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Responding to Perry Moore

I realize this blog has gone dead since the close of ComicCon. Life
after vacation has been rather crazy, but I didn't want to leave Mr.
Moore unanswered. First I'd like to thank Perry for searching out our
blog and for taking the time to post a thoughtful response. I would
also like to apologize for the offensive opener to my previous post -
I obviously didn't expect the post to be read by its subject. Isn't
the Internet marvelous. Anyway, when it comes the the actual content
of Perry's post I want to be sure to continue the discussion at a high
intellectual level (whether or not anyone will read it). I will post a
full response as soon as I get the chance.

Side note: Rising Stars is an astounding literary and visual work,
everybody read it.

Perry Moore is Not a Gay Assh#!@

He's an assh#!@ who happens to be gay.

I attended the Tipping Point for LGBT Portrayals in Comics panel. It
was an interesting discussion with professionals in the biz who are
gay and/or have a major hand in the gay portrayals that are appearing
in comics currently. The discussion was initially heavily directed at
Greg Rucka who is writing Detective Comics (the title that DC Comics
gets its name from) which has recently been taken over by two lesbian
characters. It is the first major book to be headlined by a gay
character. Rucka made a lot of good points over the course of the
panel, whether I agree with them or not. He talked about the
mainstream comics audience (young straight males) being more receptive
to lesbian characters, and while that is a sign that there is more
work to do it is also a window through which to affect change. Rucka
also talked about his wariness to depict gay characters negatively -
as villains or flawed - because he doesn't want to give the opposition
any ammunition. This point met with some opposition, myself included,
but I see his point. I want gay characters to be treated like any
other character in a good story, but they are scarce. If most of the
gay characters we have in comics are villains what does that do to
change the perception that bigoted or ignorant people have of them?
Show me 20 sustained, featured gay good guys and I'll start giving you
villains. It is going to be hard to treat gay characters equitably -
good and bad - before being gay is irreversibly separated from the
concepts of good and evil.

To address the title of this post. Perry Moore spent much of his time
trying to convince the comic-loving audience that comics are evil to
gays and only books could possibly be seen as getting it right - or,
at least, that is how it seemed. I don't know if the man was just
offensively bad at making his point or if he was really so
dissatisfied with incremental change that he was willing to attack the
people attempting to make it. As much as I would like there to be a
monumental shift, an easy button for gay equality, there just isn't
going to be one. I appreciate Moore's sentiment, it was an integral
part of drama-con, but to say that every gay character and every gay
moment ought to be the main feature the comic that contains it is
ludicrous. Asking the authors and artists of these books to tell a
bad story for the sole purpose of ramming the gay agenda down readers'
throats is the worst possible tactic. To Moore's defense, I too am
anxious for change. It is easy to become frustrated and discouraged.
It was all too easy for me to look at Joss Whedon, who has done a
beautiful job of writing lesbian characters and ask why his only gay
character is closeted comic relief. It is hard to be excited about
incremental change, it is without comfort to accept slow progress when
all you're asking for is a chance given to everyone else you know. I
want to have heroes, I want to have role models, I want to characters
in books and film and comics, that I can look to, emulate, connect
with and be inspired by with out the nagging realization that they
aren't quite like me. My relationship with so much of culture is
experienced from behind a glass wall. I often forget it is there, but
then I collide with it all the harder.

I've got to believe it's getting better, getting better all the time...

I just got on the

I just got on the plane to Cleveland and the couple behind me stole two headsets. Wow...

GLEE

I saw the second episode of Glee. I saw it before most of the
country. This makes me better than you, feel sad.

Dylan was originally going to share in my superiority but
unfortunately he abandoned me for $5 trades. I wasn't about to
substitute spending another $100 on comics for seeing the best show
ever. Also, now - being after the fact - I can say that I
successfully bought a ton of $5 trades even after my time in the
Indigo Ballroom.

Anyway, back to Glee.

