Archive for April 2nd, 2010

Footage from CGS SuperShow

Friday, April 2nd, 2010 by Dave Wachter

A lot of interesting documentation has come out of the SuperShow in the form of photos, blog entries, podcasts and videos. There’s a forum dedicated to just the show where you can find links to this material.

As for myself, I was on the Costumes and Comics panel along with a member of the 501st Stormtroopers, Jamal Igle, and Mike “I Will Eat Your Children as a Snack and then Make You get me a Soda” Norton. The panel was hosted by Amber Love aka The SuperHero Stylist. She has a great YouTube channel for her con footage, interviews, and comic book reviews. The complete recording of the Costumes panel can be found there. Here’s a clip where I talk about what it takes to research and develop costumes for a Western.

Okay, this next video is just for fun. At the Saturday night party at 3rd and Spruce, Amber and Jon Carroll had arranged for there to be a karaoke setup. (There’s other videos of this on Amber’s YouTube as well.) I had to get in on that, but what to sing? After changing my mind three times, I finally came back to an old favorite of mine. Written by Shel Silverstein and originally performed by The Man in Black, ladies and gentlemen, A Boy Named Sue: