minigolf

starsquid

destro and the baroness practicing their clarinets

The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Henry Rollins

review: G.I.JOE

I'd also sit through this again before ever rewatching X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

giftage

I miss recreational drawing. Between work-work, and personal pitch-work, I often don't have that much time to doodle. This gets sort of annoying when it comes to holidays and birthdays, because if I'm so inclined I'm able to make one-of-a-kind gifts...if I can find the time or the energy. Thankfully, my friend Tobias' birthday fell during a 2 hour lull and handed me everything I needed on a silver platter.


Part of the woe-is-me part about birthday gifts is that they require thought, and more often than not I'm mentally exhausted. But Tobias, oh, Tobias loves two things: action figures and super-heroes. He loves superheroes so much he was a contestant on Stan Lee and SciFi's Who Wants to be a Superhero?, and he loves toys so much he makes custom action figures at his website Imatoy.com.

It was basically like I was drawing on auto-pilot.

the fossil foundation

Because everyone loves a dinosaur in a bowler hat.

comic-con

Why I think 5 days of Comicon counts as a vacation is beyond me. Its sort of anti-relaxing, where you walk 20+ miles, deal with socially awkward people and are surrounded by ... your childhood, friends, and everything you think is cool.

I had a wonderful time with friends old and new, and think I did a pretty good job of pacing myself on the floor and seeing the few panels I dared to brave.

Batman Brave & the Bold was worth it to simply see the laugh out loud musical episode with Neil Patrick Harris guesting as the lyrically inclined villain.

Superhero Squad was a double shot of awesome, being thankfully funny and also starring one of my very best friends as Mole Man and Loki.

The Doctor Who panel had David Tennant. In person. And he was oh, so charming. And the new trailers for the next specials had me screaming like a little idiot.

I also had an unintentionally geeky time with celebrity run-ins, what with sharing a lunch spot with Zachary Quinto and sharing an elevator with a mortified Leonard Nimoy.