Photos by Mark Loertscher. Cosplay Karaoke is held the second Saturday of every month at The Midway Bar in Midvale Utah. This month I got to judge the cosplay contest, thank you for having me!
Gunslinger Photography - Event Photos HereWoof this was a difficult weekend! I had it planned out so meticulously but everything that was out of my power shifted and threw me for a loop. I unfortunately didn't get to spend as much time at the event as I wanted to. But what I did get to experience was a lot of fun. It was a lot bigger than last year, I feel like there were more vendors. Very packed though! Glad I got there early and got to walk around before it was swamped. Big thank you to FanX for allowing me a press pass this year. I wish I had the opportunity to take more photos than I did, but hopefully next year will be different.
Thursday I had planned on wearing my Casey Becker cosplay to meet Matthew Lillard. But I had a rough morning and body dysmorphia got the best of me. It happens. But Matthew was super nice and it was a great experience meeting him. Friday Tannis and I debuted our Men in Tights cosplay. She was Latrine and I was the Sheriff of Rottingham. I was really surprised how many people recognized me when I was by myself. When we were together she dragged me around and we handed out lifesaver mints. It was great. I'd really like to do a photoshoot of us. Saturday was Jack Sparrow day! I hunted down every pirate cosplayer I could find, there were quite a few of us! And ended the night at Why Kiki for their FanX after party drag show! Wish I got more photos but we were busy vending!
The few cosplay photos I managed to snag are here: Event Photos I have to say Anime Town was well put together. A very well rounded convention. They had a good lineup of guests, a robust vendor section and a spacious event location. The Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy UT is one of my preferred event spaces. The Oddities Expo is also held here every year. As well Isekai next year.
I only dressed up one day this weekend (Team Tengen!), the other days I just took photos. Communicating with staff about the Press Pass was really straightforward and easy, I always appreciate that. Staff over all was very friendly and helpful. With the exception of the weapons check guy who didn't realize my friends swords were attached to her costume on her back, he yanked them off and ripped her costume. Unfortunate mistake, but is what it is, we were able to reattach it more or less. Guest wise, I was stoked to meet the voice actor John Gremillion who voiced Vampire Hunter D. It was the first anime I ever watched and I have a large Vampire Hunter D tattoo on my arm that I got to show him. We also met Tara Sands, who voices Bulbasaur on Pokémon. Turns out she also voiced the evil baby on Jojo's Bizarre Adventure! Which she deeply apologized for. I died laughing. Ollie had never seen it and I made him watch that episode when we got home. Friends suffer together after all! It's definitely one of the more weird episodes from that season. Big thanks to Jessica for being my assistant and carrying my lighting! Definitely looking forward to next years event! |
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