $5 and two hour investment (Note: it would have involved dinner at Taco Bell, baby oil and a mechanical bull).

    The other positives of note related directly to the special effects, specifically to the scenes in the space arena where the Hunger Games-esque team battles took place

    As for the rest of the movie, I can’t say I was impressed by any means.  The most glaring issue I had with Ender’s Game may have actually been a result of this being an adaption of a novel, which as I mentioned prior, I’ve never even read a paragraph of.  While I never read word one of the original material, the film had a very choppy feel with regards to the story and overall compressed timeline of events.

    If I don’t sound like I’m explaining my point well, then it probably wouldn’t be the first time.   Nonetheless, Ender’s Game just felt like it had too much story to tell, too many characters to develop and not enough film reel to do it in.  In general, relationships seemed to evolve in a matter of seconds – much like they might on The Bachelor – and months of time seemed to be explained in a matter of seconds without even (gasp) a montage!

    Another element of the story that struck me as slightly head-scratching, was the odd “are-they-really-just-brother-and-sister” relationship of Ender and his sister Valentine (Abigail Breslin).   There seemed to be more romantic chemistry between them than Kate and Leo had on that sinking cruise-liner as it plunged to the ocean floor.

    Perhaps the most disturbing part of the film had to have been Harrison Ford’s Hitler-like locks.  No lie, every time he appeared on screen I desperately wanted to draw that goofy little Adolf-stach below his nose to complete the entire Gestapo look.  Performance wise, Mr. Ford turned in an average performance with a few small moments of sparks seen from some of his better showings.

    Even with the semi-predictable twist ending, Ender’s Game failed to deliver the goods where it counted, the characters.  In the end, not enough time was spent with the supporting cast, nor was Asa Butterfield’s turn as Ender incredibly convincing.  Still, at $5, free water, and a virtually free piece of fruit, the entertainment value was definitely fulfilled given the cost.

    More importantly, any women out there looking for a dating partner that won’t break the bank can reach me at GeekOutlaw@Outlook.com. Even the email is free of charge.

    2 out of 6 “Spur” of the Moments

    Hot Nerd Girl (read the book)

    Fair warning: I’m probably going to spoil the crap out of this movie. Mostly because it’s one of those movies where, since I read the book, I don’t know how to review it without bringing up some of the book and to do that I’ll probably have spoilers. You’ve been warned.

    I was so so soooooo excited about this movie. The book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is considered controversial in many circles. Personally, I don’t find it all that controversial but then, I grew up watching Star Trek where they used sci-fi to push the boundaries of what was considered acceptable topics. It’s one of the magical aspects of science fiction, the ability to teach and discuss without necessarily letting people know that they’re being taught or allowing those who do to have something to talk about.

    I loved the book. Mostly because I can feel Ender’s pain while reading it. Like many an avid reader, I can identify with most characters on some level. I grew up in a military household where we moved around a lot and I was often finding myself whisked away to a new place, surrounded by strangers, just when I was starting to feel comfortable somewhere. I was shy and didn’t have many friends. But I was lucky in that my teachers recognized the fact that, even though I was quiet, I was smart, and they placed me in gifted programs. Obviously my experiences as a kid were the barest fraction of what Ender went through, but they allow me to empathize with Ender in a way that many people probably can’t.

    In the book Ender is at Battle School for several years, from the age of 6 to (if I’m remembering correctly) 12. I knew going into the movie that they would need to abridge his time there and I was ok with that. What I was looking for wasn’t the amount of time they showed him there (it feels like maybe a few months while you’re watching the movie), but the emotional pain and turmoil that he experiences. It’s what I consider the most important aspect of the entire book. Sadly, that was almost completely missing from the film. Aside from some moodiness and a couple of yelling sessions, you don’t get the sense that this is any great challenge for him; that his childhood has been stolen from him. They try to show you that he’s being manipulated by Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and Major Anderson (Viola Davis), but it seems superficial as opposed to heartbreaking. Certain adults, like Sergeant Dap (Nonso Anozie) and Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) seem to alternate between treating him like a grunt as part of the manipulation, and treating him with extreme reverence, like he’s a Jesus figure who is going to lead him to the Holy Land (that analogy is worthy of its very own post). It makes Asa Butterfield’s portrayal of him seem entitled and cocky as opposed to brilliant and humble/unsure.

