ComicCon POST OF DOOM, PART 2, SAT - SUN

[aimeekitty]

SATURDAY:::::

Today I dressed up like Kaylee from Firefly. I forgot to get AJ to draw the chinese characters on my overalls, but other than that it was a fun costume! Very comfy. Which is what Saturday needs to be.

and actually... at one point during the day, this nice woman asked me for directions while I was at my booth. Well, I stood up and tried to show her my SDCC map to help her out... and she realized I was cosplaying Kaylee. "Hey, you're that's a Kaylee costume!" "Yup! I love Firefly!" "Wow, I was the writer on the Shindig episode! How cool! Anyway, thanks for the map!"
(she was Jane Espenson! She worked on Buffy and Caprica, too!)


I went over to the BBC booth first thing to try to get a Doctor Who bag for AJ and Judy, but instead of handing out bags, they were handing out tickets for the Russell T Davies signing. (RTD is the Head Writer and Executive Producer of Doctor Who since it returned to the BBC in 2005... he's basically the main reason that Doctor Who got revived)... I couldn't turn that down!

sooooo I waited around. The line was near the "Feed your fear" booth. If you know me well at all, you know I'm really scared of gross horror movies. So this was kinda a crappy place for me to have to wait in line. (I have a really overactive imagination at times and get nightmares easily). However, it was amusing to see Wonder Woman getting her fear on.


RTD,... He's just as adorable as he is in the commentaries. What a lovely man.
I got a quick ninja picture with him.


This is the print I bought from Barrowman (and got signed) last year. I figured it was perfect to get signed from RTD, too, since it was both Doctor Who and Torchwood (his two shows). Now if only I could get Tennant to sign it!
I usually don't really care about getting signatures... but... man, I just really love Doctor Who, what can I say.


And here's AJ and Marcus in their Battlestar Galactica.
(Mitch and I are still getting caught up with that.. we're to the "Water" episode...)


We love John Barrowman THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS Much.


Later in the day some Futurama cosplayers stopped by our booth (since we all worked/work on it) We got a pic with them. :D


I do apologize,... due to the lack of sleep from a couple days, Sat afternoon and evening, I was just EXHAUSTED. I tried to be "yay", but I almost fell asleep at my booth, so ... yeah... haha....
Please forgive me.

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The next day (SUNDAY) Mitch and I got up super early and got into our Doctor Who costumes. I was doing my Rose Tyler Series 2 Doomsday variant (so happy to find this jacket!) I'll do a super angsty shoot with it later. Ha ha.
Mitch has a new outer coat. :) He had a lot of fun walking around with the coat foofing behind him.

Here's Mitch and I at the Funimation Booth
Photo by Oscar.


Us with Oscar <3 <3
Photo by Oscar.


This is a super cute Donna we saw (kagomechan)
DONNA FOREVER.


RE: The Doctor Who panel,... I'm not going to bother trying to transcribe what they said... but if you scroll down a bit you can see some pretty detailed accounts. :)

One thing that struck me though is that it seems like the folks making Doctor Who aren't really aware of how popular they are in the USA. RTD said that he was having the time of his life, which is so touching. They really wanted to make a great Doctor Who and bring it back... and they did, and now it's HUGE in UK and then they come to SDCC to a room of thousands of squealing USA fans, too. It must feel great. Rock, on, Doctor Who.

Various photos from the Doctor Who Panel:


RTD's squee face is so cute.








"The great thing about Doctor Who is that it keeps GOING ON!"
(implying that it keeps remaking itself, and that after Tennant leaves, we'll get a new great Doctor Who)


Thanking the fans for supporting Doctor Who and helping make it more popular in the US


Tennant running back and forth across the stage to get the crowd to wave
Photo by Oscar.


some transcripts of what was said in the Doctor Who and Torchwood Panels via the Guardian

io9's interview with Tennant at SDCC regarding some minor spoilers for his final epiosdes and why the Doctor is "So Sorry".

