Had a great time covering and working the floor at the new and very hot Alamo City Comic Con, October 25-27, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center! Cosplay and elaborate costuming in general were big at ACCC, as this photo of a creature from the Silent Hill franchise would suggest. 

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Had a great time covering and working the floor at the new and very hot Alamo City Comic Con, October 25-27, at the downtown Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and in the shadow of the Tower of the Americas! 

My main reason for going was to meet with Zachery McGinnis of Dallas Comic & Pop Expo and John Simons of Comicpalooza to discuss the roles I, Skirmisher Publishing LLC, and our d-Infinity multi-platform game magazine would be playing at them in 2014. I also took the opportunity, however, to walk the floor and talk with artists and exhibitors about those conventions and tell them about Skirmisher's just-released Game Retailer Guide and got drawn into this great event.

Cosplay and elaborate costuming in general were big at ACCC, as the photo at right of a creature from the Silent Hill franchise would suggest. Convention standbies like superheroes were among the other most popular costume types present. Following are some other representative photos of people I saw and chatted with at the convention. 

Agh, zombies! Oh, wait, those are just fans queuing up to meet cast members from The Walking Dead. There were lots of tribute costumes at the con, include enough Rick and Carl Grimes to form a whole unit of sheriff-hat-wearing zombie hunters. At right is sculptor C.S. Moore and his charming wife, who were displaying his works for attendees. 

How many guys can they get into one booth?! I was tempted to go back there and help them set a record. At right is muscian and zombie artist Arthur Suydam -- who used to go clubbing in New York City with my cousin Andy! Small world. 

Artist David K. Wong (left) was actually much more sociable and animated than this posed photo of him might lead one to believe — and he was kind enough to take a decent picture of me (center), which does not happen often enough when I am the one covering things with a camera! Author M.A. Rogers (right) talked with convention attendees about his two zombie books and about a third one in the works. 

Once the show was done for the day Saturday and I had finished conducting business I spent a little while at the VIP party at posh Hotel Indigo, located along the banks of the San Antonio River, and chatted first briefly with actor David Yost and then more extensively with the charming Carel Struycken (and discovered that we had a mutual interest in Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, which we have both spent some time in over the years). 

All in all, it was a very good event, all the more impressive in that it was a first-time event and it is sure to be an asset to the convention scene in Texas generally and in San Antonio in particular. Also, thanks to Sam Wheeler for help in handing out Dallas Comic & Pop Expo fliers and Izzy for getting me back to where my car was parked at Hemisfair Park!