    In the book Ender’s birth is commissioned. There’s a two child limit and his parents already have Peter (Jimmy ‘Jax’ Pinchak) and Valentine (Abigail Breslin). Both Peter and Valentine are geniuses but Peter is a sociopath and Valentine is too compassionate. But because they both showed so much promise, the International Fleet (IF) allows Ender to be born, hoping that he’ll be a good mix of Peter and Valentine. The parents go along with this because the Dad is an “reformed” Catholic and the Mom is a “reformed” Mormon. They both abandoned their religions in order to have opportunities they wouldn’t have as religious outcasts but they never abandoned their beliefs, which include having multiple children. Still, Ender is an embarrassment. Calling someone a “Third” is like calling someone a “mudblood” in the Harry Potter ‘verse. So when he’s chosen for Battle School it’s a relief to everyone but Valentine, the one person Ender feels any real emotional attachment to. The International Fleet gets what they want and need in Ender. He’s got Peter’s violence when necessary and Valentine’s compassion when necessary. It allows him to understand his enemy and destroy them but in the process he grows to know and love his enemy. Because when you truly understand someone, you cannot help but love them. Because of this, Ender can only do what he needs to do if he believes that it’s a game. So the adults don’t tell him that it’s not.

    I’m not sure why the filmmakers decided not to use the term “Bugger” for the aliens. The term “Formic” (Formica is Latin for ant) used in the movie wasn’t seen in any of the books until 1999, a full 14 years after Ender’s Game debuted even though the novel we first see it in, Ender’s Shadow (aka the story of Bean) happens at the same time as Ender’s Game chronologically. It might seem silly to someone who hasn’t read the books, but not hearing the word “Bugger” automatically makes you feel like something is missing from the film. I was worried that they’d cut out the Fantasy Game. It would have been an easy cut to make that would have destroyed the film. I wanted to see more of it though. The entire subplot of Peter as Locke and Valentine as Demosthenes is cut which is really too bad. It helps you get a complete picture of the way the minds of the Wiggin children work and why Ender is the way he is.

    The special effects were fantastic. I loved the look of the Battle School, the space travel, and the Command School simulator. The nitpick in me wishes that there had been more of the Battle Room and watching Ender work out the strategies in his mind but that would have required two movies so I have to let that one go. It just bums me out that you don’t get the sense of his true brilliance. Also, the Armies are way too small in the movie. There’s supposed to be something like 40 kids per Army and they maybe had half that. That was an issue I had throughout the movie, there were always too few kids.

    One of the key parts of the book is that Colonel Graff is constantly trying to keep Ender isolated. He wants Ender to be completely self-reliant with no one he can depend on. He has fleeting friendships with kids like Alai (Suraj Partha), Petra (Hailee Steinfeld), and Dink (Khylin Rhambo). And more complicated relationships with a few other kids, like Bean (Aramis Knight), but they come in and out of his life and he’s never permitted to get too close. Even at the end when they act as a well-oiled battle machine, he never truly knows them on an emotional level except for a few fleeting moments of connection. There are kids who genuinely like Ender and want to be friends with him (like Petra) even though they are scared of him. Most of the kids dislike him altogether, though everyone respects him. Ironically, the one person who knows Ender better than anyone, even Valentine, is Colonel Graff because he’s been inside of Ender’s head practically from birth. Either with the Monitor implanted in the back of Ender’s neck, or the Fantasy Game later on in Battle School and he uses this knowledge to push Ender to the brink over and over again. In most ways, Ender has no idea just how powerful and brilliant he is. But like many brilliant people, he’s quite fragile. Graff sees this and protects Ender from the knowledge of just how much damage he’s inflicted on a couple of his childhood enemies (Stilson and Bonzo). This is something they softened for the book, I’m guessing because they were looking to attract a young audience. But again, it just doesn’t seem right if you’ve read the book.