The show is incredibly well conceived and the writing is living up to
that conception. They are pumping the show full of camp and slapstick
humor, but it never feels false or forced. It is over the top, but
aware. In the same way that Buffy was able to say things about real
life by folding it into a sci-fi / fantasy world, and your parents are
able to give you medicine by hiding it in the applesauce, Glee manages
to be an honest reflection of high school life encapsulated in a
hyperbolic reality. Also, no TV show has ever been harmed by an
infusion of Broadway talent - Glee has plenty.

If you aren't already watching this, start. And try not to hate me
while you wait impatiently for the next episode to air.

Cheesy Sitcom Finale Post

Well guys, I'm sitting at the San Diego airport in a rocking chair (look at Dylan's last post) writing on my computer to say my good-byes. I'm really glad I came on this trip, it was everything I was hoping for, and then some that I wasn't. Vacations are a great time to sit back, relax, and have a panic attack on a train platform...all of which I got to accomplish! Getting to spend time in a place that was just so positively charged by almost every one of the 250,000 people here for Con. Plus, I no longer feel like the biggest nerd on the planet because I saw many people who made me look as normal as the rest of you...which isn't saying much. Thank you all for reading and I believe that we are indeed on our way to becoming THE Comic-Con blog, much thanks to Ben for putting that idea in our heads. My last thought that I have to say as I sit in this rocking chair, taking in the sun, looking out on the people flowing by: It's good to have land.

Kevin

rocking chairs

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just the two of my boys now...:(

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And I'll fleeeh be dooo with Ooooooopen Aaaaarms!

Greetings true bloglievers (yuck...*hit by bus*). I'm sitting in the airport having arrived too early again (though I'd prefer it to too late or Rush Time Explosion in Disney 3D). I apologize for my lack of frequent, clever, or frequently clever posts that was expected from those who know of my razor sharp wit, but I'm afraid the razor was dulled by the cold steel armor (har har har oh the mirth *tea sip*) of a first time at Comic-Con. It was a great time and though I may not have yelled/cried or said much when others yelled/cried (mostly because the amount of yelling/crying didn't leave much room and there interactions stayed pretty one on one) I felt and experienced and grew with the other guys here. Honestly. And it was really nice and I am deeply grateful for the chance to spend more time with Ben and Adam whom I haven't had much time with before. This was a fantastic experience and I will be doing it again.

Of course next time I will be used to it and I'll be able to do a more professional a more thought out a more dead baby filled a more me style participation in the blog.

I promise I'll be funny again next post. God you people are vultures!

Best and Worst Dressed Star Wars of Comic-Con '09

So, because I am a very large Star Wars nerd, but also proud enough to be able to discern who is too Nerdy and who is a disgrace to nerd-dom I have decided to start a new feature for our Con blog: THE BEST AND WORST DRESSED STAR WARS OF COMIC CON!

PS. My shift key is in a perfectly acceptable place, the others can shut the hell up!




WORST #4: This man brings a whole new meaning to Biker Trooper. He makes me want to join the douche side.

BEST #4: The best explanation for this picture is just one amazing word: Bledi.

WORST #3: First, Stormtrooper Costumes are store bought, and second, this is an escalator, not a turbolift, Trooper!

BEST #3: This Tusken Raider may look a little sketchy for the Best Category, but the fact that it is home made, as so few Star Wars Costumes are, gives it this rank.

WORST #2: While the costume may be good he is eating awful convention food. The Empire has a strict health policy!

BEST #2: Almost the best is this woman in what I think is an amazingly good Mara Jade Costume. The quality is high, she has a perfect look, including her hair is almost dead on, and pose was so dead on I almost died.

WORST #1: This guy looks like he took some Stormtrooper armor and a Boba Fett helmet, painted it only so-so and then put it on after gaining some weight. Womp Womp.

BEST #1: I know this is Doctor and Professor Jones but this was f#&@ing awesome! Plus, to argue semantics, it is still Lucasfilm

Thank you all very much, and I can't wait to bring you this very same feature next year...hopefully

Kevin

On The Road Again

I apologize to my gigantic and adoring fan base that I haven't been blogging so much in the last day or two...I've been drinking.

I did take notes on my more memorable panels and will be bringing those posts to you today. I have plenty of flying time to organize my thoughts into the flights of winning prose you all love me so much for.

