Comic-Con Cuteness!

Today's photos center around things I saw at Comic-Con that were cute.

Kittens and puppies cute, not cute girl cute.


Super-Buddies!


These people had a whole big booth centered around this and other similar "pea" themes.


You might have to click on this one to really get the idea, but this was equally cute and incredibly creepy.
On the one hand, you've got a little kid all tuckered out at Comic-Con with his big bag and character mask on.
On the other hand, you've got that creepy V face on a tiny body slumped over in a corner.

Comic-Con Continued!

I met George Romero.
He was 20 feet tall.
I'm standing on a series of boxes in this picture.


By now everyone has already heard about this girl, but I mean, I got my picture with her too. She's resting her butt on my shoulder.


Heavy-set Blade looked mean.


Then I met Superman.
Just let me have this one.


I'm a really big fan of your work.


Shin Chan!

And so it goes..

The Ten Best Bands That Never Existed.

It's on film.

Comics are awesome.

Where could he be?

Do you know what this is?

Gone and on our way.

For those of you who are interested in such things, after quite a drought, tomorrow is a really big DVD day.
The Simpsons Season 10
The Muppet Show Season 2
The Film Crew : Killers From Space
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show - The Complete Series
Darkwing Duck Season 2
The Tick Vs. Season 2
TMNT (2007 CGI flick)
Disturbia (which Corey assures me was good)
and saving the best for last...
FLASH GORDON (Saviour of the Universe Edition)!

I think there may well be.

Don't you hate it when you see something that has been made by (what you would assume are) professionals that looks absolutely awful.
I'm looking at a calendar I bought at a store.
This calendar was mass produced, which means it had to go through any number of people for approval before it was released, and yet here it is.
Staring at me.
Ugly as the devil's face.
I see things like this and it makes me wish the people in charge of "things" would call me up before they send whatever it is they make out to an unsuspecting populace.
While it's true that I'm currently employed as a professional graphic designer, I don't have any better design sense now than I did when I was working in retail.
I guess my point (and I'm not sure if I have one) is that the world of mass produced crap would look a lot more pleasing to the eye if I were consulted more often.

What do you think?

Curt has a whole mess of pictures up from our trip to San Diego.
He also has insightful, running commentary.
He also has some strange ideas about Super Mario ... but those aren't on his site, those are in his brain.

You hurt me!

Guess what day it is?
It's Comic-Con Photo Parade Batday!


I got to see the newly refurbished Batmobile.
Curt and I were working on a plan to steal it that never panned out.


Then I met Batman!
I cropped out the creepy Robin he had with him.
Trust me, things are better this way.


Then I met this Robin who wasn't particularly creepy at all.
He was more friendly than creepy.
Great costume too.


Then April met Catwoman!
This was about as close to seeing Catwoman walk out of the comic as I think was possible. She had the costume, the look, and the attitude all down perfectly.
This was definitely the hottest picture I took at the show.
April was a little flustered after this.
Here's another picture of that Catwoman I found elsewhere.

Yowza!

This could be your lucky day.

No, you aren't hallucinating, I'm posting this picture again.
Why am I doing this? What's it to you, pal?! It's my blog, I can do whatever I damn well feel like doing.

I'm sorry. I'm a little tired.
So, I'm re-posting this picture, because I've added a veritable plethora of notes to the photo.


I met Beastmaster.
This picture is also covered in notes if you click upon it.


Curt : Get my picture with this furry!
This was the creepiest picture I took at the con.

A bag of Oreos.

One of the cutest things I saw at the con.
It's a little kid dressed as Capt. Kirk.
He and his folks were with another family who's little boy was dressed as Spock.
Adorable.

The Return.

I may never be this happy again.

Go ahead, take a peek.

Another of my many powers.

So, Curt and April and I leave for San Diego tomorrow.
For Comic Con.
I'm very excited and also very nervous.
I don't care for flying.
I also have no idea what to expect at the Con.
I have high hopes.
Anyway, I doubt I'll be doing any updating between now and next week so here's a mess o' stuff until then.

Cyclops wants kisses.


Spidey 2099 as drawn by Cory Walker and colored by me.


This is a Superman I drew and colored using a color scheme I borrowed from a Jon Morris picture of Superboy.

You may never sleep again!

Tattoos drawn by me : If you' d like to see the robot of mine that Kat got a tattoo of, feel free to click.

Dethklok/Metalocalypse Update : The new season starts Sunday, Sept. 16. The 1st Season DVD is released Tuesday, Sept. 18. The Dethalbum will then be released Tuesday, Sept. 25. Also, I will be purchasing these next week, as they're being sold exclusively at SDCC.


LOLKIDS : Why not?

It's so dark.

So here's one of the Flashes Jason Latour drew for me that I have now colored.
Below are 3 alternate versions of the same coloring job.. the backgrounds are different.

Feel free to tell me which of the 4 you prefer.

I don't mind.

My friend, Kat, got another tattoo of artwork I've sent her over the years. (She also has a chrishaley robot tattoo.)
This one is of a zombie, and the tattoo artist really made it look exactly like the way I drew it.
Crazy.

I never wanted it to end.

You can't tell me this is anything other than the greatest thing you've ever seen.
No exaggeration, I will probably buy a case of these.
I'll have a set for work, a set for the car, a set for the living room, and a set for the bathtub.
I'm already imagining the second wave which, in my perfect world, would be made up of :
Big Barda (Full Armor), Kalibak, Highfather, Mantis, and a Parademon.
This of course leads to the third wave :
Big Barda (let's call it her alternate costume), Metron, Forager, Desaad, and Steppenwolf.
Anyone agree or disagree with my character choices?
Ok, DC Direct, let's get started.

You don't need to see my credentials.

Man, forget DC bringing back (and subsequently screwing up) the multiverse, this guy is trying to prove that it really exists!

From a CNN.com story on Geniuses Who Will Change Your Life :
Nima Arkani-Hamed thinks big. He has a theory that our universe is one of an infinite number of universes -- meaning the largest thing we can wrap our minds around is actually pretty tiny
He didn't pull the "multiverse" out of thin air, though. After becoming a Harvard professor at age 30, Arkani-Hamed first made a name for himself by suggesting that our universe is five-dimensional. Then he moved on to the multiverse, theorizing that our own universe has a hidden feature called "split supersymmetry," which means that half of all particles have partner particles.

The theory will be tested soon in Switzerland's brand-new Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and if the LHC finds Arkani-Hamed's partner particles, it could prove that the multiverse is real -- and that our place in it is that much smaller.

Are you fucking kidding me?!
This has got to be one of the most exciting scientific news things I've ever heard.
Of course, that means it also has the potential to be the most terrifying.

For no reason other than the tenuous DC/multiverse connection, here is a picture of a young Superman (we can't call him that other name any more) I did a while back and never got around to putting up here.
It's different. Feel free to let me know what you think.

Climbing the walls.

This just in, Nintendo > Sony.
Noted commentator Chris Haley was quoted as telling Sony to, "Suck it."