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Awesome Con 2026!!

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March 13-15, 2026

Awesomecon Day 1!

It’s Awesome Con time again! I was a bit stressed about today, but it all went well! Tomorrow will certainly be a lot more crazy. 

I headed straight for Misha Colins (Cas on Supernatural)’s table to meet him. I showed him the show finale shirt which he recognized and the crew-made book for him to sign which he also recognized. I also got him to sign something for my wonderful friend Chey, who couldn’t make it here this year. ^__^ he was lovely! Though I was so caught up in things that I completely forgot to like talk to him properly! XD

Last night I realized that there were 2 power Rangers actors who I didn’t know were at the con this year again. I knew about two beforehand. The two I hadn’t known about were two if met last year on the Sunday, so I didn’t have anything to be signed. I met Steve Cardenas (the second Mighty Morphin Red Ranger/Blue Zeo Ranger, Rocky) and I mentioned last year. He was happy that I was able to see them again this year. I got him to sign the item I brought and then we waited for Karan Ashley (the second Yellow Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, Aisha) so we could have a photo with the three of us. I also mentioned to her about meeting her a few years ago and she remembered the event. It was nice talking to them. He also mentioned that there were two Wild Force Rangers here too. So now I had more people to meet! 

I got to meet Cathrine Sutherland (the second Pink Mighty Morphin Power Ranger/Pink Xeo Ranger/first Pink Turbo Ranger, Kat) and Nakia Burrise (the Yellow Zeo Ranger/first Yellow Turbo Ranger, Tanya). I told them that I really enjoyed both Zeo and Turbo. Nakia asked about the power coin case I had for Kat to sign. I told her about the 20th anniversary set that it’s from. We took a photo together and then a silly photo at Nakia’s request. And I thanked them both for all their work back then, now and in the future. They were lovely!

Next was my Adam Savage (Mythbusters) photo-op! It was short and sweet of course. But I’d see him later anyway. 

Next I headed straight to the table with the Wild Force Ranger actors at it. I met Phillip Andrew (the Lunar Wolf Wild Force Ranger, Merrick) and Jack Guzman (the Black Wild Force Ranger, Danny), got a photo with them! I told them both that I loved Wild Force and that Zen-Aku is still my favorite villain character design of all the Power Rangers franchise and that I loved seeing Danny as a ranger’s name on-screen. 

Next was a big one, I got to finally meet Carol Ann Ford (The Doctor’s granddaughter from Doctor Who and one of the first companions, Susan)!! Got her to sign the DW book. Told her about meeting William Russell in 2018 when she had gotten sick and couldn’t make the convention. I thanked her for her time as Susan and being part of my favorite fandom. She was happy to hear that and she also noticed my marvel jacket and liked it. 

After that, i got in line for Adam Savage’s autograph. I told him how much I loved Mythbusters. I told him that I wished for a Mythbusters complete series box set at some point. He was like I can’t believe there isn’t one! But, he told me that all the eps are on various streaming services. I also mentioned that I met Grant Imahara here in 2015 and it was such a good conversation about BB-8. He said that some other people had mentioned meeting him back then and it was lovely. 

Next was another photo-op, the Supernatural team-up. Misha and Jim enjoyed the Funkos of their characters that I brought for the photo. Misha took the Bobby one to hold, and so Jim took the Cas one and said he got the pretty one. The photo is fun!

I went to meet Sylvester McCoy (the 7th Doctor/Radagast, the Brown) again. I got him to sign the LOTR wooden map that I got last year. He loved the map! I also mentioned that I met him in 2017.

After sitting down for a while, I got in line for my Carol Anne Ford photo-op. She liked my shirt of the First Doctor. 

I finally got to meet Jim Beavers (beyond the phot-op). I told him how much I love his character of Bobby and that I was really excited for him to be here. He appreciated it. He signed my two items (one for me and one for Cheyenne) but he accidentally signed the wrong name on the one for me, so he went back and corrected it and then added an Igit quote, which was funny. 

I was going to leave but then I went to chat with AJ Locasio about his voice of Marrok on the upcoming Darth Maul show and Gambit in the X-Men 97 animated series. He was lovely! I will have to meet him again for a couple of his other voice-work.

Then I just waited to get picked up to head home. 

8:30 – Home. 