Note: I am not nearly as egotistical as this post would make me seem. I just think it's funny. Which it may or may not be, but I'm chuckling as I write it :-)

Anyway, we are about to leave the hotel. I had an amazing night's sleep sharing the bed with only Dylan instead of the trio of man-love that had been the other nights.

Also, Kevin's shift key is in the very wrong place and it has ruined all of con. Dylan agrees. Damn you Kevin!

This has been a ridiculous week. I've learned a lot about myself and the people I'm here with. I have become a more educated reader of comics and consumer of pop culture. I've laughed, Dylan's made me cry. I tried new things: Dick's last resort, Coyote Cafe, went to a panel by myself, visited the Indigo ballroom, bought $$$$ of comics, circle jerk, PATATO TACOS, went bar hopping in the Gaslamp Quarter, learned to love the tap tap tap in a bathroom stall, had a screaming match on a train platform, cried with other full grown men, and though not new, I had a really great time.

More to come, not signing off yet.

Pic Dump

Pictures for your liking. Stay tuned for more even after comic-con

Cammie...put some bloody clothes on.Northstar...gay superhero...Ben knew who he was.
Hot Bod Nerd Squad...simply awesome.
Oh my God! Oh my God why is it happening, these things are coming to get us...oh the humanity.

Tyrese Gibson apparently writes a comic for Image now...almost guaranteed it sucks.

FURRIES! YIFF YIFF YIFF

in old town at pizza bella with a sad lack of adam where that waiter is...everyone is forlorn

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buffy sing-a-long

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We are at the Buffy

We are at the Buffy musical sing-a-long right now and having a giant comic con moment with my faves

Comi-Comes-to-a-Close-i-Con

I am here in the Torchwood panel (I think everyone is mad at it but I've seen Torchwood and I liked it so I don't mind) waitin for the Buffy musical. I am sad how fast Con went. I really wish there was more time (especially cuz I've missed Felicia Day and now Nathan Fillion showed up and I'mma miss him too, but I guess it's even more incentive to come back) cuz there's so much to do. I definitely think I want to go off on my own a bit more which is surprising that I feel that way because I hate people. But something happened walking through a giant crowd the other day and I enjoyed myself very much. There is like a positive energy in this place (except for the vile Elites) and I just enjoyed myself more than I figured I would. I didn't hate many people here. That is really something.

Comic-Con 2010 goal: Meet Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion

Oh hey everybody. Shake hands

Oh hey everybody. Shake hands with danger.

twinky twinky doo

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A Cocktail of Dissapointment, Hilarity and Cuteness

As you all know, or maybe you don't cause your a casual reader (you know who you are), I spent my day in Ballroom 20 yesterday waiting for the Futurama Panel. The cool thing is I got to sit through the Family Guy and Cleveland Show panels, which were sweet. Family Guy was very funny and showed ten minutes of the Empire Strikes Back Special, very funny!, and the Cleveland show might be good, but it looks sketchy to me.

After these two panels my excitement overcame me because Futurama is my favorite cartoon and included Billy West, Maurice LeMarche and John DiMaggio, who are some of my voice acting heros, and Katey Segal who I will marry someday (its not creepy we've been discussing it, we both thing its not the right time in her career). However, because Fox is in negotiations with the cast about what they are willing to pay them, the actors weren't at Con this year. I heard this announcement and almost cried. The writers were still funny, and told us about episode ideas for the new season, but you could see they were a bit weighed down. I left after Futurama because I was paneled out, and too dissapointed to watch The Simpsons, though it is also a phenominal show.

But to make this better I will add a picture of something I saw in line yesterday. This is the cutest thing I've seen at Con and makes me feel better, and hopefully will be less of a downer for you guys.


I call them the Mini Marios and they are ADORABLE!

Drama-con 2009

We just experienced some SERIOUS DRAMA! Most of which involved me...jk...but not really. But the most important thing was that it all was amazingly cathartic. We are all better people especially me...my friends make me better people...if they ever leave this world it'll be a sadder, less intelligent, less gay, less straight, less funny, less wise, less silly, less kind, less nice, less happy, less layered, just less, the whole world would be less without: Kevin Becker, Adam Spencer, Ryan Shrewsbury and Benjamin Gantose.





