Geek.kon in Pictures
I apologize in advance for the motes of dust visible in some of these shots; the camera lens apparently was badly in need of cleaning.
Also odd in these photos is that my camera’s automatic configuration mode seems to have been driven slightly batty by the weird lighting in the Marriot (as were my eyes, actually). The flash went off constantly even in fairly bright rooms and it proved very hard to get some shots at all (more on that when I write up the SKAmbies thing later today).
Without further adieu, however, here are some of our best shots from Geek.kon 2010:
Here’s a view from our booth showing an enormous selection of anime plushies available at a nearby vendor. Plush toys are a big deal at anime cons, apparently; most vendors had at least a few. This wall was the most impressive at the convention however.
This is a good look at our booth once we had the banner set up. I think it captures the air of professionalism and approachability we strive for at ZRC public appearances, and Artistic and Technical Director Jenny Rowland, seen here, concurs.
More from the booth here; the movie playing on the laptop is AACTV2: Atomic Boogaloo, which the AAC folks were nice enough to allow us to make free copies of. We gave them away if people donated to Lynn Sage, whether by purchasing a shirt, poster, or just dropping some cash in the box. (A couple of copies also went to Dr. Cancer and the SKAmbies, for being such good role models. Well, the Zombies are. Dr. Cancer’s a mad scientist; they’re never good role models)
An additional photo of the booth, showing the wide variety of merch we have available. Well, HAD; the wristbands are now sold out, which is awesome really.
Steampunk was a big deal at this convention, and these people had the best costumes overall, I believe. Sorry again about the dust, visible here. Also, our normally red-eye proof camera again had a fit in the Vendor Hall. I think those overhead lights were fashioned by Satan.
An awesome Team Fortress 2 costume can be seen in this shot. Wow. That’s some dedication to detail.
It wouldn’t be an anime con without Pocky.
Some new signage we made at the convention.
A rare Zombie product seen at the show; however, it still manages to perpetrate the Zombies and Brains stereotyping we work so hard against.
Now this was a great White Mage costume, and as an added bonus I saw the young woman later attending the Zombie Ska show. An open-minded healer, even though White Mages are traditionally very hard on Zombies in the Final Fantasy universe.
You would not believe how popular Kingdom Hearts was at this convention. I honestly had no idea it was still kicking around to this degree. It was probably the most popular thing people cosplayed as this year.
Though for sheer-staying power, I guess you can’t beat Pokemon.
I wonder if they have Zombie Pokemon yet?
That’s it for me for now! Come back later today for a review of Zombies playing Ska, which is just cool by any standard.
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