Since the convention center is already packed with booths
and displays, there are many large interactive displays set up in the Gaslamp
district. This is very convenient for the attendees as it’s across the street
and next to a lot of restaurants that my fellow nerds eat at every day.
Between the convention center and the Hard Rock Hotel, is an
island of concrete for the trolley stop. The area is large enough to contain some of
the convention overflow displays. At the
Midnight Texas display, there was a cast signing for the new TV series. I must
admit this was a surprise and as far as I know really under-publicized. This makes me wonder how many more events outside
the convention center occur that I never hear about and miss each year.
A buddy of my SDCC friend clued us into this. I got in line
about 90 minutes early. The signing for Midnight, Texas overlapped the time for
The Originals signing. Thankfully The Wife was flexible and attended that
signing for me. The sun was brutal but I had my foldup stool and a neckerchief
soaked in water which I wore on my head.
The people around me were nice and friendly. A rarity. I even let the
mom use my stool for a while.
The studio didn’t provide posters. They handed out copies of
Charlaine Harris’s book which inspired this TV series. Getting a book is different and I kind of
like the idea. Having the cast sign the book is slightly unstable. With 9 people signing, the title page can get
crowded. I did see that other people used the promotional bags to have the cast
sign. That was a good idea as it had the 8 actors displayed on the bag.
While I know some of the actors from other roles, I didn’t
recognize most. However, I did recognize Peter Mensah from Spartacus. As I told him I really enjoyed Spartacus, he bowed
his head in acknowledgement and said this show was very different. Yeah, I would
imagine. Not too many vampires in Rome.
As I stood in front of Charlaine Harris, I mentioned I got
her signature at a book store in Plano, TX. She smiled and told me that was a while
ago. Then I followed up that it was before True Blood. I got a bigger smile,
and ‘oh, that was ages ago’.
Arielle Kebbel (top left), Dylan Bruce (top center), PeterMensah (top center 2nd row), Jason Lewis (middle right), Parisa Fitz-Henley
(middle left), Charlaine Harris (middle center), Yul Vazquez (beneath Harris),
Francois Arnaud (lower left), Sarah Ramos (lower right)
AH
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