P.S. Becker is 24 steps back from his most cathartic experience. (this part of the post will make Kevin uncomfortable, also this qualification of this post will inform the "24 steps" comment)

P.S.S. Adam: I call my penis Adam-antium
Becker: Because its hard or because nobody knows it exists?

P.S.S.S. Becker: Adam I always thought you were vanilla anyway

P.S.S.S.S. Adam: It really stings when I pee.
Ryan: You know how to solve that? (ask ryan the answer)
P.S.S.S.S.S. Ryan: Being gay isn't defined by liking it in the butt, its defined by not having enough rights

P.S.S.S.S.S.S. Ben: He choked me to get away from you Ryan. How do you feel about that?
Ryan: I feel like he's afraid of what he wants.


Oh and finally some DRUNK gentleman shook my hand and gave me a hug and thanked me and then said..."You are such a good Comic, Thanks" to which I replied "anytime man, see you later"


FINALLY THIS IS ACTUALLY THE GUY WHO PLAYED VAN IN REBA IN THE RALPHS MARKET IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. THIS IS A COVERT PICTURE THAT I TOOK FOR MY MOM

i keep fucking seeing greg

i keep fucking seeing greg rucka. i am seeing that little man everywhere -dylan-

We are gonna do something

We are gonna do something so bubblegum its gonna make sweetness come all over your mouth. -cover band at the bar's singer-

another bartender who made us have fun

very nice bartender who made us have fun

Camilo wins the make me

Camilo wins the make me sad game with: So many people love you unconditionally and yet none of them can make you not lonely.

I am sitting in the Red Pearl with 4 awesome guys eating a great meal near the end of a great trip. This is the farthest I've been West and the most "on my own" I've been. I was anxious about this trip starting out but I realized now I have to come back. I am pleasantly warm (two amaretto sours on a practically empty stomach) and I enjoy life. It was needed to get away with my future so frighteningly approaching and Im quite thrilled. Also I have one more day to meet or get a pic with Felicia Day. Wish me luck!

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so this i my boys at the Red Pearl Kitchen we are all here for our last night with Adam. He leaves tomorrow as Ben Ryan Kevin and I leave monday...this place is swanky and awesome...oh can someone pick us up from the pittsburgh airport at 11:15 monday night?

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Dear Matthew Frank Johnson, do

Dear Matthew Frank Johnson, do you remember when you, me and Ben watched Mulan everyday for a while? love Dylan and Ben

Beauty. Obsession. Boldly go. Calvin Klein.

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G'day from the Con

Shake Hands with Danger...or Chris Bimiece...or Clifford Bemis on the big screen at Con
Joss/Jesus looks like a million bucks:)
Eliza Dushku looks like hell...actually a little like Jesus.
Harley Quinn is getting a pretzel dog or some such greasy nonsense...
Marylin Monroe likes small comic imprints...I guess.

Will you marry me?

Will you marry me?

The world is pretty

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This is actually my favorite...

This is actually my favorite place on earth

man who just found comic

man who just found comic in box next to me "oooooooh I'm going to read the FUCK out of you"

Dear blog readers or Bleaders,

Dear blog readers or Bleaders, one of the ways to my heart is bright highlighter pink hair, not that anyone is trying wompwomp

A: Well fox is a

A: Well fox is a company of fuckers, led by the chief fucker of the western hemisphere. D: the eastern A: oh yeah australia.

OHAI blog. I was doing

OHAI blog. I was doing so much shopping and find of awesome stuff Id forgotten to blog but dont worry I shall blog more soon

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Sitting through the Sanctuary panel. It sounds like a really cool show
actually. I might have to give it a shot. The central conceit of he
show and the story arc, from what I gather, is pretty cool. It was
nominated for an Emmy for visual effects. So the only catch will be
the writing, direction and acting - pretty big catch I suppose. Right,
so I'll give it a shot maybe.

Quite of the panel:
"When the world ends the mullets begin" - Martin Wood

Stuck in Indigo Ballroom

Stuck in Indigo Ballroom

Well stan lee just showed up
He's a kinda crazy old man...hillarious

I'm waiting for Glee, which is in an hour an a half. At least Stan Lee
is really entertaining.

