Howler Con is Right Around the Corner!

Okay Teen Wolf fans! Howler Con is next month November 14-16, 2014 Elizabeth New Jersey at Hilton Newark Airport Hotel. 

The tickets are selling out fast for this con. There will be no tickets sold at the door. Everything must be done online before you enter the convention. I would highly recommend buying the New Moon package if you are strapped for cash, instead of the single day tickets. 

I have been going to conventions for several years, and I guarantee you, the extra two days will come in handy if you want to get everything done. In addition, this will give you an opportunity to schedule out your time at the convention with less stress. 

The programming schedule is up and the panels are going to be fantastic. I am extremely happy that many of the guests are going to do multiple panels together, so you can savor the moment in being in there presences.

Please follow Howler Con on twitter and facebook.  They are doing a discount event tomorrow for photoops and M&G Saturday October 25, 2014. I would recommend taking advantage of this offer. My inner fangirl is already doing karate kicks in the air over this deal. 

If you are trying to acquire a hotel reservation, please do it immanently. Just click on the link HCHotel and it will direct you to Howler Con hotel reservation website. The group rate code HOC will expire October 31, 2014. 

I will tell you before hand, there are going to be lines at the convention. Everybody, please be friendly and helpful towards the staff by not complaining about it, unless it is extremely unorganized. I have faith in Howler Con staff in coordinating this event as best to there abilities. Besides, standing in line is where you meet awesome congoers that share the same passion as you over Teen Wolf. 

I hope to see many of you guys there. If you see a girl with a camera attached to her hand, cosplaying as Scott McCall Beacon Hill Lacrosse outfit or in blue scrubs, that is me. Do something crazy and it will definitely be added into my Howler Con youtube video. 

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J1-Con Review

J1-Con first impressions...the best time I had since Philadelphia Comic Con in June this year. The convention was amazing and I had a great time. The staff was very friendly and the person that was running the con, shared his story of how he funded and got J1-Con off the ground. It was a very touching story that made me want to support this convention even more. You could clearly see his passion for being like us congoers, and wanting to bring us the best con experience. I would gladly spend my money at this convention in 2015 when it rolls around again.

Since J1-Con was such a big turnout, over 1k people attended, next year the staff said they are going to have J1-Con at a bigger vendor, probably at a hotel and extending it to Saturday and Sunday. They may also extend it to Friday as well. It all depends on getting everything set up hopefully before next September. 

The staff was very friendly. Although the line situation need some tweaking which I knew it was going to happen, but next year I know that would be addressed with bigger space for the convention. I also loved how the staff was offering praise to everybody cosplay and telling them how awesome they looked. Even if you wasn't cosplaying, they keep asking congoers was they enjoying the convention. Those types of pleasant remarks goes a long way to congoers when attending a convention. I hope they bring those staff members back for 2015 because they was excellent. 

The programming for the con was great. I know many people enjoyed the Vic Mignogra panel. I've already seen him at many cons before, so I skipped it to allow somebody else too attend the panel since it was limited space in the room. The movies playing at the con was entertaining and people wanted to see these movies. These rooms wasn't empty which means great choice of movie selection. Hopefully next year, the programming altogether will expand from this year when more space is available. 

The vendors was very friendly and had great merchandise to sell. A lot of it was homemade which was interesting. I actually buy more things when it is homemade like Christmas balls, mugs, cups, hats and shirts then things I find online very easily. I was excited that there was many choices at each vendors when walking around the dealers room. I really hope some of them come back again so I can buy more merchandise.

If any of you guys are thinking about J1-Con next year, please do. It will be worth it and transportation to get there will be much easier since it is in the heart of downtown Philadelphia. However, trying to find parking space is another story which is an issue in every city over the weekend. 

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