2010 Phoenix ComiCon

On Memorial Day weekend 2010, the Arizona Ghostbusters made their fifth appearance at the annual Phoenix ComiCon. Friday started with the Zombie panel on the spread of zombies in pop culture. This was a packed panel with alot of great discussion on the zombie fad. Later in the afternoon was the first of our daily Zombie Brain Eating Contests. These were alot of fun and the 2nd year they were held. This time there was a kids round, a shooter round, and three adult rounds. People entered the adult round by winning some really hard zombie trivia. The brains are made from peach jello and condensed milk. Reviews on the flavor are mixed. At this we were the judges.

Friday evening was the Zombie Walk and Zombie Beauty Pageant. Both went great. We had a police escort for the zombie walk so were able to lead the walk with the Ecto running full lights and sirens. We handed out zombie survival pamphlets to passers-by with the zombies behind us. The pageant was awesome as well. We handed out twinkies and marshmallows during an intermission with the above mentioned Ghostbusters theme sing along. We also acted as chaperones or wranglers for the contestants.

Throughout the weekend we held our hourly raffles for various Ghostbusters prizes and had a basket for silent auction. We played GB tunes out the sound system we set up and had a TV with a slideshow and our various TV interviews and appearances playing. We handed out info pamphlets, posters, our sugar-free ghost candy, buttons, Cystic Fibrosis info, coloring sheets, sold Twinkies and Marshmallows for donations, and had people posing like crazy with Vigo. Through the weekend we held a Slime Scavenger Hunt for kids. At select booths we put slime in a petri dish and gave the kids clues. When they brought back a sample we gave them marshmallows and a raffle ticket. Sunday morning we did a TV interview for our local Channel 3 and was able to keep the Ecto parked out front. We also held a Ghostbusters Trivia Contest Panel. We did several rounds for prizes and picked contestants by giving them the Zener ESP card test.

It was an awesome weekend and the con was much bigger than last year. Last year we had 5000 attendees. This year we had over 13,000 attendees. We made alot of contacts and met the most kids we've ever seen in Ghostbuster costumes. We can't wait for next year.