I am not excited for these fan questions. I just can't get that
excited about video games as a culture. It is just that step too far
into geekdom.
There was just the most socially awkward kid trying to ask a question.
He accidentally insulted the panel and took huge pauses, feel bad for
the kid. Then he finished it up with an "I love you Stan Lee"

Principal Schneider from Buffy is on this panel - voice actor for
marvel video game.

I'm just gonna read my comic now.

A Pilgramage and Jayne's Action Figure

So I got to insanely early to get into Ballroom 20 so I can wait for Futurama. The line was twice as long as the line for Whedon yesterday, but I got in! The Chuck panel was really funny, I might start watching that show. Currently I've moved up...ALOT...into the front center section of the 4500 person ballroom. I am waiting for the Family Guy/Cleveland Show panel to start, and then Futurama. I will be posting some pictures later when I'm not doing quick posts.

Also, Adam Baldwin mentioned Firefly 4 times during the Chuck panel, going so far as to request ANOTHER Action Figure of himself, because he is the only actor who has one. This caused Zachary Levi to go on a rant about getting his own Action figure to beat up the Jayne action figure. This led to him shouting "WHO'S SHINY NOW, JAYNE! WHO'S SHINY NOW!" Which I found hysterical. Well Family Guy is about to start...more to come. Including my best/worst Star Wars Costume list. You'll enjoy it!

Kevin

THE POST YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR...

The Elites must be ended...this is their planning session for physically assaulting Kevin and Adam...which they carried out incidentally...had I been there I would have knocked over his fucking Fruit stand...
THE END IS NIGH KATIE SHAW!
Dr. Horrible is here to make you quake with fear...or maybe just you know slight nervousness.
RUFIO RUFIO RUFIO RUFIO RUFIO...is a girl I guess.














This child is just shameful, shameful, but thanks for trying you get the door prize.

Vocational Discernment with Klingons, or Why I Haven't Been Blogging

You may have noticed a distinct lack of Adam on this thing so far. And that's because I've been doing lots of freaking out about my future this week. Before we left for San Diego I put in my application for the discernment process for the Episcopal priesthood. It has been on my mind all week because I'm not sure that's what I need to do with my life. There's that whole I don't suck at stringing words together thing that nags at me. So last night the boys and I talked it out and I'll be coming home with, if not a decision, then a pretty strong sense of direction. The guys were kind and helpful and wonderful. They helped me realize that when you're young is when you take the big chances, because you have the rest of your life ahead of you and to do anything less than that isn't living honestly or fully. And writing makes me happy. It is such a part of me. It is what I have to give the world. Sometimes you gotta dream big and do the hard unsure thing. Sometimes you have to get off your ass and do the thing that scares you shitless. So, yeah.

And then we watched the MST3K guys do their thing live.

And then we had margaritas and fish tacos.

Because God is good to me.

:-P

-Adam
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A CONtest

I am tequila powered at the moment and have come up with a little game for you all: find me the weirdest/awfullest/WTF-y/why-th-hell-did-i-look-at-that thing on the internet, text it to us and I will fetch you a Con prize.

-Your Weird (If Not Frequently Blogging) Friend, Adam
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Dear Blog Adam died today

Dear Blog Adam died today at the coyote cafe.

my boys in Old Town

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Erin Butcher is the winner.

Erin Butcher is the winner. She will get a shiny new present. Zach and Camilo were 2nd and 3rd they will get lesser presents:)

Fundies...

Just held hands and kissed Dylan in front of fundies that tried to
give us gospel CDs and save us from hell.

commenter: "i think you should

commenter: "i think you should riff on highlander 2." Mike Nelson of MST3K: "i thought there could be only one"

"Sometimes I feel like I'm

"Sometimes I feel like I'm running the day care on the death star" Joss after a long rant about the establishment

Ben is an overblown ass!

Ben is an overblown ass!

MINIONS!!!

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Dylan and Ben are fighting.

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Q: What causes your fascination

Q: What causes your fascination with corporations messing with peoples minds? Joss's answer: have you been in America?