Day one was a great day that was less stressful than I anticipated, which is always nice. Every time I go to a convention and it’s been a few months, it takes a bit to get back into the groove of things. This one wasn’t bad at all. Tomorrow will probably be a bit more harsh. We’ll see! Till then! 

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AwesomeCon Day 2!! 

Today was rough! Could have gone worse, but a couple slip-ups threw things off! But it was still fun!  Longer day than yesterday but I did fewer things. 

9:34-12:15 – in line for Nathan Fillion. I wore my Firefly shirt to meet him, but I got signed something related to Guy Gardner. I told him that I enjoyed his portrayal of Guy. And of course Malcolm Reynolds. This was anticipated as one of the longest waits and that was correct, but not actually the longest! 

I also had a livestream that I normally watch on most weekends for a few hours. I managed to watch it while in all the lines! 

12:23-3:55- In line for Alan Tudyk’s  autograph. But he didn’t show up in time for me because of all the photo-ops and I had a photo-op to get to at 4. This was the largest waste of time. I should have gone to the smaller lines first and save him for after my photo-op. Ugh. This is what cost me later on. 

I also had Community Day in Pokémon Go from 2-5. So I also did that while in line while watching the livestream, haha. 

3:57-4:12 – I left that line and got in line for (4:00) Morena Baccarin  photo-op. It was quick of course. 

4:15-6:20 – in line for Summer Glau. I mentioned seeing her here before and not being able to get to the table. I had her sign for a role she did on Arrow. This was another crazy unexpected wait. She was supposed to return at 4:30 ish, but she got back closer to 5, and then she takes a while to get through people, which I don’t mind because I love when I get to chat with the people I get to meet. I just didn’t expect the wait when the exhibit hall closed at 7. 

6:21-6:24 – I saw that the table was empty and I got in line for Gina Torres. I got her to sign something for her work as Vixen in the old DC Animated Universe (i.e. Justice League and Justice League Unlimited). I hadn’t realized that she voiced her till I was preordering these autographs. She was lovely and loved the poster showing the characters from those shows. 

6:24-6:33 – in line for autograph from Morena Baccarin. As with Fillion, I had her sign things for a few other roles than her Firefly one. All posters. I didn’t really get to tell her how much I have enjoyed all those roles that she’s been in since I was rushing having her sign 3 posters and a photo print. But she liked seeing the unique posters I had. It was still a nice meeting. Maybe one day I’ll meet her again and get to chat for a bit.  

I did try, but, they’d called the line for the Saturday-only attendees, which makes sense. But I’m sad that I couldn’t meet Alan Tudyk today because time ran out. Pushing that to tomorrow. Which means that I have to bring the huge case again!! >__< I was looking forward to not needing it! Oh well! 

7:50 – Home.

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AwesomeCon Day 3!!! 

First thing I did today was get the Awesome con shirt of the year. I forgot again that it doesn’t come with the badge anymore. 

Next I stopped by a pin maker that I follow online and said hi. 

Next I chatted with Tyler Labine (the voice of Hunk on the Voltron: Legendary Defender animated series, Iggy on New Amsterdam and other things which I’d not seen). I told him that I watched New Amsterdam with my parents and loved it and enjoyed his character. And then we talked about Voltron and streaming and the trend of people wanting physical media again after studios have been gatekeeping IP. He told me that Voltron LD was getting a complete series box set this month! I told him I’d return to get an autograph later on. 

Next was my photo-op with George Takei! Since I have no Star Trek shirts, I went with a Futurama shirt I had. 

I went back to the table to get the autograph from Tyler after I exchanged an accidental autograph ticket. 

I did attempt to meet Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Slade on the Teen Titans animated series, and many other things) but he only took cash, so I couldn’t get any of my items signed. I don’t like taking cash out unless I planned to beforehand. And also, they wouldn’t let me even say hi. Ugh. That last part was the most frustrating thing. Why not?? Charge me a dollar to say hi, just let me say hi. I had a bunch of stuff I wanted to say to him but I guess I’ll have to wait for another time that he’s a guest and remember the bring cash. 

Next was the big photo-op with 7 members of the Firefly cast!! This was a quick in-and-out but it’s a nice photo. 

