feel about astrology or psychic phenomena, all you need do is witness brother Campbell at work once, and you come away a believer. (
www.theastrologystore.com) It was great fun. Huge thanks to Dave and Ray for having me, and Eric for setting it up. You may say, “What does psychics and
astrology have to do with Comicon?” Well, see, I KNEWyou were thinking that. Natch. After the program, we walked down the
street to a place called Cuff (
cuffdowntown.com) for a glass of wine and a light, late dinner. I chose the Mixed Green Salad with peach vinaigrette, goat cheese and candied pecans. Cuff also offers various burg- ers, shrimp & grits, smoked brisket, appetiz- ers and more. It was almost closing time when we sauntered in, but they were really nice and served us just as they would at the beginning of the day. Good food, nice folks. After a rather restful night, we headed
back to the convention center for Saturday, Day 3. While Eric went over to deliver some comics to the comic grading folks, I went up- stairs to the author signing area on a mission to meet Alan Dean Foster. After standing in line for 45 minutes and enjoying a nice con- versation with a young hippie-chick, I stepped up to speak to Alan. Because I could- n’t find a copy of Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, I purchased the hardback novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens that he wrote. Eric showed up just in time to snap my photo with Foster, who was very friendly and spoke with me for a while about writing and also about how Splinter almost became the second Star Wars film. Interesting. While I was in Foster’s line, I looked
over at Timothy Zahn’s booth (another great Star Wars author) just in time to see a man leading a group of about 12 storm troopers, along with Darth Vader. The man spoke loudly, “Make way! The Empire is coming through!” It was pretty fun. At least they cap- tured everyone’s attention. They joined Zahn behind the table for a photo op as everyone
I was thrilled to meet the great sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster. (Eric Wenzel Photo)
with a cell phone started snapping picture. You would have thought the real Darth Vader had walked in. Well, this guy was as close as it gets, very tall like Dave Prowse and in a highly-detailed costume. Around the same time, I spotted
Princess Leigh across the room with several storm troopers. Her face was covered in a blue cloth. My best guess is she was playing Leigh at the end of Rouge One, where a young Leigh was created with cgi over a blue screen. The funny part is, they were posing for photos of Leigh taking on all of the Troopers. Since the cosplay rule allowed for no prop weapons, the troopers carried freshly baked baguettes like rifles and Leigh was holding them off with a banana. Funny. Returning to the artists’ area, we spoke
with comic artist Shelby Robertson, and I picked up signed prints of Harley Quinn, the Joker and others. Shelby is another nice guy. It was time for our photo op with a true leg- end, Dick Van Dyke. While, as previously
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