    The final battle was chilling. It actually gave me goosebumps. I guess because I knew what was really going on. I kept wondering if the movie made sense to anyone who hasn’t read the book but my Mom said that she followed it just fine and enjoyed it way more than I did.

    The end threw me off a bit. The big mama Hive Queen showing up in the cave was annoying at first but I got over it pretty quickly because I guess it makes more sense for the newbies than watching a baby Hive Queen emerge from the egg sac only to chat with Ender and go right back inside again. What really bothered me about the end was that they didn’t show Valentine recruiting Ender to go with her on the first colonization ship. Their brother Peter sees both of his genius siblings as a threat to his power agenda and, recognizing this, Valentine removes both her and Ender from the equation. Ender can’t go back to Earth. He’s just killed an entire alien race and the people of Earth will never leave him alone for the rest of his life, either because of how much they love him or how much they loathe him. He doesn’t leave on some solo mission to find the baby Hive Queen a new home; he flings himself into the great unknown with others at his side hoping that, eventually, he’ll land on a planet where he can make up for the Xenocide by giving the baby Hive Queen a new home in which to reintroduce her species.

    The performances are fine. No one really stood out as being great or terrible. I personally think that Asa Butterfield is a fantastic child actor (watch him as Mordred on BBC’s Merlin) and he made the most of what he was given as Ender. Harrison Ford was gruff as Graff and I wanted to see more of the internal conflict he experiences in the book, but at least he didn’t seem bored like he has in some of his more recent roles. Ben Kingsley’s Mazer Rackham was not how I pictured the character AT ALL in my head but his facial tattoos gave them a nice excuse to reference the next book in the series Speaker for the Dead.

    I could go into a whole spiel about Speaker for the Dead and the Xenocide and what the humans, the Formics, the Piggies, and Jane eventually think of Ender but that’s a whole ‘nuther blog post and I’ve probably written too much about it already.

    2 out of 5 Sci-Fives!

  • Gravity reviewed

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    It’s been a while since I’ve written a movie review. Mostly because it’s been a while since I’ve been to the movies….sad robot 🙁

    Anyhooters, I saw the panel for Gravity at Comic Con and listened to Sandra Bullock describe the process of making the movie and the hours she spent locked in a 9 foot square box every day and, I’m not gonna lie, I got pretty excited.

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    It’s hard to say much about this movie without giving it all away. What I will say about the plot (because you can gather as much from the trailers), is that Mission Specialist Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Mission Commander Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) are on a Hubble Space Telescope spacewalk installing some kind of software for new hospital systems when the Russians decide to blow up a spy satellite starting a deadly chain reaction that sends thousands of pieces of debris rocketing around the Earth directly at them every 90 minutes. Directed, co-written (along with his son, Jonás Cuarón) and co-produced by Alfonso Cuarón and featuring exactly seven actors, five of which are really only voices (including Ed Harris as Mission Control in a lovely nod to Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff), the movie is completely dependent on Bullock and Clooney and, to be honest, it felt like the parts were written specifically for them.

    Clooney is all charm as Kowalski, a veteran Astronaut on his final mission. Even in the face of unspeakable circumstances, he stays cool and calm. His ability to see the sheer beauty of his surroundings, the way his good humor instantly turns serious when issuing an order and then flips back again, and his instinct that something bad is going to happen, coincides with so much of what I’ve read about and by real life Astronauts. Despite the nitpicking of Astrophysicist (and personal favorite of mine) Neil deGrasse Tyson, for those 90 minutes, I believed that Clooney was the Mission Commander.

    At first, I wasn’t completely convinced by Bullock until it quickly became obvious that Stone was not an Astronaut by choice, but by circumstances. Her knowledge of the system they were installing made it necessary for her to be there and she wouldn’t have been there otherwise. Like her character, Bullock rose to the occasion. I can’t imagine that she won’t be nominated for an Oscar, and by gods, she deserves one for this performance. She carried this movie from start to finish. I want to discuss her metaphysical devolving and re-evolving but I’ll give too much away if I do so you’ll just have to spot those parts and discuss amongst yourselves.

