{"id":480,"date":"2019-03-10T20:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T00:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiecoville.com\/blog\/?p=480"},"modified":"2019-03-10T21:38:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T01:38:52","slug":"king-con-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiecoville.com\/blog\/blog\/2019\/03\/10\/king-con-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"King Con 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I went to King Con, a local convention in Kingston, Ontario, Canada that was able to bring in a surprising number of comic book creators, a prose writer, a magician and even a celebrity. The event was held at Sydenham Street United Church and Chalmers United Church as the Kingston Public Library was not yet finished it’s renovations.<\/p>\n

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David Lloyd Sketch, King Con 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n

As usual I mainly stuck to the comic books portion of the show but I did spent some time watching the magician James Harrison do magic and even teach some simple magic. I\u00a0 took a number of pictures<\/a>, audio recorded some panels<\/a> and got to speak with a number of creators which was nice.<\/p>\n

I almost never get sketches, but David Lloyd got me to pay for a sketch and I got a nice V for Vendetta from him. David’s sketch also came with a free issue of Aces Weekly, an online comics anthology he puts together. Georgia Webber, Chip Zdarsky,\u00a0Allison O’Toole & Jason Loo signed their books for me. I got to take pictures of some cosplayers, including several from the 501 Legion, but unfortunately was unable to wait for the cosplay contest as they were running late and I was exhausted.<\/p>\n

I did attend but did not record a Group Cosplay Panel which was really well done. I have attended a number of cosplay related panels this was the first one on this particular topic I’ve seen and those on the panel did a great job highlighting the benefits of doing group cosplay. Among the reasons were combining resources, using each others unique skill set\u00a0 and inspiring each other to work on their costumes.<\/p>\n

I had a good time at the convention, but I’m looking forward to it being back at the newly renovated library next year.<\/p>\n

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