Saw some friends and family. Went to the Dentist. Enjoyed some good ol' San Diego traffic.

Thursday was frick'n while, guys. Nikki and I got up at 4 am to get into cosplay and trek down to the convention center to line up for the Helluverse Panel at the Hilton. We were right on the bay, which was nice and the line was in the shade. Starbucks was nearby. So overall, a nice line experience. 

It's crazy seeing where Critical Role is now. Matthew Mercer used to be a guest at a lot of the smaller San Diego cons back in the day; seeing his success over time is really cool.

The Hellaverse panel was fun. We got really great seats, and the other panels we sat through were pretty good. The real start of the show was my little cardboard head. Poor Amir will never be rid of me. Sorry bud! After the panel, we followed Morgana and some photographers to the back side of the convention hall for a Hellaverse cosplay meet-up. We took a lot of photos and met a lot of fun people. We got invited to the after-party too. I really wanted to go, but I was so exhausted that I knew I wouldn't be able to sit through my tattoo the following morning if I went. It seemed like a really fun time. 

The Amir head ended up being so useful. We kept getting separated in the hall, so I used it as a guide; the girls just followed the bouncing elf. It also served as a fan, shade in the sun, a conversation starter, and a weapon. 

Hector and I ended the day by stuffing our faces. 

I still can't believe I did this.

TATTOO DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

Chilling

Tattoo day x2 with Joey

Went to the Hazbin sing-a-long panel. Hungout with Hector, my decades long Comic Con Sherpa.

Flight home

Flew in rather late. SLC to Denver, lay over super short and the first plane was late so I hauled ass to the second flight and hopped right onto my next flight to Connecticut. Came in pretty late. Panda came to pick me up and we went through the adventure of South West leaving one of my bags in Denver haha.  

Costume suitcase was lost at this point so no costume for the day. Just shopping.
South West did get my suitcase to me by that evening. 

Even though I got my cosplay suitcase back, this dumbass left key parts of two cosplays at home. Brilliant! So I just wore my SDCC costume instead. Also, panel day! Thank you to everyone who came out to hear me ramble. 

Lazy cosplay day. Last rounds and goodbyes. 

Flew to San Diego with a layover in Chicago 

There were several key things about this weekend that made it fun. One, seeing Panda again after like a billion years. Meeting her roommate Lita and little old girl Ellie. Getting to explore a new place. Having no real agenda other than my panel. So we didn't get to the con until noon at the earliest each day. I am a firm believer that you can go to the best con in the world and it will still suck based on who you are with. You can go to the worst con and have the best time of your life when you are with the right people.

Not good: The humidity. 

Dogshittiredday. Was going to do Loki but ended up as Spider Gwen. But my darling sister surprised me by dressing as Sylvie so I changed haha. Stood in line to have Brendon sign our photo and met John Rhys-Davies, he was just a delight. Got dinner and off to the airport I went. 

The last time I was at this event was 2018. At that time it was Denver Comic Con. Its been through some changes. Lets go over the good and the bad. 

Drove in Thursday, Its about a 6 hour drive from Salt Lake give or take. Road trip jams and what not. Shit talking and tea spilling. We stayed at Circus Circus. And I would love to break down that experience for you. We were very much aware what we were signing up for, but it was a hoot regardless. 

Viva Las Vegas also happened to be this weekend. I haven't been to Viva in several years so I stopped by to see some friends. It was great being able to catch up, I might consider going next year. 

LVL UP was so different from last year. It was in the West Hall while the South Hall was under construction or something. This year we were in the South Hall. The line to get in was really long but it did move fast. Last year we never stood in a line to get in. But inside was huge, last year was spacious and mellow, this year was big and bustling. I'd say its on par with FanX, except the celebrity photo ops, which is FanX's strongest feature. There was a great selection of voice actors at LVL UP and a lot of great artists/vendors, though I feel like a lot of the Hazbin artists weren't there this year which was a little bit of a bummer. 

​Experienced the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus. $60 for the day and does not include arcade credits. Super over priced in my opinion but because we came for the last two hours of the day it was discounted to $45. Some of the rides were pretty fun, the roller coasters however were too much for my old man neck. We skipped the arcade part since LVL UP had a free arcade gaming area at the con. But the CGI photos were epic.

Saturday was Hellaverse day! I met up with the best Hellaverse tattoo artist there is, Nikki Rex, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE! We waited in line for Brandon Rogers then I went to the cosplay meet up and bombed around the con hall. I wanted to meet other voice actors and Vizzie, but at the time the line for her was super long and I needed to eat something or I was going to kill someone. I didn't end up meeting her, she for whatever reason didn't have a VIP line like the rest of them did. But that's alright, I'll catch her at the next one. 

Photos by: Egonzo Photos
​

The Helluva Show was amazing! It was a small intimate show at Area 15. Several of the voice actors preformed music from the show or those that have bands preformed original music. It was a blast.

Dog shit Sunday, woof. I was tapped at this point. Mellow cosplay day then changed into sweats for the voice acting competition with the Vegas chapter of the Arizona Voice Acting Guild. Then we drove home! Bye bye LVL UP! 

Over all, we think getting a more expensive hotel right next to the convention center would have been more cost effective. Walking to the con VS uber would have saved us money. Probably wouldn't have spent as much money on food with a hotel that offered breakfast. Also a hotel that had a mini fridge would have provided us the option of keeping left overs which would also save on food. Food was one of the big money sinks for us this weekend. Though I do have to say the burgers at the convention center food court were actually pretty good.