Joe Ledbetter's Unicornasaurus made it's debut at the Kid Robot booth during Con a few weeks back proving to everyone that the mythical Unicornasaurus does, in fact, exist.
Only 350 of the black and pink colorway, dubbed "lava," were made and sold as a SDCC exclusive. Want one? Good luck! On eBay they're going for (at most) $289.99!!! O_o
But TODAY is the release of the grey and yellow Unicornasaurus. Catch one (or both) for $39.95 (+tax) at all Kid Robot stores before they disappear and go on eBay for a ridonculous price!
Dan Goodsell, creator of Mr. Toast and friends and Co-author of the book Krazy Kids Food, was once again present at the ComicCon, rounding it out with Mr. Toast goodness!
photos courtesy theimaginaryworld.com In true ComicCon spirit, there were some renditions of Mr. Toast as some comic favorites like Iceman, the Thing, the Incredible Hulk and Neil Gaiman's Sandman!
photo courtesy theimaginaryworld.com On hand were some limited Vampire Mr. Toast plush, ready to take a bite out of your boredom!
photo courtesy theimaginaryworld.com Joining Mr. Toast is Shaky Bacon, Joe the Egg and Clem Lemon!
Here's my Mr. Toast and Joe the Egg dolls relaxing deliciously on a plate!
Check out more art, paintings, and webcomics featuring Mr. Toast and his friends at Dan theimaginaryworld.com and the Mr. Toast Blog for the latest. "Everyone is fun!"
Besides Halloween time, when can you pay tribute to your favorite cartoon/movie/video game/anime character and show off your craftiness through costume and not be laughed at or made fun of (sorta...)
Oh, how we all love it when Comic Con rolls into town. Blame the aisle traffic jams on the many Comic Con attendees who stopped and posed for pictures. But hey, can't really hate on anyone in costume. Just wandering around and seeing the costumes was pure entertainment in itself.
It has been a long 5 days of... waking up early to find parking, dropping too much money on parking/pedicabs/limited edition nonsense/food/drinks, swiftly maneuvering through the crowd of 125,000+ attendees, waiting in line for 1+ hour(s) in hopes to not get denied into a panel/autograph signing/limited edition item, smelling that comic con trademark smell, having achy feet from walking up and down the aisles, having sore shoulders from carrying all the free and/or bought swag... argh...
[click to see the semi-calm preview night coming to a close]
ThePushing Daisies panel was the one thing I was hella excited about for this year's Con. The quirky 12-time Emmy nominated show about a pie maker with the gift to bring dead things back to life (and back to dead) made its debut at last year's convention, which I missed because no one wanted to go with me .... ::sigh::. I figured this year would be my chance, even if I had to go by myself -- which I did! Their panel had the whole cast, Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Ellen Greene, Kristin Chenoweth, Swoosie Kurtz, and executive producers Dan Jinks and Peter Ocko, and moderated by special guest and executive producer Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, people!). Special clips from the upcoming season were shown along with highlights from season 1.
But when I went to line up for room 6A (which isn't even all that big a room), I found myself going down the hall, into another hall, out the door, and down the stairs -- that description doesn't even justify how long the line was! I thought to myself, "There's no way I'm getting in. I'll just go to the signing at the WB booth."
Three hours of circling and unorganized chaos later . . . I didn't even get in line! People were pushing and shoving like crazy, so I suppose some fans were just living up to the name of the show.
Good news for you guys though (and me too in a sense) is that I managed to at least get some pictures of the show's star, Lee Pace, who is up an Emmy for Best Actor. n_n
This is the best from the bunch:
Pushing Daisies comes out on DVD and Blu-ray Sept. 16, and the second season begins Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. on ABC. To catch full episodes, check out ABC's website.
Next year will be MY year! And more news and pictures are on the way. :)
Season 2 is still in the skeletal phases of being planned out, but nonetheless the show is coming back this fall. Huzzah! A special reel put together just for Comic Con was shown before the panel -- it was basically a highlight of the most nerdiest moments in the show. O_o Savage also introduced the audience to a fully animated music video to aid the show's theme song performed by the Barenaked Ladies.
