Jedi-Con Day Two
It is day two of the Official German Star Wars Fan Club’s Jedi-Con event. The Three day show runs from Oct 3 to 5, at Düsseldorf Maritim Hotel. The highlights for us are guests Garrick Hagon (Biggs Darklighter himself!), Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker.
We thought we’d upload a convention themed strip as a tie-in with our friends at Jedipedia each day of the show, so check back on Sunday for more.
–BREAKING NEWS : We met Garrick Hagon… or he met us, as the case may be! He was walking our hall with a guide and he was introduced to us and his cartoon likeness, as seen on the new BMS banner in the background. We quickly explained about Blue Milk Special, about which he was very interested and super excited. I mentioned our friend John White, BMS reader and fellow cartoonist, who met Hagon at a show in Ireland a couple of years ago and showed him BMS Biggs, and he immediately remembered. Thanks, John! Hagon was gracious enough to pose with us inside our booth in front of the banner, holding “muggy”. We hope to get that photo available soon. For now, here is a photo of Hagon wearing the Blue Milk Special Biggs Darklighter pin! We hope to talk to Hagon more during the show today. The show’s hours today are an incredible 10 AM to 10 PM. Yep! 12 hours of trying to speak German! Lucky almost everyone here has some basic English.
I told Hagon that meeting him was bigger deal to us than meeting Anthony Daniels or Kenny Baker. He was taken aback in a really good way. The guy is so friendly and full of smiles! Absolute highlight so far! Not sure how this can be surpassed.
A full report of our con experience will follow later in the week, along with photos!