Cajundome Convention Center, Lafayette, LA
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending Louisiana Comic Con in Lafayette, LA. I’ve been attending this event regularly for the last few years (minus one hurricane cancellation and COVID cancellations). Of all of the conventions that I have attended either as a fan or as a panelist, Louisiana Comic Con has always been at the top of the list when it comes to professionalism and entertainment value. This year was, in my opinion, one of their best shows yet.
The guest list was excellent this year. Voice actors such as Brittney Karbowski and Kyle Phillips, live action film stars such as Kane Hodder and Ron Perlman, and cosplayers such as Strangecat Cosplay, Retters Cosplay, and Shelby Marie were all in attendance. There were also guests from a number of other film and anime franchises. All of them were happy to meet, sign autographs, and take photos with their fans. There were also numerous vendors and comic artists on site as well.
I spent much of my free time catching up with old friends, many of whom I haven’t talked to in person in years. I also made two new friends, Henry and Dexter, as we teamed up as the Scream Kings for a trivia game against Loki. We managed to win first prize, free Louisiana Comic Con tees, and became fast friends over our love of horror films. I was also fortunate enough to meet Brian Tochi and Robbie Rist. Mr. Tochi appeared in the Police Academy franchise and Revenge of the Nerds. I was there primarily because he was the voice of Leonardo in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. Mr. Rist is perhaps best known as Cousin Oliver in The Brady Bunch, but he is also a successful voice actor and appeared on the Kidd Video series. I met him due to the fact that he voiced Michelangelo in the original TMNT films. Both of them were excellent and Rist really had me laughing as we took selfies together.
I’ve presented panels at Louisiana Comic Con for the last few events and this year I got to present TWO panels! Both panels took place upstairs in Panel Room One. I presented my Bigfoot On The Big Screen panel on Saturday and my Iconic Scream Queens panel on Sunday. Both were well attended and attendees asked some great questions. I represented Filmsquatch on Saturday and gave away a Filmsquatch cap. I also gave out Ken’s Alternate Universe and Filmsquatch stickers to anybody that wanted one. It was a true honor to present my panels this year.
I definitely plan on attending Louisiana Comic Con next year and can’t wait to see what amazing things they have planned. They’ve improved each year and I expect next year to be great.
If you’ve never attended Louisiana Comic Con, do yourself a favor and check it out next year. You won’t regret it.
Thanks for checking out my post. I’ll be reviewing the new Scream film soon and I’ll be attending CyPhaCon at the end of the month. Hopefully I’ll be seeing some of you at conventions this year!
Ken's Alternate Universe! 