I finally made it to my first convention of the year! I try to make it to a few conventions every year, but I quickly realized that my schedule was packed. I had Twin Cities Con on my radar for this year, and I was happy to have been able to attend on Friday. I tabled at the Twin Cities Geek booth, which is the online magazine I write for. Twin Cities Con was one of the most organized conventions I have ever been to, especially since this is only the second year for the convention.

Before Twin Cities Con, several bigger conventions tried to move into the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. However, these conventions were focused on profit and drove away the local community. Each convention never stayed longer than two years. With Twin Cities Con, there was more partnership with the community. One of the runners of Twin Cities Con talked to the local cosplay community to get a gauge for what weekends Twin Cities Con would work for everyone. With Twin Cities Con happening every November, it doesn’t run into some of the local conventions in the summer. There was a lot of thought put into this convention.

As far as cosplay, I always wait till the last minute. I went through all of my previous Halloween costumes and ended up settling on a Jessica Jones cosplay. I already had the leather jacket, the light jeans, and the combat boots. All I needed were the black gloves and the white t-shirt, which I found at Target the night before. It was such a quick cosplay, and I did get recognized, which is always fun. I wish I had thought more about what I wanted to cosplay as. I have an orange wig sitting in my closet that I haven’t been able to wear yet.

Twin Cities Con was a blast to attend. I’m excited to see this convention grow. Minneapolis and Saint Paul need a bigger convention similar to C2E2 in Chicago, and I think Twin Cities Con can get there.