Fan Expo Vancouver 2013

Day one of Fan Expo Vancouver was crazy. Tons of great costumes and celebrities invaded the Vancouver Convention Centre. Highlights included Michael Rooker (Merle from the Walking Dead), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), Stan Lee’s awesome Q&A (he got a standing ovation when he came out), David Prowse (Darth Vader) and my personal favorite, Elvira. Here’s my huge gallery of photos from the day

Sean Astin Q&A

Stan Lee Q&A

Who you gonna call?

Michael Rooker

Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)

Sean Astin

Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker

Stan Lee

R2D2

Awesome Wreck-it Ralph

Michael Rooker

Stunning Mass Effect costume

Michael Rooker

Sean Astin

Michael Rooker

Stan Lee

Elvira (Cassandra Peterson)

BooLaLa – best costume shop in (North) Vancouver

Elvira (Cassandra Peterson)

Stunning Mass Effect costume

David Prowse (Darth Vader)

Stan Lee Q&A

Sean Astin

Michael Rooker

Stan Lee Q&A

Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker Q&A

Michael Rooker

And then this happened (cue my inner fanboy):

I was taking a pretty close up photo of Star Trek’s Uhura, Nichelle Nichols and she kind of punked me…as I was framing the shot, she said under her breath “Get that camera out of my face!” and I pulled back from the viewfinder and she just smiled at me and said she was kidding.

Update: Here’s a few more photos from day 2:

Puppets and Cobra

You find all my photos from this year’s event on Flickr. See photos from Fan Expo Vancouver 2012.