October 11th, 20180104Fan X 2018 (Salt Lake Comic Convention) was a Star Wars-studded affair with Star Wars actors, panels, and even a Star Wars-themed wedding. This year I was able to meet two of the nicest and most talented actors in Star Wars and I even got to host a panel, making this Fan X one of my favorites. On the first night of Fan X 2018,...
September 11th, 20171165Autumn is my favorite time of year, and it doesn’t get any better than spending a Fall weekend in Utah at Salt Lake Comic Con. Salt Lake Comic Con 2017 is being held on Sept 21-23 and it is once again filled with Star Wars content. Whether you are a fan of the movies, the books, the animated series, the music, or everything in between,...
July 21st, 2017088A Guest Blog by Rhett Wilkinson Appearance by wordsmith Gary Whitta headlines a Salt Lake City comic con heavy on Star Wars storytelling and continuity Star Wars was a significant swath of Salt Lake Comic Con’s FanX 2017, with multiple panels, including one that featured Gary Whitta, co-screenwriter for Rogue One: A Star Wars...
September 11th, 20162130Salt Lake Comic Con 2016 hit lightspeed right after take off as Mark Hamill took the stage Thursday morning at the Vivint Smart Home Arena (home of the Utah Jazz) and connected immediately with his largest panel crowd ever. While acknowledging that many in attendance wanted to get even the tiniest bit of information about Star Wars...
October 11th, 20151173What do C-3PO, Captain America, and my mother-in-law have in common? Besides all of the adoring fans, you ask. The correct answer is I actually spent time with all three of them a couple of weeks ago at Salt Lake Comic Con. The comic con that Stan Lee in 2014 called “the greatest comic con in the world” was even greater in 2015 with...
February 3rd, 20151130 “Does anyone have a Coca-Cola?” Those were the first words from Carrie Fisher during her surprise spotlight panel at Salt Lake Comic Con Fax Xperience after she walked onto the stage to a standing ovation. The audience loved it, and if the rest of the fans were like me they expected someone who worked for the Salt Palace (where...
September 13th, 2014493 According to Stan Lee, creator of Marvel Comics, Salt Lake Comic Con is the “greatest comic con in the world” and after my three days there it would be hard to argue. With over 120,000 fans attending over all three days and over 90,000 on Saturday alone SLCC has solidified itself as the third largest comic con in the country. ...
September 3rd, 2014297 Only a few more days until Salt Lake Comic Con and I can’t wait! This is the weekend when I act like a kid more than my kids, and my wife questions why she married me. In April my wife, Jana, and I attended our first comic con at the Salt Lake Comic Con Fan Xperience. We were two of the 100,000+ fans attending SLCC making it the...