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New York Comic Con, Oct 13, 2011

Posted on 10.14.11 under Comic Con, cosplay, New York Comic Con

Sheath those swords, matey!

Gotham City…

It was a dark and misty night…

And then, seen through the cloud of free-floating despair —

As solid as boulders, two Jokers, Derek Ruiz and Grant Alter, manned the booth.

NEW YORK COMIC CON 2011

Posted on 10.05.11 under Comic Con, cosplay, New York Comic Con

Day 1, July 21 San Diego Comicon

Posted on 07.21.11 under Comic Con, cosplay, San Diego Comicon 2011

Missed the Preview Night for the first time, this year. Got some catching up to do…

Doby looks like he wet his pants. But did the lady in back wet hers, too?

Why I’d love to walk into my house at nightand get freaked out by a life-sized Gollem. And pay $699.99 for the pleasure!

Super hero transportation comes in different forms.

Caught up with Rich Young, formerly with Dabel Brothers when they published the first three issues of DOG EATERS. Rich landed on his feet and is the managing editor for Dynamite Entertainment and Blind Ferret. Here he signs a copy of GUTTERS, a series of stand-alone pages that parody comics. GUTTERS was nominated for five Harvey Awards.

Vampirella and friends. How does she match up to —

This is the Side Show Collectible version…

Another triple play of female super heros. Or are they villians?
I founds Alex Gardner at Artists alley totally by coincidence, a similar pose.

Firefly space ship.

CWC still has a presence with Kumanogollo at the DKE Booth in the vinyl toy section.

“Hey, why you taking picture of that? You take picture of me and post it on Facebook!” said Favio. I had two slices for $6 but didn’t get the drink.

Comic-related gallery on 5th Ave, right across from the Convention Center. Note the Simon Bianchi-stylings for Thor.

Geek Mecca: Comiket summer 2010

Posted on 08.13.10 under comiket, cosplay, Uncategorized

Comic Market or Comiket is held twice a year at Tokyo Big Sight.
It seems like more people go to this 3-day event than San Diego Comic Con, but maybe that’s an illusion…
Mostly fan and original art, corporate presence (software, apps, DVDs) is held at bay by a multitude of small booths that cover the entire Big Sight floor space. You really have to know what you’re looking for or you’ll be overwhelmed.

Imagery can be described as:

Androgynous, ambiguous
Girls as boys, boys as girls
Girls on girls, boys on boys, boys on girls
Cute, weird, ugly — Comiket is democratic
There’s a fantasy for everyone…

There are quite a few of these drift/pocket rocket-type cars that are used as canvases for manga and animé imagery.

Official Comic Market posters

These are guys, but you already knew that…

This androgynous creature strenuously worked it; contorting it super-hard. She completed these poses in about 20 seconds.

Along the edges, geek-photographers gave detailed direction during semi-private photo shoots.

They were also shot by their own kind…

Boys draw pinups and porn. Girls draw gay (both male and female) and hetero porn, but they take longer to get to the action. They need more foreplay, I guess.

Tsumamigui: something salty to eat while drinking alcohol. “For Adults Only”

An app. I wonder what it does…

Breaking the law, breaking the law!

There was already fan art for the Chirstopher Nolan movie, “Inception,” which coincidently, we saw after Big Sight.

Couldn’t help noticing this hybrid solar wind power unit.

Comiket had it’s own drink. Tasted like a diluted Pocari Sweat.

After “Inception,” which was brilliant by the way — walked past Kabuki-cho to Seibu Shinjuku and took the train home.

This card, which I found in my bag, advertises a maid bar in Akihabara — where you can still find Otaku in their natural environment, although now it is overrun with domestic and international tourists. This bar’s unique take is that the maids are boys. Hey, something for everyone…

JULY 25, 2010 COMIC-CON DAY 4, SunDAY

Posted on 07.25.10 under Comic Con, cosplay, San Diego Comicon 2010

The Green Hornet vehicle. Would you rather have this, or the car below?

This is Mead’s Tacoyota, a chopped Toyota pickup with a Tacoma front. Just the sort of vehicle that a young couple would start with in the Black Dog Clan. All it needs is a gun turret on the roof…

More vehicles seen in San Diego: tin Harley Davidsons in the window of the shop across from the hotel.

Back at the Con, stopped just one more time to admire this vintage Conan image.

On the left a mysterious Russian handing out temporary tattoos for Feminine Fatale. On the right, a Spiderman comic that was originally 12 cents now being sold for $3500.

In the vintage comic section — the heart of Comicon — a display of original artwork.

A signed photo of the original Slave Leia, Carrie Fisher.

On our way out, we see a guy who dresses like this to meet girls.

Crossing the tracks on the way out of the Convention Center for the last time in 2010. See you next time!