    Alfonso Cuarón deserves an Oscar as well. The visuals are breath taking. Truly. I saw an interview with Astronaut Michael Massimino on ABC World News this past Friday and he said that Gravity finally allows him to show his friends and family what it’s like to be in space and look down on the Earth. Massimino’s participation in the final Hubble servicing mission in May 2009, in which he became famous for his difficulty with a stripped bolt and his eventual triumph in removing a handrail with brute force, was one of the inspirations for the movie. Cuarón even made exact replicas of some of Massimino’s one-of-a-kind tools as props. Cuarón  followed one of the Whedon rules: “Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.” Just when you think you can’t take much more, Bullock declares that she “hates space” or Clooney shows up with a quip about beautiful blue eyes.

    I was stiff and sore when I stood up after the ending credits. The suspense had me wound up so tight I alternated between chills and forgetting to breath. Twice I looked over at my Mom because she gasped and clapped her hand to her mouth. Little things, like the Marvin the Martian figurine floating out into space, the floating tears, the barking like a dog; and big things, like the continuous shot that makes up the first several minutes of the film, the view through Bullock’s helmet, and the lovely musical score, combine to make a movie that is must, must, must see. I saw it in 3D and I’d like to see it again in 2D. Maybe I had messed up glasses or saw it on a messed up screen, but it seemed a little out of focus at times which hurt my eyes. Despite that, it was beautiful to behold.

    My mom asked me afterwards if I still wanted to go to space after seeing the movie and the answer is a definite and resounding YES. I would go in a heartbeat even if I knew ahead of time that I wasn’t going to make it home. Because “either way, it’ll be a hell of a ride.”

    5 out of 5 Sci-Fives!

  • HNG Podcast #7

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    We make faces. It’s what we do.

    Yay! It’s time for another exciting HNG podcast!

    This week Darcy and I discuss the new TV show Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Darcy finishing up season 3 of Game of Thrones, and the upcoming movie Diani & Devine Meet The Apocalypse and the “apocatip” I did as a promotional piece.

    Filming my “apocatip” (photo by magician Christian Cagigal)

    Plus, I give a little insight into what it’s like to be a hot nerd girl. And, as always, there’s lots of fun random stuff throughout.

    Thanks for listening and enjoy!

  • HNG Podcast #6

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    What up, y’all! Sorry I’ve been a bit MIA. I seem to have very little free time these days. Soooooooper lame. I’ve got a few posts in the works though so expect some more activity very soon. In the meantime, Darcy and I managed to find some time for a podcast earlier this week and Hayden aka Geek Outlaw was kind enough to join us.

    We talked about Ben Affleck as the new Batman, Darcy’s first impression of Game of Thrones, hipster Spidey, Star Trek: Into Darkness, and some other random nerdy tangents. At one point I mention the “Honest Trailer” for Star Trek (2009) and I say that I’ll post the link so HERE YOU GO. Watch it and weep tears of hilarity.

    Big thanks to Darcy and first-timer Hayden. Hope you enjoy the podcast!

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  • HNG Podcast: Doctor Who Edition

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    Its official, we have a 12th Doctor! Peter Capaldi will be taking over the reigns from Matt Smith this Christmas and, while I’ll be so sad to see Matt go, I’m unbelievably excited to see what Peter will bring to the fish finger and custard-laden table. Darcy and I ended up talking about the Doctor Who ‘verse almost exclusively during this week’s podcast and we had A LOT of fun doing it. We also went into Torchwood quite a bit and speculated over the identity of the mysterious black actor who was offered and turned down (?!?!!) the role before it was offered to Peter Capaldi.

    Allons-y!