In the same breath Joss

In the same breath Joss Whedon ripped the hell out of Lost and Heroes. Glorious Also the 13th episode is emotionally draining

"The staff (writing staff) are

"The staff (writing staff) are really there as stenographers" -Joss Whedon-

(Above image entitled: Shiny) As kevin will mention, the girl next to him at the Bones panel clapped so hard she could crush a planet. And not just a gas one. No wait yes a gas one. So hard it compresses the gas into a solid. And then destroys the solid.

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David Boreanaz and The Hands that Crushed America

So I'm sitting in the Bones panel next to three SUPER fan-girls. First, they were the most upset when David Boreanaz couldn't make it because his wife was going to have a baby. Second, the one next to me clapped so loud that my ears actually popped eachtime her meat hooks came clashing together. It was a little like being next to two planets repeatedly slamming next to eachother. That being said its just about time for Joss, and now I must go. WHEDON!

Kevin

He's a sniper...

...so even if he only had one sperm

24 reasons to hate 24

I wish I could come up with 24 reasons. But really I just can't stand it.

Blog Post of Death: or I'm sitting in the 24 panel and I have a lot of rage and anger like Freddie Prinze Jr.'s character in season 8 of 24

i just got into an argument with this guy because i apologized for falling on my ass to some other folks and it was too loud in his ear...i almost put my foot in his stupid German ass...he's probably here for 24 which is the worst thing ever and attracts crappy fans...his equally lame girlfriend is trying to calm him down so that he doesn't get up and hurt me i suppose (dripping with sarcasm)...i'm eating pbj and i hope he is allergic to peanuts...Adam is upset and disappointed in me...Ben is thrilled (I am not)...either way he has now been eviscerated on a blog take that, ass hat.

so now...god do i hate 24 it is taking my life away slowly...


love love love Dylan Winter Dwyer

This is what a douche-tool and his gf look like. They made snarky comment at dylan for talking. And well.. you know what happens

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Line

Dear comic con attendee you

Dear comic con attendee you may be attractive but no matter how attractive you are the line doesn't end here. So keep moving.

The geeky boy Ben mentioned

The geeky boy Ben mentioned deserves to get laid and he just isn't gonna. Its guys that care who deserve the girlfriends.

Chivalry is not dead!

Especially for geeky boys who on the train talked about their love of
the nordstrum outlet store while wearing acid washed jeans and an 80s
Star Wars T-shirt, before surrendering their seats to pretty girls.

Adam maybe has food poisoning:(

Adam maybe has food poisoning:(

A Rousing Lunch CONversation

Today at lunch we saw a woman walking on high heels. Unfortunately, she wasn't very good at walking in these shoes. A very funny conversation ensued that, people who know Dylan and I won't be suprised at this, included Star Wars.

Dylan: She's a mess. She walks like an AT-ST.

Kevin: I hope noone drops logs in front of her.

Dylan: Ma'am I hope the Ewoks don't have an elaborate plan to take you down!

That's the kind of conversations we're having. I will report more as it happens.

Kevin

Marvel vs. DC and the Ruination of a Day.

Today I sat through my first set of panels at Con today. This has been a very enlightening couple of days. I learned, as I sat through the panels, that DC and Marvel have an interesting relationship. All the bigwigs at Marvel started at DC. And all the bigwigs at DC will soon work at Marvel. One Marvel exec told us that while he was working at DC he got a phone call from Marvel that literally said "Is this a private line?" To which he responded, "Give me five minutes."
I also got to see a DC fan get his day ruined. Sitting in the panel of the guy who writes Green Lantern, waiting for the following Marvel panel, Jeff Johns gave away a spoiler (one of many he gave away) about two brutal murders at the end of the first Blackest Knight comic. A HUGE DC fanboy next to me (who also smelled HORRID) apparently hadn't read the comic yet as he let out quite the suprise gasp. So far, I'm LOVING Con!

Kevin

Follicle Funicular

The range and volume of bad facial hair choices at the Con is astounding.

Also, this building has a funicular...

Oof... The DC crowd is

Oof... The DC crowd is quite different from the Marvel crowd. If even I can see it you know it's true.
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UPDATE: Quantum Quest

We are workin to become the preeminate ComicCon blog. I expect that this will take about 5 years, but it is nice to have goals.