My photo-op for Alan Tudyk (SO many movies and shows, some being K2-SO in the Star Wars universe, Steve the pirate in Dodgeball, Kelex in Superman, Mr. Nobody in Doom Patrol, Sonny in iRobot etc.) was next! I told him I was wearing a Danny, The Street from Doom Patrol shirt and he was like woah, that’s great! 

Next I met Alessandro Juliani (Dr. Emil Hamilton on Smallville, Dr. Cerberus in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and various other voices and acting roles like in Death Note and Battlestar Galactica). I told him that I enjoy his various roles but I first saw him in Smallville as Dr. Hamilton. 

I stopped by my pin friend again to get some pins and chat!

Then was my photo-op for Tyler Labine. 

Following that was my photo-op for Alessandro Juliani! He loved that I was wearing a Talkville (Michael Rosenbaum and Tom Welling’s Smallville recap podcast) shirt, He said that he hoped to be on the podcast at some point. 

My last photo-op was for Ron Perlman! I said I was wearing this Batman the animated series shirt to stand-in for Clayface, a role which he did great on. 

My penultimate autograph was for George Takei! I got a signing from him for his role as a warden in the Fire Nation prison from the season 1 episode “Imprisoned”on Avatar the Last Airbender. 

My final task was for Alan Tudyk’s autograph I used my skip-the-line slot for photo-ops for this. I’m very glad that I saved it since that line would have taken over an hour probably. I got things signed from him for his roles as K2-SO, Mr. Nobody, and Kelex. I told him that I’ve admired him for years and I always enjoy all his roles, like his recent one on Resident Alien. 

Finally, I got some soda from Wild Bills and went to chat with my pin friend for an hour. 

6:25 – Home.  

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This was a fun and stressful AwesomeCon! I always love meeting the celebs but also seeing the artists and other genders. This year kept me so busy that I didn’t really see the artist alley floor, perhaps next year I’ll be able to. Next year’s is in April! 

Completed Variant Sets 33 — March 1, 2026

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Alan Quah did such an amazing job with this design! And as usual, I’m sad that they don’t connect properly. These were all overlapped. But the designs are just so detailed! I love them!

The overlap wasn’t huge, but still frustrating. But they look good like this, mostly.

Taurin Clarke with the Black History Month set. Now, this, I don’t understand. Why on earth are the shades of colors different between issues? How is that not a QC problem? The images were drawn as one image, why would you allow this kind of color difference for mass production? I assume time is the reason and QC didn’t have much or any time.

I think there wasn’t much overlap, but the color difference was far too distracting. But they all look amazing next to each other!

I do enjoy when Doctor Who does photo variants for its comics. It’s a nice way to get some promo photos!

These covers were so wonderful to see! Even though apparently most of these battles don’t happen in the story, but they look so good on these covers! I watched the 80’s/90’s’s TMNT cartoon and then the 2003 one mainly. I’ve watched a bit of some of the other ones and the movies too. I haven’t read any of the classic comics though.

The first issue of this also had a similar team vs team design, but it was the villains of the story on the right, and I just wanted to see the turtle teams. The first cover here is by Dan Schoening and Louie Joyce showing the first live-action turtles vs the most recent Mutant Mayhem turtles. The next variant is by Andy Suriano and Jim Lawson showing turtles from the first comic run vs the Rise of the TMNT’s animated series. The next one is by Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado, Ken Mitchroney and Heather Breckel showing the 1987 cartoon turtles vs the Saturday morning adventures comic turtles. The final cover is by Ciro Nieli and Luis Antonio Delgado showing the 2003 animated series turtles vs the present day comic turtles.

Love these Inhyuk Lee variants! I thought there were more of these covers but nope, just three.

I kind of wish that the yellow design in the background connected somehow. But they look great!

After this sorting, I added 3 boxes. So we’re at 112!

February 25, 2026

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We got a one-shot New DC History special focusing on the Dakota Incident. Hal popped the question? Harley had romantic troubles. DC KO is almost over. Ursula from The Little Mermaid, got a title. The next bunch of mutant titles dropped. Punisher started a new run. The Death Spiral event in Spidey and Venom books got started. And Star Wars Insider celebrated the 10th anniversary of Rogue One. Also, it’s INSANE that the plot of Inglorious X-Force centers around Kamala Khan and she’s on one single variant cover of this run so far. It’s insulting to Ms. Marvel, frankly.

