Wow!
Today has been another great experience! Such a great opportunity that we have here at Denver Comic Con! So far the Con has done a great job of working with people and running a smooth show! The Con was absolutely packed today however due to the sheer size of the the convention center as well as layout of the Con, the amount of people never really felt overwhelming. The issues that we experienced today were completely unavoidable given the sheer number of people so Denver Comic Con, keep up the good work! Here is a picture of the amount of people that were stuck in the hallway after we walked out of the Micheal Colter and Finn Jones (Luke Cage and Iron Fist) panel.
Other than this incident and a similar situation when leaving the Millie Bobby Brown panel, there were no issues with crowds. I mean, I am blown away by how much room we have to walk around and look at vendors and artists. There is enough room to make sure that you can get your favorite cosplay pictures and also find that one thing you have waited all year to find, like an Eleven with Waffles and wig Chase Funko!
Being that we were able to get into the Con early again today, we were also able to get time with Rhiannon Owens. Rhiannon is a fantastic artist with whom Cav has known for a while. I will tell you, I was watching her complete a commission during this interview and I was blown away. The level of detail was amazing. The ability to blend incredibly subtle colors into the drawing that made the commission have depth was out of this world. One of the things that I enjoy when I am trying to relax is to watch people “ink” drawings as well as do handwriting so watching this process in person was relaxing and so very interesting! I just find it so impressive that people are able to do what they do with their hands, ink, and a pen. Rhiannon is well known for doing specialty insert cards known as “sketch cards”. These cards are special inserts into boxes that you can be lucky enough to find! It was great to listen to her stories about weird requests and her stories about being an artist and making it all work and come together!
Finally we were able to get to spend some time with Millie Bobby Brown panel. It was another great opportunity that we had to have media passes that allowed us to record some great audio and video of the panel. Millie very much a 13 year old young lady and as such, brings the kid out of the audience. She told fantastic stories about how she came to portray Eleven in Netflix’s Stranger Things and how much fun she has being the mastermind of the pranks that happen during filming. She gave us insight on her personal enjoyment when she is not being a professional actor. During the entire panel, Millie was entertaining and lively and truly brought the fun-loving 13 year old out of us all. It was an experience that I will not forget!