I AM THE LAW!

Random toy pics!

These are just the toys that stood out to me, that made me think 'shit, I might consider thinking about buying some of these if I had a lot of extra money.'

I want a sword. These are made by the same guy who made the blades for the Wolverine guy who was at the con.

The Ghost of Starscream!

Devil's Rejects figures!

Zim's House playset!

Army of Darkness figs!

Pro's and famous people!

John Paul Leon! I got to talk to him about Wintermen for a bit. He's psyched that it's finally out there, and was happy that I brought it up. Nice dude.

Tommy Lee Edwards! We shared some brief words about his Question mini. Sadly I don't think there'll be another one, as the sales weren't really there and they weren't too hyped up about the series to boot. And no wthat I think of it, I should have asked both him and Leon about what it was like to be working with Milestone back in the day, as that's where I'd first seen both of them work. But hell, the place was packed and I didn't have much time to talk with these cats. Psyched to have met them however, and I hope that my fanboyish 'dude, you're awesome!' slavering made their days a little brighter.

John Cassady, signing away!

David Mack blocking the shot of his hot girlfriend!

Marc Silvestri signs for the people! And he was signing all sorts of things, and doing sketches too. Seemed like a very gracious dude. And that line my friends, was very frigging long. Deeper than anybody else's aside from either Foley or Dushku. That's his wife on the left there.

She was nice enough to pose for a picture.

Famous media people!

Romia Lamorte! Star of Buffy! So I gather! We may not want to use this photo!

Lou Ferrigno has really let himself go. No, I kid! That's Edwin Neal, from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Nice fella. I said hi, and said that I dug him in 'Saw, and then enjoyed a brief awkward silence after I realized I knew nothing about his film career otherwise, and that I had no interest in purchasing a glossy. Sorry, dude.

I was afraid of Lou Ferrigno. He looked pissed. And huge. Fucking huge. And couple that fear with my natural indifference...ad I moved on.

MICK FOLEY! And his line was so frigging long...I should have stayed in line. I should have. I'd have loved to have met the dude, or (*gasp*) shook his hand. But rather than wait in line for an hour I just stealthed in and snapped a photo real quick then walked away and shouted "BANG, BANG!" He didn't even look up. I weep inside.

Eliza Dushku

Her line for autographs: the longest. Seriously. Maybe a hundred deep at the height of her signing period I'd guess. And she had a squad of WW volunteers in place to warn we who were too cheap to spring for the autograph to move along after our picture was taken. Oddly, there were more teen girls in that line than sweaty fanboys.

...because they, like me; were too cheap to spring for the personal autograph. They were all around me, snapping away from the side. I think this pic was my fifth attempt to get one in but I was stymied by the legion of fanboys getting in my way. So many shots of lank, greasy-headed fanboys getting into the frame of my picture. Bah!

Geeks!

My people! The great unwashed. Yes, 'fanboys stink' jokes are cheap, cheap shots. And as it was so damned hot in the Expo that day, I probably shouldn't be talking smack. But I at least brough deodorant. For the most part, I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Snikt!

Uh...I was aiming for a Klingon. Yes. A Klingon.

And lastly: myself...and Superman. The strap got in the way of this pic, but I didn't want to keep Superman waiting for another pic. He's Superman! He has places to go!

Star Wars! Talkin' bout those Star Wars...

What is it about Star Wars fans that leads them to create such kickass costumes? I swear.

Boba Fett! Screw Jango Fett! Boba!

Your obligatory Stormtroopers.

Said Stormtroopers were cool enough to feature breast cancer awareness ribbons on their shoulders. Breaking character yes, but I thought it was pretty cool of 'em.

Middle-aged, generic Jedi lady!

And what's this?

Just the coolest damn Star Wars thing I have ever seen! It's R2-R9! A replica astromech droid created by one Jerry Greene of Cranston RI. A remote-controlled droid, it made all the sounds including that weird-ass 'Artoo screech' that the same bot made in the film in which it was destroyed. Check out his homepage for more info on the making of this thing. It was damned cool.

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