As I’m going to be busy watching Skyline (another movie Howard and I are reviewing) and they didn’t have any literary SF guests, I won’t be going to The Austin Comic Con (though I have friends who are going). But they do seem to have rounded up a surprisingly large number of 70s TV stars (plus Chewbacca, Darth Maul, Billy Dee Williams and, err, the cast of The Film I Refuse to Name). (And I’ve already met Lee Majors, for certain values of “met” that include “have your hand touched briefly as you walk past in a line with 10,000 other kids and their parents at a Toys”R”Us opening in the 1970s.” Also “met” William Shatner that way. I wonder when Toys”R”Us stopped hiring TV celebrities for store openings?)
But I must admit I’m a little bit tempted to go just to meet Oscar Goldman.
Oh, and here’s a hint for the Austin Comic Con Webmaster: if you’re going to copy text out of a Wikipedia entry, it’s usually best to take out the “[citation needed]” bit…
Tags: Austin Comic Con, Billy Dee Williams, comics, Howard Waldrop, Lee Majors, Oscar Goldman, Richard Anderson, Skyline, TV, William Shatner
I suppose they have wrestler guests for the same reason that SyFy broadcasts it. Inexplicable.
I consider myself something of a common sewer of popular culture, and even I don’t remember “Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law”.
They’ve got “Suitcase #9” girl from “Deal or No Deal” as a guest?
And Lee Leffingwell (“Mayor – Austin, TX”)? But the mayor’s office couldn’t even provide a publicity photo for the Austin Comic Con web master to use?