let me tell you, done wrong, it is disastrous... but done right
Story #1
I have a nephew who met his now wife (an American) through an on-line fan
sight. Early in their courtship they were looking at photos from a comic-con
that she had attended. He mentioned that he had been at that same event. She
showed him a photo of herself standing in line to get an autograph from one of
the Archie illustrators and there was my nephew in the same line behind her.
Small world eh?
Well, they went to another event after they were engaged and the same
illustrator was there signing autographs. They told him the story and showed him
the photo and as a wedding present he agreed to create their wedding program
as an illustrated comic. It was fantastic, about eight pages long. Looked like a
real comic book. All the characters were members of the wedding party or
family.
Story #2
Many years ago I road my RC30 up to Oshawa to meet my oldest brother at a
cruise night. An acquaintance of ours happened to have stop at the same plaza
for a quick bite. He first saw and started speaking to my brother. When I walked
over to say high the first words out of his mouth were, “Why are you dressed up
like a clown, was there a parade? He wasn’t joking either. When I explained that
I was wearing my riding leathers he laughed long and hard asking, “You actually
go out in public looking like that, on purpose?” He just didn’t get it.
I thought I was rather dashing in my matching two tone blue, white with red
full protection along side my two tone blue white and red Honda.
Now if you want to see how some attendees dress for such conventions check
out this guys Flicker pages, all 170+ of ‘em.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32613560@N08/favorites/page1/?view=lg
They’re not all fan images, there are some very artful shots and some
action ones too. I’m not sure but I think he collects these photos from friends.
Sample
