Comic Con – About Things | A Hans Scharler Blog https://nothans.com Life, Comedy, Games, Tech, Marketing, and Community Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:20:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/nothans.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-settings.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Comic Con – About Things | A Hans Scharler Blog https://nothans.com 32 32 114568856 Billy West at Boston Comic Con! https://nothans.com/billy-west-at-boston-comic-con https://nothans.com/billy-west-at-boston-comic-con#respond Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:33:36 +0000 http://nothans.com/?p=1099 I got to meet Billy West at the Boston Comic Con 2017! If you don’t his name, you probably know his voice. He has voiced a lot of characters from some of my favorite cartoons, everything from The Ren & Stimpy Show to Futurama.

I have always been fascinated watching Billy West in action. Check out his segment on Penn’s Sunday School to get a sense of his extreme versatility and voice talent.

 

 

]]> https://nothans.com/billy-west-at-boston-comic-con/feed 0 1099 William Shatner at Boston Comic Con! https://nothans.com/william-shatner-at-boston-comic-con https://nothans.com/william-shatner-at-boston-comic-con#respond Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:52:04 +0000 http://nothans.com/?p=960 I had to. I just had to meet William Shatner. I saw that William Shatner was the guest of honor at this year’s Boston Comic Con, so I had to find a chance to meet him. Shatner is promoting a new memoir about his friendship with Leonard Nimoy. It is also the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. In my opinion, the original 3 seasons of Star Trek is some of the best TV ever produced.

Hans Scharler and William Shatner at Boston Comic Con

Shatner greeted us with a monologue about how he liked the Patriots because of Brady’s wife, but now he is a LA Rams fan. The Mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh, named August 13, 2016 William Shatner Day. From TV to spoken word albums, “I think it’s gonna be a long, long time” before I get this star struck again.

]]> https://nothans.com/william-shatner-at-boston-comic-con/feed 0 960 First Look at Dog https://nothans.com/first-look-at-dog https://nothans.com/first-look-at-dog#respond Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:29:02 +0000 http://nothans.com/?p=953 At the Boston Comic Con, I got to meet a comic book artist in the Boston area named Jay Kennedy. I pitched him my character named, “Dog”. Dog is the subject of some children stories and a board game that I have been working on in my copious spare time. I commissioned a color sketch drawn at the con based on the description from my pitch. Jay called me up a couple of hours later to show me what he had created. This is the first look at Dog… stay tuned. You probably are going to hear a lot more about this character in the coming months.

First Dog

Thanks, Jay!

 

]]> https://nothans.com/first-look-at-dog/feed 0 953 Mesmerized by Frank Miller at Boston Comic Con https://nothans.com/mesmerized-by-frank-miller-at-boston-comic-con https://nothans.com/mesmerized-by-frank-miller-at-boston-comic-con#respond Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:12:35 +0000 http://nothans.com/?p=935 Hearing the origins of the Dark Knight as told by the legendary Frank Miller at Boston Comic Con 2016. I got very lucky to be able to watch his panel discussion along with Brian Azzarello. They turned Batman from a low-selling comic to a huge success with The Dark Knight Returns.

Frank Miller at Boston Comic Con
Frank Miller at Boston Comic Con

Frank shared his key to success. He suggests finding a character that no one is writing about or has a bad reputation and turn it around. He said, “Look for a loser, make it shine, and you will be a winner.” This is how he found Batman in the 1980’s – at the bottom of the ratings.

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