Fan Expo '08

Well, the family went to the Big Toronto Fan Expo (read: ComicCon/Sci-Fi Con) and it was amazing, we havent been since 2001 when my oldest was merely 6 months old.
The only changes I really noticed were the gaming section and the lack of comics to buy. Don't get me wrong, there were a lot of vendors, but nowhere near the amount that I remember from previous years.

My youngest, Ethan, had never been, so I imagine to a 5 year old, that was a LOT to take in, all the THOUSANDS of people walking around, and some of the costumes were incredible, right down to the finest detail, others were lame, but their hearts were in the right place.

I bought a whack of McFarlane Dragons figures, and a buncha comics. The kids got a bunch of Star Wars figures, and the wife bought a nice Hardcover book on the girls of DC Comics.

My buddy Rob came along, with his kids in tow, and we had an incredible time.

The Sci-Fi expo had their big name celebrites there, and I got to see:
Sean Astin, Edward James Olmos, Buzz Aldrin, Renee O'Connor (yowza), Kristy Swanson (yum!), Shawnee Smith (not too shabby), Laura Vandervoort (DROOL), Brent Spiner, Sid Haig, Wes Craven, Michael Rosenbaum, and Henry friggin Winkler.
I wasn't too concerned if I met them, it was just cool to see them in person, and thats okay with me.

I posted some pics on my FaceBook page, with more to come....

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I could watch this for days.......

..........and STILL laugh my ass off everytime. Kids gets owned by a swing. Enjoy.

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Zombies III: Zombie harder

Well- according to my trusty counter, it seems that the zombies are popular, and that's what people are checkin out here.
What about the drawings? My....ramblings?
Ah well- feels like I'm talking to myself anyway.

In this latest installment, I'm gonna talk more about zombies, specifically in comics, where they've never been hotter.

I just finished up the latest "Walking Dead" trade, which is issue 48, and issue 50 just dropped, so I'm almost caught up. Wow. What an adventure this book has been, right from the get go. What I truly love about this book is that just when our characters are 'letting their guards down', BAM! some crazy zombie shit goes down.
I can't recommend this book enough.

Marvel Zombies II-

Well, lightning doesn't apparantly strike twice it seems. I was REALLY let down by this (obvious) hurried out sequel to the original smash mini. The story was incredibly weak, and as much as one can suspend their disbelief whilst reading comics, there was some.......weird......shit going down in this outing.
I dunno....some love it. The sales were definitely there, that's for sure, but as I said, it just wasnt "up to par" for me.

Marvel Zombies VS Army of Darkness-

This mini was awesome. Our boy Ash gets blasted into the 'zombie' world, and hilarity and a good amount of ass-kicking ensues.
Some hi-lites: Ash vs Howard the Duck
Ash and his comments to Dr. Doom.
The very last page of the last issue; brilliant!
The artwork was smooth and very clean in this mini.

I hear there's a Marvel Zombies III coming down the pike, but have not yet read a synopsis. Be curious to see how they pull this one off, given the events of Part II.

CrawlSpace: XXXombies-

70s porn. Zombies.
Nuff said.
Kieron Dwyer's art is PERFECT for this mini series, and Rick Remender needs help.
Be warned, however: nudity, "happy ending", dead babies, and disgusting sex acts all hide inside........(dont read this at work, okay?)

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The temple of Alyson

I have to say it- I'm in lust.
With who? See the pic attached.
I've been infatuated with this woman since 1998, when I first discovered "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" television series. She played Willow Rosenberg, best friend to Buffy, and was the resident computer nerd of the group, who eventually became a witch, and at one time, the big villain for a season.

What *is* it with her? She's not overly sexy, she's not voluptuous, but damn, she is a cutie. She's recently dyed her hair black which I am not a fan of, not at all.
She's normally seen with locks of fiery red hair, which, is kind of a "thing" for me.

You can now catch her on the CBS series, "How I Met Your Mother", which is quite possibly the funniest show on TV right now.

Most everyone else will know her as "Band Camp Girl" in the first three "American Pie" movies. *twirls finger* They were.....*okay*...nothing spectacular. But Alyson was in them, so I had to watch.

It sounds as if I'm bordering on stalker territory here, and no....that's not the case. I'm just seriously enamoured with this incredibly cute woman, that's all.
I know I'm not in the minority here; she has quite the fan following, and who can blame them?