Post Number 1701

This is post #1701, so it should be about STAR TREK, but it's not.

With the imminent approach of DEATHSTORM 2010, I give you THIS, a link to a website with pictures of Calvin's wildest snowmen ideas made into reality! pretty cool, eh?


If any of you guys make something like these, SEND ME YOUR PICTURES! I will post them here and send a bit of store credit your way. Bonus points if you work one of our shirts into the display.

(Hat tip to Rich Spidle for the link!)

The most awesome Star Wars costume ever

This one comes from alert reader Rich Spidle... the most awesome Star Wars costume EVER, Scott Holden's TaunTaun costume:

"Three years ago I decided I wanted to make a Tauntaun costume for the Zone Ball in Sacramento. My wife advised me that it would be best to start as soon as I had finished building the house."

CLICK HERE to see the step-by-step process. It's amazing. Some people are 1) incredibly talented and 2) have too much free time on their hands, for which I'm very glad.

Resident Star Wars Uber-Geek Nicky, what do you think?

The Lucas Legacy

George Lucas' influence on American pop culture is undeniable... witness this collection of artistic interpretations of the iconic Stormtrooper from the STAR WARS film series:

CLICK HERE!

Hat tip to Rich Spidle for the link!

All I want for Christmas is

a MILLENNIUM FALCON BED:


More photos HERE!

From the lady who brought us the hamburger bed of course.

One of the coolest Halloween costumes I've ever seen

I was paging through the Internet the other day when I ran across this awesome Halloween costume idea:


More HERE!

I would imagine it's based on this:


More on Roy Lichtenstein HERE!


People never cease to amaze me.

Photos from the Comix Connection Halloween Sale 2009!

Well, the Halloween Sale this year was quite a blast! A ton of you showed up in costume and got TEN FREE COMICS OUT OF THE BINS! It was really fun to see everyone come by and score some great deals too! HERE'S an album of the photos (so far) on the Comix Connection facebook page! I'll post more as they come in. Thanks everyone!

Baltimore Comic-Con 2009 First Annual Costume Contest!

The Baltimore Comic-Con (Saturday October 10th and Sunday October 11th at the Baltimore Convention Center) has just announced that it will be holding it's first ever COSTUME CONTEST! Read on:

In addition to the all-star line-up of talent scheduled at this year's gala 10th anniversary Baltimore Comic-Con, the show will host it's first-ever costume contest ... with a $1,000 grand prize!
"We wanted to take Sunday up a notch, which is normally the more laid-back day," said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con promoter. "We've been asked for years and years to have a costume contest - so we're kicking it off with a bang!"

Read more HERE!

Too cool. The Baltimore Comic-Con just keeps getting better and better...

Nothing today, just this cool picture

Photoshopped from this image:



Pretty darn cool, eh?

Rubik's Cubism

Check this out:

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There are so many creative people on the internet, aren't there?

Awesome bookcases

Tired of the same old bookcases? Well, then CLICK HERE to see some great twists on an old piece of furniture! There's some there that aren't functional, but there's some that are amazingly cool looking and useful!

Toons and Art

My dear old pal Charlie Roberts sent me THIS LINK recently from the Worth1000 website... too cool!

Go and check out all the great mashups of toons and Art with a capital A!

TOONED!

This is what happens when you read too many comic books:





And yes, it's like this every Wednesday...

Giant Thing head!

All four hundred pounds of it:



Found HERE!

PS: I'm still waiting to get pictures from the York crew of their fabulous Free Comic Book Day... I'll post as soon as I get them.

The Greatest Nerd Ever, Setting The Bar For Other Nerds

Yesterday, model-rocket builder Steve Eves launched his 1/10-scale SATURN-V replica rocket in Price, Maryland. Check out the video:



HERE'S an in-depth article on the man and his toy.

That was completely awesome. Of course, nothing beats a spacelaunch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, but this was a hand-built monster. The rocketry nerd in me is very happy right now.

HAPPY EASTER!

All things Pysanki!

Verminology

I thought this artwork was pretty neat:


So I clicked on the Verminology website and discovered that these are ALL DRAWN BY FINGERTIP ON AN iPhone!!!

Pretty amazing.

TJ watches the WATCHMEN

Check out this cool graphic Manager Joe painted on the front window of Comix Connection - Mechanicsburg:



Now where have I seen that image before...

I thought this was very well done

Best Photography Award - GI Joe Fest 2008, 2nd GI Joe stop motion film Festival, Denver, CO. USA

Who knew there was such an event?



(WARNING: Toy gore!)

I think John Carpenter's THE THING is one of my favorite movies by him, along with ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and CHRISTINE. We used to joke that EVERY SINGLE ONE of his self-composed soundtracks all sounded the same because he did them all on a cheap Casio keyboard on the same weekend. The song to this video is definitely an homage to Carpenter's songs, and sounds like one of his rejected tunes.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Poodle

Sometimes the world in general leaves me speechless. And then sometimes the world fills me with fear. Behold:


Yes, that's a real poodle.

I have to go lie down now. Like a good doggie.

Is this wrong?

I was just checking out the newest LEGO stuff on their website, when I ran across this playset:

So of course my first thought was "Do they have a bunch of little red Lego pieces for when the mechanic gets blendered by the propeller?"



Heh heh.

Solar Death Ray hijinx!

Mike Bollinger sent me this some time ago:



SolarDeathRay.com: The #1 Death Ray On The Internet!

Everyone but me thought we should shake the Jiffy Pop, and I finally agreed. Shaking the Jiffy Pop means shaking the entire Solar Death Ray, which is why I hesitated. However, shaking proved to be critical, and soon we could hear popcorn poppin'! After Jiffy Pop's trademark dome had deployed, we shut down the death ray and examined the popcorn. It was a bit overdone, no doubt due to being heated in an unconventional orientation by an unconventional heat source. Race tasted some. The popcorn, which had been forged in the glow of the sun's fusion energy, didn't give Race superpowers as we had hoped. It did bestow a burnt aftertaste, however, so we all considered this a huge success.

I love science!

For that hard-to-buy-for comic fan

How about a "Comic Mesh Baseball Cap"?




No, I don't want one... I find it hard to destroy comics on purpose. I accidentally remove a few comic books from the existing pile every year due to unfortunate tape accidents.
At least these are made from recycled stuff.

Halloween pics - Comix Connection-Mechanicsburg

Here's some pictures of the fans who showed up Halloween weekend at the Mechanicsburg Comix Connection (and got their TEN FREE COMICS out of the bins):

Robert Smith of The Cure was on hand to ring up your purchases

And of course the Green Lantern of Sector 2814-B was there to assist

Overseeing everything was Prisoner Number Six Extra Large

You really need to see a dermatologist

Magical Happy Fun Anime Princess brought the smiles

Just some guy who wandered in off the street. Whoops, no that's a Gumby from Monty Python's Flying Circus

GAH!

Our favorite costume because THE CAKE WAS REAL AND WE EATED IT

A Mexican wrestler and his teen wolf buddy

Matthew sez: AWWKK I'M SLIPPING!

GAH AGAIN!

Looks familiar, wait don't tell me lemme guess... uhhhh...

Excedrin Headache Number 493: Cleaver to the head

GAH FOR THE THIRD TIME!

SPIDEY!

Great costumes

Slash and a mummy

More cool costumes

The monkey does not fear the ghoul

The monkey's sister fears the camera

Team-up craziness!

Well, I hope I didn't miss anybody... If you have any cool shots, send 'em in!