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    And don’t forget to pre-order a copy of Forging Freedom, the anthology I contributed a sci-fi story to. The Anthology is being released in September and I’m taking pre-orders for anyone who is interested in getting it for the special pre-sale price of $15 which includes shipping. I’ll only be taking pre-orders until August 17th. I’ll get the copies by September 13th and I’ll ship it to you immediately following (I’ll also sign it unless you specify not to). In late September the book will be available on Amazon and in stores.

  • HNG Podcast – 2013 Comic Con Part 2

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    In Part 2 of our San Diego Comic Con podcast we discuss the Friday, Saturday and Sunday Hall H panels: The Walking Dead; Game of Thrones; The Seventh Son; Godzilla; Warcraft; 300: Rise of an Empire; Gravity; Superman vs. Batman; I, Frankenstein; The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; The Wolverine; X-Men: Days of Future Past, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Supernatural, Breaking Bad, and Doctor Who. We also talked about how I felt when Nathan Fillion was momentarily 2 inches away from me, photo bombing a Doctor Who time crash, getting recognized by some followers, HNG and social media.

    For Part 1 of the Podcast, go HERE.

    Stay tuned for a post with tons of pictures from 2013 San Diego Comic Con!

  • HNG Podcast – 2013 Comic Con Part 1

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    I’ve been recovering from a gnarly Comic Con cold (stoopid germs) all week so I’m running a bit behind on my Comic Con wrap-up posts. Stay tuned for a post that’ll include pictures and more details on the panels, but in the meantime, Darcy and I recorded a podcast where I go through my entire Comic Con experience very, very quickly. Talking about 4 days worth of awesomeness in an hour is apparently too much for the blog to handle so we had to split it up into two posts.

    In Part 1 we discuss meeting Brent Spiner again, Thursday’s Sherlock, X-Files, and Brave New Warriors panels in Ballroom 20, and Friday’s The World’s End, Veronica Mars, and Kick-Ass 2/Riddick panels in Hall H.

    Check out Part 2 of the podcast coming right atcha!

  • San Diego Comic Con 2013 Thursday Shenanigans

    It’s Day One of San Diego Comic Con 2013 and somehow I always manage to forget just HOW insane it is. So. Many. People. It’s always super stressful but it’s also so much fun.

    I decided to dress like Han Solo and my nephew just happened to wear his Jedi costume so we were pretty much perfect together. It’s like we’re not just related but we’re psychically linked as well.

    After sitting into a crapload of traffic (thank God I picked up my badge on Wednesday night), I finally pulled into the hotel that will be my home for the next few days. I got there too late to join Geek Outlaw in the Ballroom 20 line but I managed to get into the Sherlock, X-Files 20th Anniversary, and Brave New Warriors panels. I spent the rest of the morning hanging out with my friend Brett at his booth (L-07) and my brother, sister-in-law and nephew. We also visited artists Lord Mesa and Patrick Ballesteros in row DD of Artists Alley.

    I’ll do a more in-depth wrap-up later but in the meantime, here are some of today’s highlights…

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    I’m off to camp out in the Hall H line! Stay tuned for more highlights tomorrow.

  • HNG Podcast: Pre-Comic Con Confab Conversation…thing.

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    Welcome to the 3rd HNG podcast!
    In this Pre-Com Con Con Con, Darcy and I discuss my plans for San Diego Comic Con including what costumes I’ll be wearing, what panels I’ll be camping out for, and what artists/booths I’ll be visiting. It’s a much briefer podcast, clocking in at approximately 24 minutes.

    We’ll do a wrap-up podcast next week once the madness is over.

    If you’re going to Comic Con and you see me, please be sure to say Hi! I will likely be dressed as:
    Thursday: Han Solo
    Friday: an HNG t-shirt
    Saturday: Captain Malcolm Reynolds
    Sunday: the 10th Doctor
    I will also be spending some time each day (exact time TBD – I’ll tweet it and put it on the facebook page whenever I’m there) at Booth L-07 where my extremely talented artist friend (and HNG logo designer) Brett DeWall has a booth. I’ll have calendars and stickers and pins and all kinds of fun stuff. So, y’all come on down now, ya hear?