This year at C2E2 was different in a few ways for me. 1) There were no main stage panels I wanted to see. Now, the main stage panels were never my primary draw for C2E2 as I almost always buy my ticket before any guests or panels are announced. However, I think there is usually one that I want to see. But not this year. That said, I wasn't disappointed. The smaller panels I did see were so much fun, definitely interesting, and, at times, quite meaningful. The panel I found the most fun was probably "Movies Everyone Disagrees with You On" (I got to rant about how I really HATE Man of Steel ). The most interesting panel to me was "Chicago's Haunted Funeral Homes, Cadaver Labs, and Final Resting Places," where I learned about how the Eastland Disaster claimed more victims than the sinking of the Titanic, but was less talked about likely due to the fact that those who died were poor factory workers). And the most meaningful to me was "Women Supporting Wo...
Once again, I'm catching up on my blog posts by talking about what occupied me for days: C2E2! Here are some folks/businesses I've begun following on at least one social media platform because they were a part of a panel, a celebrity, or a business that was at C2E2! Give them (and those I listed in "15 C2E2 2026 folks/businesses I'm now following on at least one social media platform" , "15 more C2E2 2026 folks/businesses I'm now following on at least one social media platform" , and "Another 15 C2E2 2026 folks/businesses I'm now following on at least one social media platform" ) a follow too! Sarah Satrun (artist, Sarah Satrun IG , Satruns FB ) Catherine Satrun (artist, Catherine Satrun IG , Satruns FB ) Ragon Dickard (artist, Dickard IG ) Christine Chang (artist, Chang IG , Chang FB ) Wicked Tree Press (publisher, Press IG , Press FB ) Addi Kalmbach (artist, Kalmbach IG ) Karen Hallion (artist, Hallion IG , Hallion FB ) Hexwood Fo...