#PopCon Indy

[tarabyte3]

Enjoy some photos I took of Andy while waiting in line at PopCon Indy 2024!

Saturday:

Sunday:

And the one mediocre shot I took of him during the panel Saturday:

The microphone wasn't working during the Q&A, so he walked over and handed the fan his own, and then stayed there while he answered the question. 🥺

Panel highlights:

- The Lord of the Rings cast once threw a Hedwig and the Angry Inch party where they all dressed in drag and drank heavily.

- Bill Nighy was apparently so funny during the making of Flushed Away that Andy struggled to get through takes.

- One of his big hobbies when he was a kid was collecting the model kits of classic monsters like Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Phantom of the Opera. (God I fucking love him so much)

- He said that, after Animal Farm is finally finished, one of his dream projects would be to adapt The Phantom Tollbooth! AND that he would love to play The Humbug! (Of course 😂)

- Speaking of: Animal Farm finally has an animation studio signed on and is fully locked in, so it's closer to being finished! Andy said the cast list will probably be announced soon, and that's it's an incredible list of actors he's very excited about.

- He did the Gollum voice and told the Diz story 😍

Side note: The reason I only took one picture is because, while I was watching him talk (I was smack in the middle of the second row!!), I noticed everyone around me had their phones out and pointed at him. And they were looking at their screens more than they were at him. So for the entire panel, he was basically looking out into a sea of phones instead of real, engaged humans. And I ABSOLUTELY get being excited and snapping some pictures (because I do it to capture the moment too!), but it was constant. For 45 minutes. I felt so bad watching him glance around, and I've been trying to be more present in my life anyway, so I put my phone away and enjoyed listening to him talk.

[girlwiththegreenhat]

guys I stole this off a black trans am in the parking lot and the car yelled at me

[karlyboyyy]

PopCon highlights!

Was not as hot as I was worried it was gonna be. So I was actually pretty comfy all day! (My little teddy bear fan definitely came in handy!)

Had someone actually come up to me, tap me on the shoulder, and tell me “You look so good!” 😭😭🥹

Had someone dressed as Wolfwood call out to say “I like your Vash!” To which I replied “And I like your Wolfwood!” 🖤✨

A few other people complimented me in passing, Which was sooo so awesome because there were a handful of much better Vash cosplays walking around, but it was nice to get recognized :D

Attended a few interesting panels about writing SciFi, about monster legends in the Midwest, and about anime food (which honestly just turned into a lesson on chopsticks and Japanese cooking/eating etiquette lol).

Spent way too much money but got some really neat art prints! (Not that I think they were overpriced, but more like I had no impulse control lmao) And a lil Kenma!! 🥹🩷🩷

Look at them WooWoo titties!! 😍 And I’ve been eyeballing that Chainsaw Man acrylic print for ages now on their website, so I’m super happy to finally have it!

[jaderavenarts]

All ready for Indy Popcon at B7 in artist alley!!

[mightypieworkshop]

Today is the day! I am all set up at my first PopCon Indy! We have new felts! New prints! New stickers! Come by table 6H in the ICC and say hi to Smol Essek (and us too I guess 😂).

[jamiemarsters]

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[martianmanmilker]

Take it easy!

[v4mp1r3gvtz]

Technoblade!!! I miss him so much but I recently cosplayed him to a convention so here’s that

[ryuichifoxe]

Trying to make a little money to tide me over as far as gas and food are concerned, at least until I dog sit next week :>

I brought back one of my old ych poses from the beyond, now that some time has gone by and I'm no longer tired of it :'D Also, a new pose! And I have one slot left for a dnd style token.

Link to my commission page

Example of the bust tokens!

[alottanothing]

Sitting on the couch, so upset thinking that it’s already been a month ago this weekend that I met @itswormtrain in real life. ☹️☹️☹️

It was a short weekend but we had such fun together… our friend Derek came too!

We got to do some pretty fun things while she was here: Indy Popcon being one of those cool things. Got to meet John Marston and Arthur Morgan in the flesh. 🤠

All this feels like it happened LAST week, but here I am, a month later, missing my internet friends ☹️ ❤️

Also mad @itswormtrain and I didn’t take more stupid selfies together. But I’ve got, like 100 selfies with Roger Clark making weird faces 😂

[ajisnotcool]

I honestly had the best time today at Popcon. This was my first time going to a convention and I definitely want to go to more!

I connected and talked to some great people and felt right at home!

Meeting chandler was so awesome and he was so nice. It was truly a lovely experience!

[tarabyte3]

Bonus con photos! Best for first:

Here is a summary of every emotion I felt at once because 4 cons later and it never gets old: 😍🥺🫠😭😳🥵😵‍💫🫨💀🥴🤤😏🥰 This my favorite solo photo so far. I'm going to print it and put it next to the group photo from Dallas (which is framed in my living room so I can look at it all the time and see some of my favorite people like 🥺)

My autographs this time around:

I ended up in the second row for the panel!

My badge. I lost it at anime filter Gollum. What's he so cute for??? 😂😭

Con fit (subtle Andy themed):

Con fit (Paz Vizsla themed):

((of course I had to flex for the Paz one))

Merch:

The artist for the Planet of the Apes print is Tony Santiago! And the shop I bought the pins from is called Open, Dead Inside. 💖

[aquiboni]

I’m at PopCon Indy! I didn’t make a catalog so check out below for pics of what I got this weekend!

[karlyboyyy]

Hello yes I spent all my money at PopCon this year 💀

BUT! It was the first time I went all three days so it was a ton of fun! And look at all these neat pieces of art! And four more lil guys for my collection of lil guys! AND I got Johnny Yong Bosch to autograph my Ichigo print!! 😍

And of course I forgot to take pictures of my outfits each day while I was there, but here’s the dragon ear cuff I wore for my Draken outfit and my Kenma uniform 🤓

[mightypieworkshop]

Final day of PopCon Indy! Smol Essek and Long Essek are being good gremlins and watching over the remaining felted friends. Come by table 6H in the ICC and adopt yourself a tater or bean!

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

Just got back from PopCon Indy 2023, this was the haul I got. It was the first con I’ve been to since the pandemic and it was little brother’s first time to PopCon (which he almost didn’t go since he got hurt in a car accident 2 days ago), also saw the Completionist at a panel. The Lumity print is cute tho’ outdated since it’s Owlbert and not Stringbean. Apparently I was the first person that day to get that Shantae print and I had to get it since I gotta support that half-genie cutie. Princess Tutu art is always a must. Now that I’m pretty much done with the Pokémon part of my Pokédex, now I’m trying to get NPCs…unfortunately there’s some “waifu” cards that r WAY too pricey for now. 2 mini-Dakis of Loona and Shantae are the weird purchase for this con, lol. Got 2 new dice set for a maybe upcoming game of Curse of Strahd that my co-workers will be playing at some point. I couldn’t decide on which idol group to get so I got all 3.

Even tho’ I didn’t get as much art as I wanted, it was still a fun time. Hopefully one day I’ll b confident with my art (after a lot of improvement) that I could have a booth (…like that’ll ever happen)