Long Beach Comic Con UPDATED 9/28 WITH PHOTOS! and 10/6 with book link

 Long Beach Comic Con ... is a local con for us ... but I hadn't been until this year. ...http://longbeachcomiccon.com/

From the outside... it looked almost like a car show... until you realized these vehicles aren't from a single maker... but have familiar pop culture themes from films and tv...

The Jurassic Park one had its own animatronic mascot...

The Star Wars car looked like a Land Speeder ... 

 sporting this custom plate...

 and an R2D2

Inside the main lobby was the registration area. ... and the hallways to the various panels..

The Exhibition floor was located downstairs

Lots of vendors and toys...

Handcraft arts... such cool stuff at the needle felt art Woolbuddy booth... http://woolbuddy.com/

Many artist friends... like Sho Murase... http://shomurase.com/

and Jeff Victor... http://www.jeffvictor.blogspot.com/

Also fun displays on related pop culture interests..... from a booth promoting the Oct 17th "Halloween Hotness" cos-play and costume party/benefit for National Breast Cancer Foundation.... http://www.halloweenhotness.com/home.html

to a giant inflated space shuttle at the Space Expo pavilllion....

A Lego sponsored play area for kids...

A large area for gamers and gaming...

You could even buy a round of laser tag...

And of course cosplay... from the silly and surprising..

 to the screen-ready spectacular...

adding to the spirit of fun ... and of course photo ops!

While the attractions and characters get most of the attention at conventions.. It's important to remember the panels! Panels are wonderful opportunities to learn from the creative minds and souls behind the comics and other arts. There are also informative panels about all sorts of related topics... photo below from panel on How to do a Kickstarter....with moderator Madeline Holly-Rosing... who is a frequent con panelist... and also gives workshops on kickstarter for indie creators:   http://bostonmetaphysicalsociety.com/kickstarter-class-creators/

UPDATE 10/6/15 --- Madeleine's book now for sale on SNB website and in the store....http://stuartngbooks.com/kickstarter-for-the-independent-creator-a-practical-and-informative-guide-to-crowdfunding.html

UPDATE 7.9.16
More on Madeleine and her latest books in this Author Spotlight on the Book Lemur page
http://www.booklemur.com/authors/madeleinehollyrosing.html

Long Beach Comic Con ....with its smaller scale ... wide variety of exhibits and activities .. and family friendly vibe.... is a perfect intro event convention to try if the logistics of some of the bigger shows put them out of reach...

For more cos-play pics from this show .. see this post on Huggable Koi  #10 at LBCC... http://stuartngbooks.blogspot.com/2015/09/huggable-koi-10-visits-long-beach-comic.html