Four Magical Tales from Wizard World – St. Louis 2018

Prelude, A Tale of Transmogrification I moved downtown after my local comic shop closed its old location and reopened on Washington Avenue in St. Louis. I found out, braving the tight city corridor for the weekly comic book pull and the occasional visit to the city museum. I then found some of my favorite restaurants along the street, as well as a great movie theater, and eventually I found myself going downtown or wanting to go every other day. When my lease at my old place ran out, I moved to Washington Avenue, in a nice loft, and a year later, I got my first press pass to my first con. America’s Convention Center is two blocks away from my current apartment. It’s funny how fate works out sometimes. I spent the night before Wizard World 2018 – St. Louis, trying to figure out what I was going to wear, knowing that I’d be going from my day job directly to the con floor. This was the first con that I’ve ever gone to and the first con that I’d be covering like some sort of journalist. I chose a plain blue button down and a Superman t-shirt. I did not know if I was doing a corporate cosplay or a journalist one. I thought of transmogrification, a type of magic that changes the appearance. I learned the term from video games, and it kept coming up in my head. When I got into the office in the morning, I took a good look at my cubicle.

Nerdy Cubicle Aesthetic A post shared by Mikkel Snyder (@chimericnotion) on Feb 4, 2018 at 2:14pm PST

I quickly accepted that my nerd ae…