• Vic DeLeon

*Sigh*, Emerald City Comicon has come and gone again. In case you missed it, here's our quick overview of some of the costumes, The Stranger Testing Department's gaming round-up, and our photographer's complete photo set of costumes and other stuff around the con.

Some vignettes from the weekend:

• Billy Dee Williams got inducted into "The Lando Society" by some adorable fans who were clearly having the best day of their lives. Mr. Williams gamely recited their oath which included promising to always wear a cool Lando 'stache. He was then presented with a cape like Lando's which he donned to the enthusiastic roar of the crowd. Well played, Billy Dee.

• Michael Rooker (Merle on The Walking Dead) didn't seem to like his interviewer very much, giving short, clipped answers to the point where the host asked, "Are you enjoying this interview?" Rooker laughed and said, "Aren't you getting the answers you want?"

• Overheard at the Christopher Lloyd panel, behind me, in a stage whisper: "Yeah I got a question: what panel are you gonna ruin next year, Danny Bonaduce?" (Bonaduce hosted the Geoge Takei panel last year, where he made an awkward joke about gays in the theater. This year he talked over a bewildered Christopher Lloyd for the first part of the panel. Both Takei and Lloyd were gracious and wonderful anyway, but having a personality as big as Bonaduce's competing for the stage might not be the best idea for a panel moderator.)

• The folks who create the Adventure Time and Fionna & Cake comics are sweet and funny and exactly the sort of people you would imagine would make the weird, hilarious awesomeness that is Adventure Time. (Ryan North, creator of "Dinosaur Comics," writes Adventure Time, and his sense of humor clearly shows.)

• On Saturday morning I attended the panel called "How to Talk to Geek Girls". Since the answer to that is obvious (Like we're people and fellow geeks!) I was skeptical. The unexpected delight was John Roderick of The Long Winters, who was both funny and offered some of the best advice, but most of the panel covered heart-breakingly basic ground (listen, bathe every day, respect personal space). I can't help but feel the whole thing is a little demeaning to everyone involved, straight men and women alike. (I guess LGBTQ geeks don't have this problem?)

• Vic DeLeon
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