Having a Supernatural Weekend

This past weekend I had the chance to go to a Creation Entertainment convention at the Marriott Hotel near the Los Angeles Airport with fellow Nice Girls Tiffany and Louise. The spotlight this weekend was on the popular CW series Supernatural. Over the course of three days, a number of cast members were the special guests of this annual convention, entertaining the hundreds of attendees with fun stories about behind-the-scene antics and other cool anecdotes about working on the set of this thriller.

I was able to attend some of the panels on Saturday and Sunday, including appearances by Misha Collins, who plays Castiel, the Angel who works with the Winchester brothers, and Jim Beaver, who plays fellow “hunter” Bobby.

During Misha’s one-hour Q&A session, he showcased his own special brand of humor, thrilling the audience with quirky quips and sarcastic answers to audience member’s questions. Later that day, Jim took over the stage for his one-hour Q&A session, regaling the audience with stories about stars Jared and Jensen and showing how terrific a dad he is to his daughter.

And then on Sunday morning, the men of the hour – Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles (who portray the Winchester brothers in the series for those who are not aware) – took the stage together, making an impression on the audience with their camaraderie, quick wit and fun stories. They seemed very comfortable with each other and seemed unfazed by all the adoring fans, some of whom traveled thousands of miles just to see them.

I believe that Louise will be providing more details of the three-day fete, as she was able to attend much more of the convention than Tiffany and I; but for what time we were there, Tiffany and I enjoyed ourselves.

In the meantime, you can check out coverage that was provided by several reporters for the website Zap2It, who were there the entire weekend. You can start here and then click on more of their Supernatural coverage at the bottom of this link.

You can also learn more about Creation Entertainment and the conventions they hold all over North America that spotlight Supernatural, Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis, Farscape, both Firefly and Serenity and the motion picture saga Twilight at their website.

Red Spider by Sho Murase

Artist’s Spotlight: This month’s artist spotlight is on Sho Murase, a talented animation artist who was born in Aichi-ken, Japan but grew up in Spain. Her love of drawing has been with her since she was a child and her inspirations encompass all that she sees, hears and experiences. Sho studied fine arts and graphic design in Barcelona, Spain and then went to animation school in Vancouver, Canada. She has been working in animation and advertisements in Europe with a client list that includes brands such as Nike, Virgin, Mattel and Evian as well as companies like Sony and Electronics Arts (among others). Her work has been exhibited in galleries and shows all around the world, such as the German Film Museum in Frankfurt and the Louisiana Modern Art Museum in Denmark. Currently her work can be seen at the Star Wars Visions Show. Her first color graphic novel SEI was published in November 2003 by Image Comics. Since then she has created ME2 and has illustrated over a dozen graphic novels including the adaptation of Nancy Drew, which is currently in Volume 20. Her animation work has been nominated in various film festivals, including Annecy, Zagreb, Mendrisio and the Chicago International Arts Festival. Sho currently lives in San Francisco and she can be reached at info@shomurase.com. You can learn more about her art at www.shomurase.com. Her featured piece shown to the left is called Red Spider.