Conventions look a lot of fun from the outside; how much do you enjoy them?

I enjoy them very much! The best things about conventions are the fans. I don’t know another place where people are as accepting and supporting of one another as at conventions. If you say ‘I’m Wonder Woman today’ and you put a Wonder Woman costume together, people are going to say ‘Yes you are Wonder Woman’ and people are going to want their picture taking with you. They’re just there to have a good time and support all the different projects that are there. They have love for them. And some people have connections to them. I’ve met so many people through Firefly who have had a struggle in life, possibly medical issues. They have a connection to your story, project or character that meant something to them. And soldiers, oh my god, soldiers, that were on the battlefield and then at night they’d watched Firefly… It’s just amazing. I actually get to bring a veteran in to touch on that (in Con Man). I’m sure a lot of people who go to these things have had the same experience, I know a lot of them have, so it’s great to be able to do that and show it in the world in a funny way too, so it’s light-hearted.

Con Man — “a celebration of sci-fi fandom,” starring Firefly alumni Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion — will bring said party to Syfy, which has acquired Seasons 1 and 2 of the web series.

The announcement was made on Friday evening during Syfy’s “Con Man: Cons and Fandom Culture” panel at San Diego Comic-Con, by creator, star and moderator Tudyk.

Set for a September Syfy premiere, the Emmy-nominated, short-form web series is loosely based on the post-Firefly careers of Tudyk and Fillion, following the journey of Wray Nerely, a washed-up, former sci-fi celebrity who revisits his glory days on the convention circuit, while Fillion’s character, Jack Moore, goes on to become an A-list celeb.

Syfy is taking over the seasons that exist. I think they’re going to see how it works—it’s a very different show for them. For years, before we even crowdfunded, I thought, “Oh, Syfy would be a great place,” but you look at their line-up and they have a lot of science fiction shows, but no shows about science fiction, not a lot of comedy.

....The fans that have seen it on these smaller platforms, it’s been such a great response, so I’m hoping that continues on Syfy. If it does, then I think you can expect to see more.