Comikaze Expo

On Saturday we went to the Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles.  For those that don't know (and to quote their website), Comikaze is "Los Angeles' first and only large-scale, multi-media pop culture convention. We are the Comic Con of LA ."  Click HERE to go to their website if you'd like to know more.  Kylie dressed up in her Halloween costume and went as Ramona Flowers.  Collin decided his costume (Predator) was too uncomfortable and bulky to wear all day long at a convention.  Kylie got stopped by strangers all day who wanted to take their picture with her, which we all thought was pretty fun.  We knew she'd get WAY more people who knew who she was there of course.  I jokingly told her she was getting to hang with her peeps (aka fellow nerds).  LOL!  :)

The main draw of this convention for the kids was Stan Lee.  If you don't know who that is, click HERE to read some more info about him.  If you just want the short version here, I'll quote his wikipedia, "he co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor and many others."  He's also the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.  This photo below was the highlight and made their day:

We also got a picture of Stan as he was walking in to the photo area:

Of course, they saw many other attendees who had cool costumes.  We stopped some of them for photos so I'll include those below:

Ok, now for something *I* thought was exciting.  We got to see Dana Barron (aka the original Audrey from the movie Vacation)!!!!!  My only regret is that I didn't stop to get an autograph and talk to her.   (You had to pay for her autograph though, and what would I do with it?  LOL!)  I DID get a photo of her as we walked by though.  She looks GREAT!

She's making a weird face in this next one, but you can see her better:

I also saw and got quick photos of Angie Everhart (who looked great also and was super nice!), Butch Patrick (aka Eddie Munster), Pat Kilbane (an actor from Mad TV) and a blurry Erica Eleniak (known for being in Baywatch, but she wasn't looking so great so it's good she was blurry I guess...haha!)  I'll include those photos below:

Angie Everhart

Butch Patrick (aka Eddie Munster)

Pat Kilbane

Erika Eleniak (known for Baywatch)

All in all it was a great day.  Our only regret was not seeing Mark Hamill.  He was there, but he'd been added in at the last minute so we didn't have a schedule for him or know where to find him until it was too late.  Tim was VERY bummed.  That's the one picture he'd have wanted to be in for sure.  We'll find Mark again...at another convention someday.  We're hooked!  :)