SC Comic Con!

Our very first SC Comic Con was last weekend at the TD Convention Center here in Greenville, SC. It was oodles of fun and surprisingly well-attended.

We've been waiting A LONG TIME for a Con of our own! (((happy dance)))

I apologize for not getting the photos up until now. I have plenty of excuses, but I'm sure you aren't that interested.

As always, you can click all photos to enlarge.


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Below: Callie Cosplay; a guy with cool red contact lenses (as I've written here before, I really love those!)... and--? Does anybody know who she is playing? She stayed in character and didn't answer questions!



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Below: Lost Skeleton of Cadavra movie poster ("The day the Earth was disemboweled in terror!") and C-3PO (are we supposed to spell it See-Threepio?) who followed me through one whole aisle.

The last photo, Lucid Ink comics. Thanks for the stickers!



EDIT 5/22/14: Eagle-eyed readers have corrected me, that is R2-D2 and not C-3PO. I can never remember robot names!

Editorial comment that threatens to turn into monster-sized digression but will not: I never edit (without notation, like now) and act like I never make mistakes, and lately, since the extended Tumblr follies, I am more dedicated to that policy than EVER BEFORE. So, I am carefully noting my mistake here. THANKS, D and Jojo! (PS Tumblr kids: consider abandoning your dishonest memory hole and becoming as honest as I am. Your karma will thank you.)


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Below: Like me, you probably think of Muhammad Ali when you hear the phrase "black Superman"--but actually, the real one attended the Con. Other photos: fans buying comics, The Fried Pickle Noir guy... and ... Who you gonna call?




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Below: I can't figure out if the first t-shirt is pro or anti-confederate? You can go crazy thinking about it. (I do want the second t-shirt, though!) And zombie cookies are what every conventioneer craves. The nice lady from the Sweet Sisters Baking Company apologized for not bringing enough samples of brains-cookies, shaped exactly like brains and made of red velvet cake.

I was pretty disappointed I arrived too late for the coveted, popular brains-cookies. :(



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A Splendid Time was guaranteed for all!

Matthew McConaughey as cartoon

Getting ready to watch the Academy Awards... and wondering whether Matthew McConaughey will win the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Dallas Buyers Club"? In any event, I thought of this clip from Family Guy and decided to share it here. It's Seth Green's voice, but I initially believed it was McConaughey!

If he wins, maybe it will sound something like this:

HeroesCon 2012

At left: Yes, you know who it is! (He is not nearly as mean or rowdy as they say; he politely posed for pictures with everybody.)





Just got back from the great party that is HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC! Photos below. As always, you can click to enlarge. More photos HERE.



At bottom, Stan Lee and his ever-worshipful acolytes, packed into a room to hear His Majesty. They wouldn't let us get too close; it was like he was Mick Jagger or somebody. Frank Sinatra at the Sands in the 60s, complete with mafioso-bodyguards warning you to keep your distance!

I hope your weekend was as wild and wacky as mine was.

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And first up, the ladies who safely kept my wallet for me when I left it at their booth, like a total flake. GEEKS ARE HONEST!

Thank you, Za Pow!

Blue people, Haley watch, etc

At left: My current screensaver, Krishna. I've always liked him!






I thought of Krishna because of the new Smurfs movie, which as you undoubtedly know, is about blue people.

In the landmark, fabulous film, Slacker (not the mediocre and forgettable Slackers, which of course you have never confused it with), we are treated to a brilliant discourse about the cultural importance of blue people.

When I first saw Slacker, my child was young, and I suddenly realized the importance of the Smurfs!

Here is the operative segment, which also has some interesting things to say about Scooby Doo and Scooby snacks.

Blue People Excerpt - Slacker (1991)



You have to admit, he has a point.

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I have not suspended Haley Watch, although it is currently on an extended hiatus. I got kinda tired of reprinting the veritable onslaught of gushing, fawning media-coverage of our new governor... what's next, Italian Vogue? The most recent Sunday Greenville News story informs us that Governor Haley "eats, sleeps and breathes jobs" and "she must work 24/7"... I am just waiting for the canonization committee to show up.

Republican Lt. Governor Ard, however, is another matter. He is in some major trouble for using campaign funds incorrectly and dishonestly, and Haley has very carefully maintained her political distance from him and his problems.

I seriously doubt that the Ard scandal will touch her. Boo.

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At left: new patio resident. I thought I saw RADIANT stitched into the web, but it was an optical illusion.



According to my geeky Facebook friends, even though (to borrow a line from Woody Allen) this spider is the size of a Buick, she is supposedly (mostly) harmless, unless I aggravate her. And I assure you, I wouldn't dream of it!

She is Agelenidae, a funnel-web spider. Thus, the web is just lovely... it looks like water whooshing down the drain, frozen in white profile.

If you just ignore all those enormous dead beetle-bodies she has littered everywhere, it looks almost peaceful.

Wordless Wednesday: Funnies

Well, not totally wordless, but no words from ME today... And as always, these come courtesy of Yellowdog Granny!

PS: Mr Daisy loves Nancy, at bottom. I don't know WHAT he's talking about.