Fan Expo Vancouver 2013

ByJohn

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

Stan Lee Q&A
Sean Astin Q&A
Stan Lee Q&A
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker
Stunning Mass Effect costume
Michael Rooker
BooLaLa – best costume shop in (North) Vancouver
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker
Stunning Mass Effect costume
Sean Astin
Michael Rooker Q&A
Stan Lee
Who you gonna call?
Stan Lee
Elvira (Cassandra Peterson)
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker
Sean Astin
Elvira (Cassandra Peterson)
David Prowse (Darth Vader)
Michael Rooker
Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
R2D2
Stan Lee Q&A
Awesome Wreck-it Ralph
Sean Astin

And then this happened (cue my inner fanboy):

Elvira and me (!)
Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) and me (!)

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.

Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)

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.

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  2. With Vancouver being always talked about as a “no fun” city, it’s great to see you capture the joyous spirit of us geeks/nerds at this much needed event!

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