{"id":5848,"date":"2019-01-10T12:29:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2019-01-30T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T21:27:03","slug":"calgary-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/?p=5848","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Comic Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Calgary Comic Con<\/h2>\n<p>Every year Calgary is host to one of the largest comic and pop culture festivals in Canada, Calgary Comic Con! Thousands of artists, authors and story tellers, cosplayers, artists, designers, creators and everyone in between come together for multiple days of nerding and geeking out, plus there&#8217;s celebrity guests. Comic Con Calgary of the best all ages annual events in our city.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 36px;\">Except that it&#8217;s <em>not called <\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 36px;\">Calgary Comic Con<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo<\/strong><\/span>, or even just Calgary Expo.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calgaryexpo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.calgaryexpo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a rather small distinction, but it&#8217;s worth mentioning I think. Calgary Comic Con doesn&#8217;t do it justice because there is way more there than just comics. I&#8217;m personally not interested in comics at all, so you can see why the name might trigger me. Just start calling it Calgary Expo, at least, and we&#8217;re cool. Calgary Comic Con = NO.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos I&#8217;ve taken at &#8216;Calgary Comic Con&#8217; \/rolleyes. I hereby use it from now on sarcastically. Imagine me saying it with such tone and disdain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Jason-Momoa.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Jason Momoa\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Jason-Momoa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Jason-Momoa-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Jason-Momoa-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Jason-Momoa-644x430.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Jason-Momoa-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s Jason Momoa, he acts in movies.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just gonna put this here&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just going to leave this here&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Walking-Dead.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con The Walking Dead\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Walking-Dead.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Walking-Dead-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Walking-Dead-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Walking-Dead-644x429.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Walking-Dead-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RIP <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Wilson_(actor)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Wilson<\/a> \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5855 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Venom.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Venom\" width=\"800\" height=\"1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Venom.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Venom-620x822.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Venom-768x1018.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Venom-644x853.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Venom-600x795.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love seeing all of the cosplayers at Calgary Comic Con.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5852 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Felicia-Day.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Felicia Day\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Felicia-Day.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Felicia-Day-620x930.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Felicia-Day-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Felicia-Day-644x966.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Felicia-Day-600x900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The celbrity panels are the best. Felicia Day was both charming and funny. And she responded to me on Twitter this one time when I was complaining about the speed of her website, so that&#8217;s rad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5856 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-SubZero.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con SubZero\" width=\"800\" height=\"1052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-SubZero.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-SubZero-620x815.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-SubZero-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-SubZero-644x847.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-SubZero-600x789.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SubZero temperatures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5853 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Alfonso.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Carlton\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Alfonso.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Alfonso-620x930.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Alfonso-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Alfonso-644x966.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Alfonso-600x900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Getting to hear Alfonso Ribeiro talk about his time on Fresh Prince was cool. Yes he did the dance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5857 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplay.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Cosplay\" width=\"800\" height=\"1308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplay.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplay-620x1014.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplay-768x1256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplay-644x1053.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplay-600x981.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Probably dead by now, this photo was from 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5854 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Bill-Paxton.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Aliens Bill Paxton\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Bill-Paxton.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Bill-Paxton-620x446.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Bill-Paxton-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Bill-Paxton-644x464.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Bill-Paxton-600x432.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RIP <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Paxton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Paxton<\/a> \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5858 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Hello-Kitty-Ninja.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Hello Kitty Ninja\" width=\"800\" height=\"1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Hello-Kitty-Ninja.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Hello-Kitty-Ninja-620x839.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Hello-Kitty-Ninja-768x1039.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Hello-Kitty-Ninja-644x871.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Hello-Kitty-Ninja-600x812.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 36px;\">(\u261e \u0361\u00b0 \u035c\u0296 \u0361\u00b0)\u261e<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5859 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-LEGO-movie.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Lego Movie\" width=\"800\" height=\"1084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-LEGO-movie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-LEGO-movie-620x840.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-LEGO-movie-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-LEGO-movie-644x873.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-LEGO-movie-600x813.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love seeing the stuff people come up with. They put hours and hours into their costumes and stuff. Respect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5860 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Mark-Meer.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Mark Meer\" width=\"800\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Mark-Meer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Mark-Meer-620x771.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Mark-Meer-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Mark-Meer-644x801.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Mark-Meer-600x746.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mark_meer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Meer<\/a> has been an emcee for years, lending his vocal and hair talents to Calgary Comic Con throughout the years. He&#8217;s a riot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5861 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplayer-borderlands.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Borderlands\" width=\"800\" height=\"1191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplayer-borderlands.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplayer-borderlands-620x923.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplayer-borderlands-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplayer-borderlands-644x959.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-cosplayer-borderlands-600x893.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some guy dressed up as some guy from <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlands.com\/en-US\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Borderlands<\/a>. Alright game. Sweet cosplay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5862 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Costume-Contest.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary Comic Con Shark Costume Contest Jaws\" width=\"800\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Costume-Contest.jpg 800w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Costume-Contest-620x297.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Costume-Contest-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Costume-Contest-644x308.jpg 644w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-Comic-Con-Costume-Contest-600x287.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every year at Calgary Comic Con they have a costume contest. It&#8217;s one of the best things about the &#8216;Con in my opinion. Make sure you attend! It&#8217;s usually on Saturday&#8217;s at like 6PM in The Corral.<\/p>\n<h2>There You Have It<\/h2>\n<p>So yeah, it&#8217;s not called Calgary Comic Con. Stop calling it that :\u00de<\/p>\n<p>See you there! Hope you take lots of pictures. Most of the above photos are from our Facebook album, <a href=\"https:\/\/business.facebook.com\/pg\/Crackmacs\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1086872587994512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary Comic Con Every year Calgary is host to one of the largest comic and pop culture festivals in Canada, Calgary Comic Con! Thousands of &#8230; <a title=\"Calgary Comic Con\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/?p=5848\" aria-label=\"Read more about Calgary Comic Con\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-5848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do-in-calgary","tag-calgary-expo","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Calgary-comic-con.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}