Fairuza Balk Alamo City ComicCon 2018

You probably know Fairuza Balk from The Craft or The Waterboy. Both classics.  I’m partial to The Waterboy. While The Wife will hate to admit it, she has been known to laugh during this movie. The Wife shake her head is wonder but she will laugh.

I was excited Fairuza was at the show. I was excited she had a Waterboy photo.  She was always smiling and chatty.

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Masiela Lusha Alamo City ComicCon 2018

I’ll admit, I like the Sharknado movies. They are silly mindless B movies that do not take themselves seriously. I was amazed they go so much attention about being bad. Have people not watched the B movies from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s?  The Sharknado movies are no better or worse than those movies.

So I HAD to get Masiela Lusha when she was at this show. While she had a nice selection of photos, I liked this one best.

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Henry Thomas Alamo City ComicCon 2018

I got Henry Thomas to sign the ‘Elliott photo before I watched The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix. I think I would have had a tough decision about what to get signed. I really enjoyed Hill House. ET is so iconic. Maybe it is better that I didn’t see Hill House first. 

Again, another friendly actor.

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Steve Whitmire Alamo City ComicCon

Steve Whitmire is the current voice of Kermit the Frog. He was a nice guy. He chatted with fans and listened to people talk about Sesame Street and their memories about the show.

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Mary Gibbs Alamo City ComicCon 2018

Mary Gibbs is all grown up. She is a very pretty young lady.  Which means that monsters Inc was a long time ago. And that means I’m getting older with every passing second.

She was very friendly and talked about the night on the town the night before. She also mentioned she hoped to more time on San Antonio’s River Walk.

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Scott Weinger and Christopher Barnes Alamo City Comic Con 2018

As I accumulated more voice actors, I noticed the age of the fans in line change.  For Mickey and goofy, it was Dad’s with the very young ones.

For Scott Weinger (Aladdin) and Christopher Barnes (Little Mermaid), the lines were filled with women about 35 to 45 years old.  These were the little girls that grew up and had crushes on these characters. 

Yes, some of the women were gushing while finally meeting the object of their dreams. I’m not judging. I have blown it a few times. It’s still funny to see and I do smile.

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Bill Farmer and Bret Iwan Alamo City ComicCon 2018

As I mentioned, I got a few voice actors.  One of my fellow hounds asked if I cold get some autographs for him. Since I was in line for him, I figured I would get one for me too.

So I now have autographs from the current voice of Mickey Mouse (Bret Iwan) and Goofy (Bill Farmer).

Both were very nice guys.  The kids loved hearing the voices although they were confused as the voices was not coming from Mickey or Goofy but some ‘guy’. Also, the voices were not coming from a TV.  

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Natalia Cordova and Henry Simmons Alamo City ComicCon 2018

Slowly I’m amassing a large list of Marvel characters. And a lot are from Marvel Agents of Shield. Alamo City had both Natalia Cordova and Henry Simmons.

 

Natalia was quiet and quick.

Henry was chatty and outgoing.  He had biceps as large as my head (hyperbole). He asked abut my UofA shirt.  I asked if went there or lost money on them.  He laughed.  He said he had a friend that went there.

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Jim Cummings Alamo City Comic Con 2018

This year I picked up a lot of voice actors.  Not my normal thing. Many of them are from the Disney world.

Jim Cummings has been the recent voice of both Winnie the Pooh and Tigger the Tiger. I could not pass him up.  He was nice. As with lots of voice actors, he had a variety of voices he had. And with that lot of photos.  I liked this one of Pooh.

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Margaret Kerry Alamo City ComicCon 2018

‘Tink’ was at Alamo City.  The actress that was the ‘model’ for Tinker bell, Margaret Kerry, was signing.  I visited her table and she was a bundle of energy. At 89 years old, she took charge and sat me down (she stood the whole time) because I towered over her. With me seated, we were closer to looking each other in the eyes. 

I mentioned I missed her at SDCC a few years back. She told me about her trip way back then.

She got lost in San Diego. She ended up taking a took a pedicab to the convention center.  As she was trying to get her attendee badge, she was given the wrong directions.  Then she received more wrong directions when she was trying to find the room where she was a panelist.  As she finally got to the room, she was expecting 20 or 30 people but the door opened onto 500 people.  She was pleasantly overwhelmed.

As she was signing. She made me take a photo. California passed a law to authenticate autographs. It’s a silly thing that probably doesn’t make any difference. I was aware of the law and I don’t think it applied to ComicCons. I know no one at SDCC was doing this. I know that law did not apply to Texas but she was a law-abiding citizen and on a roll. I was NOT going to argue with Tinker Bell.

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Isaac Hempstead Wright Alamo City Comic Con 2018

Game of Throne Actors are just starting to hit the convention circuit.  It’s was exciting to see Isaac HempsteadWright name on the guest list.

There were a lot of girls in line to see him. They were all very excited to see him. I did not know he was the girl crush type.   

He mentioned he saw see a little of San Antonio the night before. They went to the Riverwalk for dinner.  Yes, they had Mexican (Tex-Mex). What else do you eat when you visit San Antonio

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Daphne Zuniga Alamo City Comic Con 2018

Alamo City had a second Spaceballs aIumi – Daphne Zuniga. She was friendly and stood in front of her table as she chatted with fans.

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Rick Moranis Alamo City Comic Con 2018

Alamo City Comic Con had two rare signers for this show. Arnold Schwarzenegger (which I did not get as it was WAY too expensive) and Rick Moranis.  Rick was expensive but the price was more reasonable. I figured this was probably my only chance as he is something of a homebody.

Deciding on what to have him sign was tough. I love Ghostbusters and Honey I Shrunk the Kids. I’m a big SCTV fan too. But the best photo was from Spaceballs.

He was friendly but seemed surprised that so many people would come to see him. It looked like he was realizing the difference between hearing about a comic con and attending one. It’s not quite the same thing and he was adjusting to the reality.

As he signed, I thanked him for coming to San Antonio.  He asked if I lived there long. I told him I drove down from Dallas.  I got a confused look. That is expected.  Not everybody knows Texas geography. I told him it was a 5-hour drive – if I drive the speed limit.  The confusion did not leave his face.  I said it was a long drive but worth to get this autograph.  He smiled and thanked me for making the drive.

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Jaleel White Dallas Fan Days Oct 2018

While I was never a fan of Family Matter and Urkel, I did enjoy the series Total Blackout on the SyFy channel. Jaleel White was the host on this game show.

As I waited in line, I noticed a lot of people were HUGE Urkel fans. I had not realized Urkel touched so many people.

I mentioned how I enjoyed Total Blackout and he smiled. He liked the show too. He went into some details on why a show with good ratings was cancelled. He explained how studios make money selling the show to foreign markets and how the money train dries up. It did not make sense to me but I’m not Hollywood or an accountant.

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Jennifer Morrison Dallas Fan Days Oct 2018

I watched Once upon a Time for a few seasons. The Wife and I really enjoyed the show.  The cast does not do many signings outside of SDCC or NYCC, so this was wonderful opportunity. As expected, there was a line for Jennifer Morrison. She was friendly and graciously accepted the accolades from her fans.

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