Hi everyone! Here’s a short post with some photos from my trip to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo last month. The expo took place on Saturday April 24th and Sunday April 25 but I only went on the Saturday. When we first got there, we were a bit overwhelmed by the huge line-up! So much for getting the advanced tickets, it seemed a little pointless since we had to line up anyways in a line that seemed to go on for days. It was a bit of an annoying process but it wasn’t too bad once we got inside. The exhibition area was slightly crowded but it was what you can expect at an expo!
There were tons of people dressed up! I’m not very sure what’s going on here but the girl was some kind of slave zombie Princess Leia. Interesting..
Stormtroopers are inevitable at every con.
Furries are also inevitable, but I just don’t understand them..
I saw some very nice Street Fighter cosplays while I was there. Here’s a Juri on the left and M. Bison on the right! At the expo, they had a copy of Super Street Fighter IV available to play a few days before it’s official release. Artists from UDON Entertainment were featured guests too and they had lots of Street Fighter artwork and books!
Here’s an artwork that I saw for sale from one of the UDON artists, Omar Dogan. It’s Ibuki from Street Fighter but she was drawn wearing a Lolita outfit! I love it so much and really wish I got it when I saw it. If I had gone again on Sunday I would have but I didn’t end up going, ah well~
A remote controlled R2D2 that a lot of people were taking pictures with. It moved and made sounds which was pretty neat.
Me in my Pikachu outfit with artist Camilla d’Errico. I was surprised that she was at the expo, I’ve been fan of hers for a while and I had no idea she was going to be there. I was happy to meet her and made sure I bought something at her booth while I was there!
Here’s what I bought while at the expo:
A wallet from Camilla d’Errico. The rainbow zipper is my favourite part!
A vinyl toy of my favourite Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascot, Quatchi! I didn’t get this expo though, I had it before and brought it to be signed since I heard the artists (meomi) were going to be there!
Here’s my signed toy!
I also bought a print from meomi that looks like this! Very cute!
That’s about it from the expo! Thanks for reading! :)
woot! nice coverage! Looks like you had a lot of fun. We had our comicon here as well but I didn’t get to go. :( Glad you went though!
I really disliked last year’s con. So much so that I don’t think I’ll be going back again unless I can somehow exploit it for money. :P