COSTUME PARTY

An hour-long train ride into the city plus a long line to enter can make it difficult to create excitement in even the biggest fans. When we finally got into the convention, I asked Boom what he wanted to do. "Sit" was his reply. I found the Cartoon Network Halloween Party/Costume contest. Stars from Teen Titans Go! (Greg Cipes/BeastBoy), Craig of the Creek (Phillip Solomon/Craig), and Victor and Valentino (Sean Ryan Peterson/Valentino) helped emcee a costume contest with giveaways of Cartoon Network prize packs. The music was pumping, Greg Cipes was hilarious, and the young girl in the Raven costume was one of the best takes on that character I've seen. On top of that, the fact that he was able to sit for a while helped invigorate Boom and he was ready to tackle the Show Floor. —LV

Winners on stage at the Cartoon Network costume party

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Boom gets to sit

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This Raven was everywhere and amazing. Her cape freely flapped outside, not weighed down by all the work in the feathers

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GRAPHIC TIPS

My middle schooler Kal was very interested in seeing the Raising Super Readers: Inside DC’s Middle Grade Graphic Novels panel. A great group of panelists— Meg Cabot, Franco, Agnes Garbowska, Cara McGee, Michael Northrop, Yoshi Yoshitani—gave us the inside scoop on DC’s new lineup of middle grade graphic novels. Artists also shared their special drawing tips with live art tutorials and spoke about their tools of the trade. Each artist gave away the art they drew during their projected tutorials. When Franco turned to the crowd and asked if anyone was a Superman fan, Kal quickly raised his hand and announced "I'm named for Superman." Franco clapped, laughed, and happily handed off his Superman sketch to Kal. —LV

Panelists at Raising Super Readers

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Franco sketch from the live tutorial

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