Sorry, no clip of that. We weren't allowed to record any of those snippets and I wasn't about to risk having my camera smashed to bits!
But here's a clip of something that was in the reel:
[L-R] Billy Prady, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Heldberg, and Kunal Nayyar (Chuck Lorre not pictured)
The good news is, everyone was allowed to record the panel, and I have a few videos for y'all to peep. Woot! Enjoy. n_n
Here, the creators and cast are asked to raise their hand to any nerdy thing that related to them. The question asked at the beginning was about having a real light saber and wondering what it would be like.
Jim Parsons (Sheldon) is asked about his character's infamous t-shirts. The casts' chemistry is also discussed.
Everyone on panel is asked about their geek credibility.
Everyone's favorite G4 vixen Olivia Munn is started a weblog especially for ComicCon! From her new website HeyOlivia.com, the host of Attack of the Show will be posting up some video blogs of all the G4 coverage and behind-the-scenes goodness from the 'Con. However, so far as of this writing there's just a couple of videos of her in her hotel room decked out in a robe and flossing (not that's a bad thing of course) talking about getting ready for the show, watching "The Sandlot" all night and her '1337 texting skillz'. Awesome.
I WONDER what the newly-single* gaming/internet goddess will dress up as this year?
*I'll see you (and her) at the G4/StrangeCo and the SuperHero parties later tonight!
Due to some serious problems at our production facility in Hong Kong, we did not recieve anything like the shipment we had worked so hard to have for you at Comic Con. We only received a small portion of the dolls we were promised and those came in plain white boxes. Furthermore, some of the boxes were damaged and the dolls were not up to the quality standards that we feel you deserve. We are going to try to make the best of it. - we rescued 35 of the little bastards - they are the Gold version - we will likely not make any more of these, and since there is no art on the box, Claudio and artist Sheldon Vella will be at the con to hand decorate and sign the box. We are heartbroken and disappointed that this happened, and we hope if you don't manage to get one one now, you'll follow our announcements and get a "proper" doll once they are available. So here's what we're doing - First run "Kill Audio Gold doll" - All sales final, no returns. As we said, we have done our absolute best to not sell any dolls with imperfections, but if you happen to find some minor ones on these dolls, you will have to find those endearing. These will be very rare and we wanted to at least have something for those of you who really really want one RIGHT NOW. The dolls will be $75 each, due to all the hell we've gone through and the fact that we had to reject a quantity and eat costs. Here's how the 35 dolls will be made available at Comic Con - at the IMAGE COMICS BOOTH #2729 Thursday July 24th - 10am - 10 dolls will be made available - we suggest you come early. Friday July 25th - 10am - 10 more dolls will be made available. Saturday July 26th - 10am -15 dolls will be made available. and that's it. Claudio and Sheldon will be on hand early to get creative on the boxes if you want them to. They will be there to sign the purchased dolls ONLY - no signings of comic books or other items will take place outside of the scheduled signing times. Please accept our apologies that we won't have more KA dolls available and we hope to have updated info for you soon. Here is what else we will have in stock at Comic Con, Image Comics booth #2729. The Amory Wars Tshirt - NEW! - $15 The Amory Wars Comics: Volume 1 Issue 1 - Variant - $10-15 (while they last) Issue 1 - color not available Issue 2 - color and b/w - $15 (while they last - we are down to less than 100 of each in stock and they are not available online or in stores) Issue 3-5 $4 Volume 2 Issue 1, 2 - $4 The Amory Wars Trade Paperback - $15 The Amory Wars Sketchbook - $10 Good Apollo Graphic Novel - $20 The Second Stage Turbine Books are not available. Official Claudio Sanchez signing times: Thursday 3-4PM Saturday 2-3PM / 5-6PM Sunday 12-1PM
Get 'em quick, boys and girls. Once you do... Run, lock your door. They're coming for you...
