My next installment from Austin’s 2012 Comic Convention is shirts. Here, Nerd/Geek Culture has this nailed. Hey, I like pro sports to a point and in many circles, namely Texas, hockey doesn’t often count…until Dallas wins the Stanley Cup again (don’t hold your breath). What do I mean by nailed? Nerd/Geek Culture loves shirts be they serious, humorous (often inside jokes), practically ads or any combination. All those sites dedicated to such apparel cater toward my ilk.
Should I go in 2013, I will make a more conscious effort to get pictures but the shirts must take a back seat to the scores and scores of costumes. The first two were worn by others, the remainder are our recent acquisitions.
The Han-shot-first debate will never end.
The above is derived from a similar gag involving The Princess Bride, maybe the other way around?
When it comes to Brock, you better hope you're on his side or else change.
Maybe the Hope/Change meme thing is on a comeback with the election, probably not. Despite it being rather tired, it’s amusing to catch The Venture Brothers making use of it like my General Zod shirt.
An awesome mash-up of the recent hit movie The Avengers combined with Anchorman which has its sequel on the horizon. The poses are based upon this famous Jack Kirby cover from issue number four. I succeeded in being the only person to be wearing it, a very big accomplishment in Austin.
The X-Wings can swoop up from behind like the Galaga yellowjackets from wave four on.
Somara’s favorite videogame from the Eighties is Galaga. The above design reminds us of it even though 1942 (or is it 1943) gives you side escorts; the predecessor game Galaxian had you flying a Y-Wing ripoff. Throwing in Darth Vader’s key line before Han saves Luke’s bacon makes it more amusing.
The small-press maker of this gem must have a cat like our Nemo. With Molly gone, the all-the-cat-can-eat buffet has returned but Nemo’s annoying morning behavior hasn’t stopped. Somara had to buy it. I didn’t have any objection, it’s painfully true.
Thanks to facial hair, namely beards, making a comeback in the Nineties I found myself like millions of others…unable to differentiate my Spock. Bearded Cartman being polite, kind and generous muddied the water further. Now there’s a shirt to help clarify the convention Star Trek is frequently credited for popularizing. As for me, I have had a beard (again) since 2007. Based upon my focal reviews at work, the kind words I receive and an unexplainable appeal I have with small children and cats, my evil counterpart must shave as per the rules.
What more needs to be said with this? Billy Dee Williams/Lando Calrissian is the smooth operator of the Star Wars universe no matter what his skin color is. Those prequels sucked big time and I just can’t hold back my skepticism for what Disney plans with Episode VII but I can still enjoy some yucks over the franchise I fell in love with 35 years ago at the Virginia Theater.
Next up, finding several shirts to retire because my armoire’s middle drawer can’t hold much more. Any takers on a past design I scored three or more years ago?