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Star Trek: Mission Chicago 2022 Photos, Part 3 of 4: Props and Merch
Not your Trekker parents’ kind of “Bones” reference: the skulls of a Borg and a formerly obscure Saurian, plucked from The Motion Picture like a Mos Eisley Cantina action figure and repurposed for...
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Star Trek: Mission Chicago 2022 Photos, Part 4 of 4: A Two-Day Mission
Fun with green screen! Fans could sit in one of two captains’ chairs and be inserted into promos for either Strange New Worlds or Star Trek: Prodigy. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: The weekend...
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Indiana Comic Con 2022 Photos, Part 1 of 2: Cosplay!
Buttercup! Bubbles! Blossom! The Powerpuff Girls! It’s that time again! This weekend my wife Anne and I attended the eighth edition of the Indiana Comic Convention at the Indiana Convention Center in...
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Indiana Comic Con 2022 Photos, Part 2 of 2: Stars and Stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. John de Lancie! (Imagine .gif of Kermit the Frog cheering and flailing.) Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: It’s that time again! This weekend my wife Anne and I attended...
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Fan Expo Chicago 2022 Photos, Part 1 of 4: A Dash of Cosplay
TV’s Moon Knight welcomes you to a comic-con resurrection! Once upon a time in 1972 humanity invented a major entertainment show commonly called the Chicago Comic Con, and comics collectors saw that it...
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Fan Expo Chicago 2022 Photos, Part 2 of 4: Fandom Artifacts
Now I come in a deluxe version with slightly more points of articulation! Soon to be on clearance at Target! Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: this past weekend Anne and I attended the inaugural...
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Fan Expo Chicago 2022 Photos, Part 3 of 4: Apollo and the Clone Wars
“Snips and Skyguy”, as the delightful Star Wars panel was billed. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: This past weekend Anne and I attended the inaugural Fan Expo Chicago, the comics/entertainment...
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Fan Expo Chicago 2022 Photos, Part 4 of 4: Stargirl and the Hobbits
Frodo! Pippin! Merry! Sam! And two humans searching the Shire for pizzazz! Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: This past weekend Anne and I attended the inaugural Fan Expo Chicago, the...
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Nichelle Nichols, 1932-2022
The last time we met Nichelle Nichols, at Indiana Comic Con 2017. Today we were saddened to hear of the passing of Nichelle Nichols, a.k.a. Lieutenant Nyota Uhura from Star Trek, life-changing...
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Captain Janeway’s Homecoming: Star Trek Fans Welcome Kate Mulgrew to Bloomington
Live from Indiana, it’s TV’s Kate Mulgrew! Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: last May my wife Anne and I stopped in Bloomington, home of Indiana University, to check out the bronze statue of STEM...
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GalaxyCon Columbus 2022 Photos, Part 1 of 4: The Stars in Our Galaxy
It’s a Smallville cast reunion! Us with star Tom Welling (Clark Kent pre-Superman), Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang), the always ebullient Michael Rosenbaum (Young Lex Luthor), and John Glover (his dad Lionel...
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GalaxyCon Columbus 2022 Photos, Part 2 of 4: A Cosplay Sampler
All the Whos down in Whoville: a family cosplaying as nine different Doctors. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Each year when there isn’t a pandemic fully raging, my wife Anne and I love...
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GalaxyCon Columbus 2022 Photos, Part 3 of 4: Who Else We Met, What Else We Did
My latest loot pile. Thanks, GalaxyCon! Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Each year when there isn’t a pandemic fully raging, my wife Anne and I love attending entertainment and comic conventions...
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Our Star Trek Renaissance Year
John de Lancie and his Friday panel audience at GalaxyCon Columbus 2022, in a photo the showrunners posted on their Flickr account two weeks later. If you know us, we aren’t hard to spot. Previously on...
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C2E2 2023 Photos, Part 1 of 4: Cosplay!
A wildly unfair fight between Venger and Eric from the Dungeons & Dragons Saturday morning cartoon from my childhood. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Each year when there isn’t a pandemic...
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C2E2 2023 Photos, Part 2 of 4: Actors!
Chris Evans! Yes, Chris Evans! Yes, THAT Chris Evans! Yes, really! Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: My wife Anne and I just got home from the latest edition of the Chicago Comic and...
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C2E2 2023 Photos, Part 3 of 4: Comics!
This year’s modest graphic novel loot pile. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: My wife Anne and I just got home from the latest edition of the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Exposition (“C2E2″),...
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C2E2 2023 Photos, Part 4 of 4: Convention!
A life-sized Appa the sky bison from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: My wife Anne and I just got home from the latest edition of the Chicago Comic and Entertainment...
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Indiana Comic Convention 2023 Photos, Part 1 of 2: Cosplay!
Mando, meet Andy’s room. Andy, Mando. Sheriff Woody, Jessie and Buzz Lightyear a la Mandalore. It’s that time again! This weekend my wife Anne and I attended the ninth edition of the Indiana Comic...
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Indiana Comic Convention 2023 Photos, Part 2 of 2: Actors and Activities!
It’s Grant Gustin! With The Flash soon coming to a close on The CW, TV’s Barry Allen is finally hitting the Midwest convention circuit. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: It’s that time again!...
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