BBC's post, BBC's spoiler post.
digitalspy coverage

RTD interview from A.V. Club

UK IGN interview with Tennant, Lyn and Julie at SDCC

Photos at David Tennant.com from SDCC

... and well, I suppose I should say it... Tennant is my Doctor. His combination of geekiness, physical acting, manic and angst is just so much what I like. I'm very sad to see him go, even though I'm excited to see what comes next with Moffat and Smith... and I'm excited to see what Tennant does next. I'm really grateful that RTD, Julie and Tennant were able to come out to SDCC this year, right before we're going to see their last episodes. They're all moving on to different projects now, and who knows when we'll see them again, eh? I'm glad the fans were able to make them feel loved for the show they gave us.

Like a BIG SAP, I'm going to repost the image I drew a couple months ago. Bye, Doctor! You were BRILLIANT!


After Doctor Who, I had to go back to the booth to man it for a bit, and really... well... I'd really sold out of most of my stuff on Friday, so I packed up a bit early and headed out.

Again, those of you who bought my stuff, came by to say hi, or hung out with me, etc... THANKYOU. I had a really great time.
If you caught me when I was tired, I apologize. Inherently I'm kinda a shy person, (even though it doesn't seem like it sometimes. ha ha...) so talking to people nonstop for 5 days is a little difficult for me. Most of the time I'm fine, but I get tired sometimes. :) It's totally worth it though cuase ya'll are awesome.
SDCC, I love you. I'll be back next year with bells on.

Comments

[kagomechan.livejournal.com]

Omg Kaylee yay! <3 Looks like you had an awesome time.

YAY DONNA! Also I just have to say I love your Doctor Who costumes and art. (If you ever put your art in a book I'd totally buy it) It was fun hanging out in line with you all. ^_^

[smileysquid.livejournal.com]

ooh wow! that fear thing looks scary! so its like a virtual thing of you dying or something??

ive never seen a futurama cosplay before.. cool!

you look nice in your cosplays. i like looking at all the different wigs you wear, hehe

[persoconchii.livejournal.com]

wow! That is one special Captain Jack autograph!
*is totally jealous*

[shionthekid.livejournal.com]

Kaylee cosplay (and meeting Jane Espenson!!) rocks &hearts Great Doomsday!Rose as well (that jacket is wicked cool).

You will have to stalk Tennant down and get him to sign that, somehow (maybe he will be in The Hobbit and will come back to another ComicCon?)

Futurama cosplayers :D

[etherealtb.livejournal.com]

Can you translate what Barrowman wrote? I *think* I got it, but not 100% sure.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

Mitch, You look even hotter than last year, Cut! Cut! Cut! Hot! Hot! Hot! Love, John Barrowman, Captain Jack

[etherealtb.livejournal.com]

LOL! That's cute! Hold tight onto your hubby around John, Aimee!

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

naaa, it's all meant in good fun. We love Mr. Barrowman. <3 <3

[etherealtb.livejournal.com]

I know, I was just kidding! But nice to know that your hubby is that cute, isn't it?

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

yup :)

[mamamantras.livejournal.com]

You're only up to WATER? Girl, you've got to get with it. I swear, we're going to have to revoke some Sci Fi Geek points or something.

I really loved BSG when it started up, but the last two seasons kept on hammering the same point and it was clear to me that they didn't know exactly where they were going with the story. I know, I'm the lone voice in the wilderness but I'm okay with that.

[unravelingsky.livejournal.com]

whoaaa you look so much like kaylee!!! love it!

omfgggggg you know, every day i think about how i missed david tennant at comic con and i get super sad =( he will always be my doctor too. SUCH A GREAT ACTOR ♥ but it's true, i'm sure that smith will probably wow me and i'll fall in love with him too. seems like david was saying that he was always praised as an actor so i'm excited!!! i'm glad the doctor who premiered on bbc america finally!!!

[april-art.livejournal.com]

Great report!

And thanks for doing such a nice sketch in the book I bought from you!

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

naa, I had to wait to watch it with mitch and I had to catch him up to Doctor Who first (cause I knew he'd love BSG.)

So I've actually seen the eps up to Water twice now. *_*

[theangrystar.livejournal.com]

I loved the Dr. Who panel. It was by far the most enjoyable panel I went to-- everyone was just so happy to be there, on both ends, and it was cute to see them get all excited over their fans.

He's my doctor too. He's amazing. :)