Monday, July 28, 2008

Comicon 2008 recap

A year went by in a flash, it felt like I was just here. This year was about the same as last but I walked around a lot less, the crowds were worse, and my pictures were more horrible than normal. Also I think it's time to rename it "Pop Culture Con". It's more about movies, TV networks, and video games nowadays- and for the area we had our booth in, it was all about vinyl toys. Comics seemed to be an afterthought which is sorta sad. But anyways, I took some photos, saw some old friends and made some new ones. Here's some shots....

Me leaving Riverside at 4am.

Sleestak. Shannon was freaked out by this and any other large sculpture or dude in a costume.

Souther Salazar and Matt Furie

Superhero show curated by Mark Murphy... Thursday night...

The Modlins played...

Joel Nakamura's piece.

Joel and Mark Todd

Daniel Lim's superhero

Chris Ryniak met his skate hero Andy Howell.

Chris' piece

Attaboy and his brother

Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas

Mark Murphy's piece.

NYC gangsta Regino Gonzales' invisible man painting.

Levon Jihanian

Kristian Olsen and Mark Todd.

Maxx242's Can't Stop Kid.

Esther Pearl Watson and Chris Ryniak help me assemble my new Brain Decay Zine (Chris said " Great now you're gonna take that picture, put it on your blog and say you made us your bitch"). Nah. Thanks for the help!


Tara McPherson holds a copy of my new book. We sold out of the 100 we had but the big shipment is coming, they'll be available in a couple weeks.

I think they were Judge Dredd characters??

Kozyndan!

Uh....

One of my favorite stories from back in the day.. The Watchmen!

Souther and some dude in a wicker hat.

Mark Murphy and my dad.

O.G. Grumpy puppet.

Jermaine Rogers was busy the whole time. Thanks for letting me borrow some clips!

The dude from Secret Headquarters in L.A.

I bet they have sex in these costumes. They probably cuddle and purrr. I'm grossed out.

WHOA!

Maxx242, Kazuhiro and that dude again.

Andy brought his beautiful family.

Maxx242 signing for fans.

Found drawn in a bathroom stall.

Gooby and Miss F!

Maxx242 busting out some letters in a fan's blackbook.
Thomas Han and that guy again.

Hotel hijinks.

MexicoMan or ItalyMan with sombrero?

The Chung has something he wants you to know...

Beware the Centaur ghost. Keep your chastity belt locked!


Stay thirsty my friends.

5 comments:

Mrs. D. said...

Looks like a wild weekend!

l e d o said...

Looks like fun I wish I could of been there, I love your work.

The Magnificent Miss F. said...

I can't stop looking at the photo of the weird spandex butt. >_<

Also, the Hotel hijinks photo of toddler mid-leap is the best thing ever!

We survived! Drinks are in order.

the chung said...

phew! it was great seeing you guys again! now get some rest

Anonymous said...

That first photo of you makes you look like a Sleestak.

;)