Diego Olortegul did the main cover for this issue, of course I liked it because it was similar to the other NHotDCU covers from a few months ago. And the variant is an homage cover by Yasmine Putri giving tribute to the classic cover of 52 #1 (2006).

Taurin Clarke did John Stewart good!

The next Nakayama variant and Inhyuk Lee variant.

John Giang did an amazing job with this variant!

Doomsday is back on this main cover. And the other is a connecting cover by Guillem March.

Mirka Andolfo did the main cover for this, and it looks great! And so does this variant by Shatoki Shiki.

InHyuk Lee doing another great job on this variant. And the main cover of this Hulk issue is by Nic Klein.

The next Psylocke covers! The main cover by Derrick Chew. The next stunning variant is by Joshua Swaby. InHyuk Lee putting out another variant with that next one. And Rickie Yagawa giving us a nice one at the end.

The next covers for Sorcerer Supreme. The main by Leirix of course. The first variant is by Dauterman. And the last one is the next Red Block variant.

Love this Momoko variant for Wiccan.

This variant is by ACO. And this X-Force variant is by Ian Churchill.

This is a Rogue One decade anniversary variant for Star Wars Insider

February 18, 2026

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We met Absolute Poison Ivy! This team of Titans changes next issue. We got the last Doctor Who comic of this run. Daredevil and Jeff hung out. X-Men 25 is the epilogue of the Age of Revelation. Morbius dropped by Jubilee. Laura and Gabby got a new title together. Ultimate Spider-Man ended this run. We got a new title with Deadly Hands of K’un-Lun. And Black Panther got a 60th anniversary special.

A fun Nightwing variant by Dave Johnson! A cute Gurihiru main cover! Phil Noto gave us this Knull variant.

X-Men 25 variants. The next Red Block variant. A great Vecchio variant of Magik. And a fantastic Phoenix variant by Dotemu and Tribute Games.

Delio Diaz did an amazing job with this cover! I thought this was Taurin Clarke art at first.

Skottie Young did this split variant. And JeeHyung Lee did this gorgeous variant of Laura.

I don’t think I have any Joe Jusko covers, but either way, this is a great cover! I actually thought that this was somehow a vertical gatefold cover? The way the preview image was uploaded was very long-looking. And here’s Jonny(!) on this Red Block from Nakayama.

This Bermejo cover is intense and amazing! I’m not sure if any cover has had this moment from Peter’s life, but it’s so well drawn and colored! And the next Red Block.

The next Sai covers. Momoko is the main of course. And I totally forgot that this second cover was a Gurihiru one. And I don’t think I’ve seen a Natacha Bustos in a while.

Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding doing a great job with Red Hulk!

The final covers I chose for Ultimate Spider-Man. The main cover is by Marco Checchetto and colored by Matt Wilson. The Ultimate Finale variant is by Marcos Martín. And Elizabeth Torque did this photos variant colored by Jim Campbell II.

I thought this was a legacy cover. But it wasn’t. It’s a nice cover by Adam Kubert.

Matheus Manhanini did this fantastic main cover.

Completed Variant Sets 32 — February 15, 2026

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It’s one of those odd connecting variants which get release backwards. But these are great! Of course they’re by Peach Momoko. And of course they don’t connect properly. They both misalign and overlap. This could have been a great wraparound for the final issue!

These are the Bat-Gadgets variants from Jorge Jiménes!

I kind of would have loved if all these connected but in a weird way so they looked like a pile of things all next to each other. But these all look so good!

Still no new boxes, so still at 109.

February 11, 2026

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Kara’s love-life caused her strife. Clark returned to War World. C.O.R.T. ended. Sirens started a new Black Label title. DC KO continued. Hello Darkness gave us a one-shot. This Ultimate X-Men run ended with issue 24. Moon Knight got a new run and so did Deadpool and Cyclops. And Jar Jar Binks got his first ever comic title!

The next Supergirl variants. First by Elizabeth Torque and colored by Sabine Rich. Next by Amy Reeder. And the last one by Joe Quinones.

These are all such fantastic covers! The main cover (and interior art) is by Babs Tarr. The second is by the wonderful Sozomaika! And the last one is by the amazing Tula Lotay.