I am sitting in Ballroom 20 about to experience a panel about a 3D animated space movie which is making use of NASA imaging. I for one am pretty excited when science can make a direct connection to popular culture. I want the public to have the kind of respect and awe for NASA that existed during the space race. The movie is called Quantum Quest and along with the beautiful space imaging, the cast is stellar. The list of voice actors is too long for me to type and every name is recognizable.

I hope this lives up to my expectations.

UPDATE: I came, I saw, I'm stoked

Robert Picardo is one of my absolute favorites. Aside from being a good actor and a funny guy, he sits of the advisory board of the Planetary Society - an organization devoted to engaging the public and fueling support for exploring other worlds - basically exactly what I was talking about earlier in the post. Picardo had some excellent moments during the panel pointing out the main advantage of voice acting is not having to groom, and that he is glad to be a part of this project even though "after 7 years of playing a hologram on Star Trek [he] was loathe to play another photonic role".

Aparently they are pairing a lot of educational material with the film through the website. I hope that teachers take advantage of it. We are in a bit of an educational crisis when it comes to math and science, so if anything can do anything to pique interest in these feilds I'm all for it.

Also, Neil Armstrong is in this movie! Yes, that Neil Armstrong. This movie has the ultimate distinction of featuring the voice talents of the first man on the moon!

In other news, Chris Pine is hot! The video they showed of him voice acting (scruffy, unkempt, and acting like a fool) was particularly cute. He called in to the director's iPhone, which of course made not a little static when held up to a mic, and made some really hopeful comments about the unifying power of space and space exploration - I hope he's right.

I'm definitely going to stop now, because I'm sure none of this is very interesting. But I think this movie will be worth seeing for sure.

At superman panel

At superman panel going to die. Hope we make it out alive. DC people laughing at crappy crappy DC jokes Ha-freakin-ha continuity -DYLAN-

"How the Sausage is Made": Memoirs of a Geisha. Er... Comic-Con Attendee

Hello blog fans, stalkers, friends, enemies, frenemies, frogurts, and all those in between. I speak to you now from the twitchy keyboard of my IPod Touch while waiting for yhe next panel to start. I am sad to say I dont't think I can use "strikethru" on this blog and I am sad. I shall still try: I enjoy killing walks on the beach talking bout Comic-Con. If that didn't work it'll look dumb. Anywah, my first time at Comic-Con. I haven't found anything to make me go "Holy craps my brain esplode!" but I really like it here. There's so much stuff to look at and comics to buy. Also Tyrese something was here. The guy from Transformers. I could easily look up the name but I can't be bothered to care (Gibson?). Mondo Marvel, the panel, has started so I'mma go now. Also cuz I'm disappointed by my lack of clever things to say. Also my camera died at the beginning of the day. Pissed (but I can get some more batteries don't worry).

Dear comiccon attendee

Dear comiccon attendee don't bring wheelie suitcases you will be throttled. -Dylan-

for Camilo

Anti-social Morning (text)

Here we sit, not speaking, but only reading quietly some of the $500 worth of comics invested in last night.

Some of the choice words spoken this morning: "Dylan, why are we an erotic party?" (see Facebook)

I'm trying to get other people to blog, but they are little bitches. I'll keep trying, but if you see the con wholly through my eyes your life will still be enriched, better for it.

Anti-Social Morning

Adam, but really that girl behind him.

Dylan is in love. She has an accent, she is like Ginny Weasley, and it doesn't even matter that she's annoying.

three spice panda

On the trains in San Diego. It is fun to be recognizing things and places here. the cast of characters that descends on this city for five days is unique and it is fun to be a part of it.

Also, the group I'm with is the most effeminate group of straight geeks ever-we are sitting on a train waiting for it to move and critiquing not only the style and color of a girls dress but also the quality of the craftsmanship (unfinished gangly thread hem).

note: Adam, while certanly not raising our masculinity quotient, did not say a word about the dress.

we are off to wait in a really long line to get our badges and get into preview night. yay

me!

test post from iPhone