Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Bonus: Quad Cities Comic Con: The Mandalorian and Grogu...and ThePoeticCritic

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Bonus: Quad Cities Comic Con: The Mandalorian and Grogu...and ThePoeticCritic

CatBusRuss⁠ and ⁠ThePoeticCritic⁠ received the honor of being the first fan panel at the first ⁠Quad Cities Comic Con⁠. How did "⁠Ninety For Chill: The Panel⁠" and the "⁠1986: RAD Movies or BAD Movies⁠" go over? Thank the gods for Generation X chaperones.

It is usually a great spot to be the first fan panel. They set the tone for the rest of the panels to come. ⁠Russ⁠ wanted to catch the ⁠Mick Foley⁠ panel, so he did not get to see if offering punch and pie really makes a difference in convincing an audience to stick around. Could Eric Cartman's hypothesis be wrong?

The two Stevens siblings had a good time, but this being the first ⁠VXV Event⁠ in Northwest Illinois/Southeast Iowa, the vendors were lacking in quantity. But Russ left with a 3-D-printed Catpool, so there were quality vendors. Will his big sister leave a three-foot tall, fluffy Psyduck plushie? That is the question for the last day of the convention.

Speaking of Pokemon, ThePoeticCritic introduced her brother to "⁠Pokemon Concierge⁠". It is a fun stop-motion animation series that tries to take the piss out of hustle culture, but is it #Ani-May appropriate? The series's characters mouths make different shapes when they are talking.

The two siblings have a discussion about how it now seems that anime and gaming are taking over comic cons. It was not a big cosplay day, but when he saw some, our host recognized only a few of them. But all is not hopeless for nerdom, there was a Mandalorian that Russ could look at the top of his helmet's "T". There was also a fun build-your-own lightsaber vendor. Can the CatBus resist spending three-figure on a new one?

Obviously, he could not resist catching the first showing of "⁠Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu⁠" in East-Central Illinois. Should he have waited till AMC's RealD showing instead of settling on a plain old, digital presentation?

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu

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