Nathan Szerdy did a great job with this Aquaman variant. Aaron Bartling gave us an intense Darksied variant. Stjepan Šejić did this cover for the Witchblade annual. And we got a spin-off one-shot from Hello Darkness.

Such gorgeous covers! The main cover is by Adam Hughes of course. Ivan Talavera did the second one and the third is by Kaare Andrews.

These are the final covers for Ultimate X-Men!

The final main cover.

This is a fantastic main cover for a new run of Moon Knight by Gist.

A couple Deadpool variants. Skottie Young and David Nakayama’s next Red Block variant.

A great variant by Hicham Habchi!

Taurin Clarke giving us Jar Jar on the main cover. Dave Wachter having Jar Jar and Kelleran Beq together in the first variant. And Taurin Clarke gave us an amazing Black History Month connecting variant.

February 4, 2026

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We got a Valentine’s special from DC. We got a big multiversal battle in Boss Battle where characters from oter Warner Brothers properties battled DC’s heroes as part of DC KO. Godzilla’s Marvel crossover continued with a new title called Godzilla: Infinity Roar. Gargoyles crossed-over with Darkwing Duck. Supernatural got a Valentine’s Day special. Planet of the Apes crossed-over with The Fantastic Four in a new miniseries. This Avengers run reached its 35th issue. Logan was dealing with Alpha Flight. Storm got a new miniseries. Magik and Colossus got a new miniseries. And we got a treasury edition reprinting of Superman and Spider-Man from 1981.

This fantastic Poison Ivy variant is by a new artist, for me, Chay Ruby. I love the colors and details. The Absolute Superman variant is by InHyuk Lee. Jorge Fornés did this great Batgirl variant.

These are the variants for the Valentine’s Day special.

This one is another of the side-by-side fighter video game variants by Juan Ferreyra.

This is an Andolfo variant of Livewire.

This is a very detailed variant by Yasmine Putri.

The main cover and two of the variants for this crossover issue.

The main cover is just so detailed with so many characters! Thank you Jamal Campbell!

Jeff Spokes gave us this wonderful foil variant!

The blank variant.

Knullified Godzilla! The first by Josemaria Casanovas and the second by Ryan Stegman.

The main cover and two variants. The first a blank of course, and the second is great one by Ivan Bigarella.

This Godzilla main cover is by Jonathan Uribe. The color and detailed scales on him looking amazing! And this homage variant is paying tribute to a classic Planet of the Apes poster, though I’m not sure which one it is. This is by Germán Peralta.

Here’s the next Dauterman connecting cover. And here’s the next Nakayama Red (Hulk) cover!

These Storm covers are amazing.

The main cover is just gorgeous. It’s by R.B. Silva and colored by David Curiel. And the variant is by Dike Ruan. I love the use of white space for Ororo’s hair.

February 2026 Late Issues

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Late variants for Capt 6, the new Psylocke issue and the new Iron Man issue.

When I first preordered this, I didn’t know what was on the cover, it just said it was an Agents of SHIELD variant. So, I hoped that it was something to do with the show or some characters or something. I also never checked back on the cover before I came in to buy my issues that week. Though, seeing it in person did have me liking it enough to keep. I love all the detail of the art. It’s by Delio Diaz.

These are the other Psylocke variants that I liked.

The first is a Skottie Young variant, the next foil cover is by Dike Ruan. It looks amazing! There’s a non-foil version of that cover but it’s a 1:25 incentive variant. And the third one is TCG variant by Juan Frigeri.

This foil variant is by Declan Shalvey. I love the look of this!

Data plans.

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Okay, it’s been 25 days since I posted last. I should have made 8 posts by now, but I literally came up to almost the data limit of the plan I’m paying for and couldn’t make a post since I was at 98% of my storage space. I just upgraded to the next higher plan, which is a huge jump in data and price. I really wish there were a smaller plan that wouldn’t cost as much, but after looking into a Wix blog as a sequel blog to this, I saw that they were $4 more expensive for the same data plan I just signed up for. So, I was like, oh well.

It took me 5 years to fill up 13GB. I have 50 worth of space now, so I’m guessing it’ll take me 15 years to fill that space up, or maybe a little less. We’ll see.

So I’m about to post 8 posts and tomorrow maybe one. And this is all before a convention which will be posting either daily for three days, or one post after it all on Sunday.