Day 2 at Comic-Con and the insanity continues. Actually, it’s getting worse and tomorrow, very likely, we’ll all be wearing Kevlar and bearing weapons of the Mr. Pointy variety, among others.
Comic-Con started officially today with a bang. There are already a lot of people pullulating around the San Diego Convention Center, some in their civvies, some proudly wearing their colors (be those Star Trek, Firefly, Star Wars, Harry Potter… well, you get the idea) and then… and then there’s the costumes.
James Marsters often speaks admiringly of Steve Tartalia, his stunt double on “Buffy” and “Angel,” during his Q&As at different conventions. Steve worked for many years in Hong Kong doing action films and then, as of season 4 of “Buffy,” became the side of Spike that faced off with the Slayer, Glory, her minions and all the baddies that showed up on “Angel” season 5. We sat down with him last week to find out how it all had come about, and this is what he told us.
After the great shows James Marsters put on Saturday, Sunday rolled around and we dragged ourselves out of bed after a very late night that involved almost getting run over by a bus on Broadway (in view of the generosity, courtesy and affability of New York drivers, who are not afraid to either use the horn until you’re deaf or cut in front of you, even if it means leaving you trapped in the intersection with a bus headed your way) and the serious consideration of the hotel growing legs and moving away from us, or at least crossing through a portal into another dimension.
As promised, the Whedonopolis team flew across the country to bring you exclusive coverage of James Marsters’ appearance at Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors in Secaucus, NJ last weekend, as well as of his shows in Farmingdale, NY.
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