ror Picture Show - Patricia Quinn (Magenta), Barry Bostwick (Brad) and Nell Campbell (Columbia). Barry Bostwick was truly funny during the Q & A, talking about his character and singing the praises of Miley Cyrus, whom he had recently worked with. I could listen to Patricia Quinn speak for
days. I find her fascinating, and her character was always my favorite female in RHPS. Which is why, when the photo-op came, I jumped in front of Eric to be beside Patricia. Even at the tender age of 71, she is still one sexy mama. One of the main celebrities I was looking
forward to meeting and listening to was Ron Perlman. Most recently he had rocked my mind as Clay Morrow on Sons of Anarchy, a show that ranks high among my Top Ten shows ever. Of course I loved his work in the Hellboymovies, Alien Resurrection, Beauty & The Beast, and recently in the TV series The Blacklist and his new Amazon series, Hand of God. Perlman opened his panel Q&A with: “I
want to say here at the beginning, if you have brought your little kids in here today, you have made a mistake. I don’t hold back.” This got a mixture of laughs and applause.
Among the questions posed by audience members was one regarding Sons of Anarchy. “I don’t ride. I find it funny that for six
years I played the President of this badass bike club, and I never got my Harley out of second gear. (Crowd laughs) I’d get to second and (does the “cut” hand signal), and they’d bring in the stunt man. So if you’re here thinking I’m a bike guy, I’m afraid I am here to disappoint you.” Perlman entertained the packed ballroom
with stories about Sons of Anarchy, Hellboy, his Dad, and much more. Later, Eric would use his “Fast Pass” to take us past hundreds of folks lined up to meet and get a photo with the actor. It was one of the highlights of the Comicon for me.
I knew I had heard the name Jim Steranko a
lot, so when I saw that he was about to have a panel discussion, I grabbed Eric and we went in. For a solid hour he kept me engaged. Ster- anko is one of the most controversial figures in pop culture, with a dozen successful ca- reers to his credit: author, illustrator, magi- cian, designer, musician, escape artist, historian. He is cited as one of the prime ar- chitects of Marvel Comics, for which he gen- erated 150 original storytelling innovations that changed the direction of the medium.
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I also got to hear most of Christopher
Lloyd’s panel, as he discussed his roles in Back to the Future, Taxi, The Addams Family and more. Later, Eric and I got to meet him and have a photo with him and the actual De- Lorean from the Back to the Future films. Pretty cool. During the convention we would also get to
meet and have photo op- with Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.); Vic Mignoga (Star Trek Con- tinues); and Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy in the Star Trek reboot, Almost Human). Too much fun.
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