For those who didn't get enough fun on July 24, the first day of the San Diego International ComicCon, comes the Superhero Live Music and Art Party, hosted by San Diego graphic agency Ninthlink and Murphy Art Books!
Make sure you're dressed up as your favorite superhero (or villian) because from 7pm to Midnight the free, 21+ event will happen at the Warehouse Space located at 1616 National Avenue, San Diego 92113. Among the featured artists' works include Anthony Lister, Jeff Soto, Joel Nakamura, Jen Lobo, Matt Stallings, Luke Chueh, Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson, Martha Rich, R.G., Peter Taylor (Handmade Feet), Andy Howell, Kathie Olivas, Chris Ryniak, Lola, Germs, Marco Wagner, Mark Murphy and many more. All of the art exhibited will also be available to be sold. Plus there will be plenty of finger foods and sushi plus Effen Vodka drinks, plus live music from the Modlins and DJs SSI.
Directions from the Convention Center: Start by going SOUTHEAST on WEST HARBOR DRIVE toward SALIDA LOOP. Turn LEFT onto SIGSBEE ST. Turn LEFT onto NATIONAL AVENUE. End at 1616 National Ave San Diego, CA 92113.
Avaliable in limited quanities at STRANGEco's Comic Con booth, Tokidoki's cactus crew: Sandy, Sabochan, Bastardino, and Polpettina get dipped in shimmery vinyl goodness along with the pups. The lucky folks who pick up a rare golden pup'll win a prize -- lucky bastard(ino).
Hasbro is bringin' back the MLP Power to Comic Con with yet another exclusive pony. Yay!!!
This year's Little Pony is decked out in ninja black with a hot pink mask, tail and mane. Fancy. And take note of the "HIYA" on her leg -- yeaaah, take that Witches from the Volcano of Doom! This pony is here to take on all the baddies that try to invade Dream Valley with her lightning quick ninja skills.
Okay, the ultimate pop culture mash up fest is still a little over a month away, but Kid Robot recently released what exclusive goodies they'll have in store including a schedule of artists signings. Behold . . .
July 24 & 25:
What could these two have possibly come up with??? Perhaps a Dunny or a Labbit from Kozik? After last year's awesome Super Teeter(which I almost bought, but didn't and now regret deeply), JLed is bound to bring in the goods. I'll definitely be in line for that! Get to the Kid Robot booth from 11-2 pm for a signing Thursday and Friday by both Kozik and Ledbetter.
July 26:
Paul Pope's Masked Karimbah is taken straight from the pages of his THB comic and into vinyl form. The Masked Karimbah is a two-figure action piece and is also Pope's very first Kid Robot toy -- it'll include a 16 page comic and secret vinyl throw in. This is limited to 300 pieces and are $150 a pop. Pope will be there from 1-4 pm for a special signing. Woo!
July 27:
Tokidoki, an Okee Dorkee fave(if you haven't noticed), is coming out with a 8" pizza lovin'-fang grinnin'- Dunny! From previous Con experience, you better get to the booth early if you want to get your hands on this (or just want Simone to sign some other Tokidoki knick knack). Since his Lesportsac stint, the Tokidoki line has gotten overly popular and spawned many a fan. Last year, the Tokidoki booth was packed, let alone his other signings -- Simone's just driving everyone crazy with his kawaii creations! The KR signing is from 11 am -2 pm -- be there at 8 am.
I found Luke Feldman (remember Gie and Murse checked him out at the Pop Cling showand he was also at Comic Con to show off hisanimated short"Who Saved the Moon"?) at the Cartoon Art Museum's booth doing sketches for donations and also sold some of his prints.
While there, the prototype of his figure Maiko made it's public debut.
Annnddd, coming hot of the presses (literally -- it was printed the day before) a brand new Pop Cling wall decal made it's debut at Wondercon as well. Luke was telling me and my friend that it was inspired by the Victoria's Secret angels.
Oh yes, when I mentioned our blog, he said he was familiar with it. YAY! >^_^<
[All photos courtesy of NiNa -- do not take without permission]
