Alicyn Packard - News

Well, I'm back in LA after joining the masses at the largest comic book convention in the US: Comic-Con. This was my second year attending the Con & I had such a blast from start to finish (including the 3+ hour drive to San Diego;o). The highlight being the Cartoon Voices Panel on Saturday where I spoke alongside Phil LaMarr, Chuck McCann, Keith Ferguson, Wally Wingert & Greg Berger about being a voiceover artist. It was an honor to share the stage with such amazing talent & to share my passion with 2,500 people! The event was hosted by Mark Evanier & Earl Krauss & was non-stip laughs.

Here's a short clip of our vocal introductions. You'll hear the Blood Elf, Miss Naughty & some obscure zombie I did recently:

My Comic-Con travel companion Keith Ferguson (a.k.a. Bloo from "Foster's Home of Imaginary Friends) kept me laughing the entire ride down & back. And of course we found time to consume copious amounts of calories, mainly in the form of sugar molecules.

My dear friends Edith & Jer were kind enough to let me crash with them in their swanky room over at The Ivy in the Gaslamp District. When we weren't checking out panels or on the floor, we soaked up the sun by the pool. In addition to being an absolute doll, Edith is also a very talented writer who pens young adult novels. Oh, and we're the same height!

Another highlight of the Con was running into so many Emersonians! I can't tell you how cool it is to reconnect with people I knew from our Boston days. A few faces I was thrilled to run into:

John Connelly, now working at Game Stop.

Opus Moreschi who was on The Writers Room: Writing Prime Time Animated Comedy panel.

And my dear friends Andrew Seidel from G4 & Tom Menino from Meteor Games.

(Yeah, that's me in the middle)

In addition to running into old friends, I joined a hip-hop group (actually, just some of the cats from the Comic Strip Live Panel).

Perhaps MC Frontalot will ask us to open for him?

The Barenaked Ladies pondered what they would do "if they had a million dollars" and I decided to find out what I would do. And the answer is: Give it to Thurop.

And that just about wraps it up for the Comic-Con rewind. See you next year!