WIZARD WORLD 2008 CHICAGO ROUNDUP!

Well, we survived the whirlwind of WW08 Chicago, with a TON of footage and plenty of goodies for the homestead. We met a lot of cool people at the convention, and a lot of talented artists. Here, we present footage in five parts from Day 2 of the convention, Saturday.

Part One: Blake and Darius introduce WW08 Chicago, Planeswalker, views from the floor, Storm Trooper and Boba Fett costumes, choice items, Greg Horn, Buck Rogers figures by inthe25thcentury.com (gohero.com) ...

Music by Daft Punk: 'Aerodynamic' and Darius March: 'Compendium'

Part Two: The massive Into The Mantle coverage of Wizard World continues with the Buck Rogers booth, Blake gets Booster Gold, we are introduced to a lady carrying some heavy metal, Warren Ellis signs autos,

Part Three: Well We didn't want to skimp on the footage, so here is the third part of the Into The Mantle coverage of WW08 Chicago. In this part: Brian Michael Bendis signs autos, the costume contest begins. EPIC!

Check out other youtube user's footage for the outcome of the costume contest.

Music: Gnarls Barkley: 'Transformer', The Strawbs: 'Hero's Theme'

Part Four: The Into The Mantle coverage continues with some costume contest footage, a Marvel panel with Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Reed (sorry, just photos), Missy Peregrym Q and A!, some incidental shots, Darius picks up an Iron Man #161.

Part Five: So we wrap things up on the Into the Mantle coverage of WW08 in Chicago by revisiting all of the great fans we ran into along the way.

Vyxsin from The Amazing Race was there! And so was Kynt!

Music: Oldies: 'Let the good times roll'