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I know we've told you about Wizard World before, but here goes again. They're my favorite this week. Hey, it's my birthday...I can do what I want!

So, together we've done 3 total Wizard World conventions (and we plan to attend many more) but I was really wishing to be there with them this weekend. #1 when I found out they'd be in New Orleans on the weekend of my birthday...#2 they announce MATT SMITH was going to be there too!!! Come on now, that would be the coolest birthday ever!! Normally, I'd watch Facebook, twitter and YouTube to see what's been going on since I'm not there, but this time I think I'll wait till it's over. I just can't torture myself. :(

I get that some people have their opinions about these type of conventions...that they just bring in people that wanna meet celebrities. Maybe that is true, but here's my take on it. My family has always been very nerdy with tv, books and movies...but not into comics and gaming. For us, Wizard World was kind of a "gateway drug". Yeah, we went to meet some celebs, but that was only the beginning! We met comic book artists Art Balthazar, Franco, Josh Blaylock, Greg Horn, and colorist Jeff Balke.

But it also lead to another convention where we met even more comic book writers and artists, Dirk Manning, K Lynn Smith, Tom Hutchison, and Dave Dorman! We started buying comics and reading them! (Check out some of our other posts to see what we're reading!)

I will contine to freak out when I get a chance to meet tv and movie celebrities, but now, artists and writers are rock stars to me too. So, try not to judge people too harshly that wanna wait in line to meet "that old guy from The Big Bang Theory" (seriously, you don't know who Stan Lee is?!) cause this could be just the beginning of a lifetime of geekdom for them.

If Wizard World stops in a city near you, hug a TV celebrity, take pics with cosplayers, and go meet a few comic book artists and writers! Until then, check in on them via social media, just no spoilers for me.

http://www.wizardworld.com

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