NYCC Recap - Final Day: Amazing Cosplay, Super-Cute 'Firefly', Rapping Veggies & more!

The last day of New York Comic Con was a chill one. We basically just took in all the wonders.

Actually one of highlights of the day is a cosplay story to be told. It all started with a little Jayne Cobb running by, maybe 6 years old, complete with facial hair and Nerf brand Vera. What was this amazingness? "OMG!" I screamed, unable to move, and pointed in his direction, but the words wouldn't come out and he was running so fast. Luckily Ryan looked up, saw what was making me speechless and said, "Wait, no way, there's a little Kaylee too!" Without another word we just instinctively gave chase through the crowd, squishing through the packed Javits entranceway, down an escalator, and a full 5 minutes of running later we saw them all and just *gasped*. It was an entire Firefly family! Complete with caretaker Mal! When we asked to please please please take a photo they all got into like a rehearsed formation, complete with frickin River Tam signature double-weapon pose and we all *gasped* a second time. Could you not die? Check them out below.

So adorable. Speaking of cuteness in the Firefly 'verse, the QMX booth was previewing this cute Serenity plush - well more like a beanie - compete with detaching shuttles that pop out of the sides. I think I might need this!

Here's a slew of great Buffy Cosplayers from the duration of the convention all taken by Kevin. Check them out below!

Drusilla and Darla

Buffy & Giles

Eye-patch Xander - maybe you can't tell but he's mid-Snoopy dance.

Another Dru!

Season 1 Buffy!

Whedonverse coat of arms…pick out all of the Joss icons!

And a couple of us Buffyfest types, Tara & Kevin.

We still have a few more gems from NYCC to roll out, including our interview with Amber Benson, later this week. I'll leave you with these very entertaining rapping veggies called Super Sprowtz. Check out their YouTube channel. These guys were dedicated and look, it is important to eat your veggies you know.

NYCC 2014 - Tribute Panel: 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Will Always Kick Ass

Here is the full video of the Buffy panel from this year's NYCC 2014. Paying tribute to the Buffyverse were panelists Amber Benson (who of course played Tara on Buffy) and writers of Buffyverse novels Thomas Sniegoski, Carol Goodman, Michelle Knudson, Hillary Monahan and Keith DeCandido. Enjoy!

 

Firefly: Online Panel at NYCC 2014

The MMORPG Firefly Online panel was held at NYCC day 1 and we have the full panel below! QMx CEO Andy Gore, Spark Plug Games' tech director John O'Neil, casting director Andrea Romano and composer Dave Wesley were all there to reveal some fun tidbits. The team had already announced that the whole Firefly cast would be reuniting to voice their characters for the game - yes including Alan Tudyk and yes, he is still dead. Well, Wash is, not Alan. Gosh! But you know what I mean. They also announced that cast interviews about the show that will be included in the game and showed a sneak-peek of Morena Baccarin as Inara.

There are 14 interviews being edited and packaged for inclusion on "The Cortex," a related app. You can register for the online version now of "The Cortex" now. Firefly Online is scheduled for Spring of 2015.

Apologies to the sound on the second half of this vid...especially to Dave Wesley whose lovely performance at the end sounds less than stellar due to our main camera pooped out and we had to switch to the emergency back-up camera!

NYCC Day 2 Recap: 'Buffy' panel, Tiny Jayne Hats, Ninja Turtles & more!

Day 2 of New York Comic Con can only be described as pure-as-the-driven-snow fun. So much fun! Inspired by the Firefly Online panel the day before, I went for a Browncoat look complete with tiny Jayne Hat fascinator. 

I should give credit to Angela Turner aka Ma Cobb who knitted this little guy as an ornament for our very first Whedonverse Ornament Swap back in 2008 and I sewed it to a headband in the morning.  I know, I know, it's genius. Thanks Ma Cobb!

Since we didn't have much Buffyfest press coverage until the panel at 5 pm, we really made the most of the convention day. We had the Einhorn's Epic Cookies, we stopped by our peeps at the Dark Horse booth, and then while waiting at a meet-up spot, we decided to do this:

Wasn't that so much fun?! I'm telling you, it's the most fun to be had with the shortest line at NYCC this year. Make sure you stop by at the Nickelodeon cube and make your own voice-over vid. They also have other cartoons…Rugrats, Spongebob, etc.

We popped by the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D signing where a very stylin' Clark Gregg was hanging out with Jeph Loeb.

And then on to the Buffy panel where we took a lot of photos of Buffy Cosplay. We'll have the video of the full panel up in full sometime in the next 24 hrs. Overall, a super fun day was had!

NYCC Day 1 Recap: Amber Benson, Firefly Online and more!

Day 1 of New York Comic Con was a bevy of geek madness, giant inflatables, themed food trucks and costumes, as per usual!

We met up with the always lovely Amber Benson (who played Tara on Buffy of course.) Look out for our mini-interview with her in a day or two where we discuss her new book, The Witches of Echo Park and Buffy.

Dark Horse's Booth is all decked out in the usual Whedon fare:

It was announced at the Diamond Retailer Breakfast that Dark Horse will be celebrating Buffy's Birthday in January once again. Here’s a shot at a Georges Jeanty variant cover….

I actually saw Seth Green outside when I was getting off the bus. He swizzled into the celebrity side door at the Javits. The panel he did later that day was pretty cool, though. He's doing a Vimeo channel with his Stoopid Buddy Stoodios that will offer a two-hour animation class exclusively on Vimeo's pay-for-view on-demand channel on December 15.

Finally, some food fun! This year there are definitely a few cool extras at NYCC. For instance, Did you know that New York Comic Con has an official cookie? Einhorn’s Epic Cookies at booth #130!  Einhorn’s Epic Cookies is an extra-cool cookie company -- each cookie comes with a free comic book, like the “Prize Inside” snacks of our youth but better (because it’s a comic, of course!)

And check out the Wikia Food Truck - line up early! It's so awesome, they did a tournament focusing on “Fantasy Foods” like Harry Potter’s Butterbeer, Fallout’s Nuka Cola, Glee’s Slushie and Doctor Who’s Fish Fingers & Custard. And you can sample some of the discussed treats for free at Wikia’s Fantasy Food Truck at the show from 2:00-3:00pm TODAY!

NYCC Day 1 and HUGE Dark Horse Announcement!

New Yorkers get ready for the east coast geek mecca - New York Comic Con starts today!

In other equally big news, we have an exclusive on a HUGE announcement coming out of Dark Horse Comics very shortly. Long time reader of the Buffyverse comics will be shocked. Stay tuned…