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Monthly Archives: August 2018
Courage the Cowardly Dog shirt!
The only shirt I bought at GACC. Finally something with Courage the Cowardly Dog! Couldn’t even find him at Hot Topic of all places.
Tony Todd
Next up from my fun time at GACC, meeting actor Tony Todd! Tony is a staple in numerous Sci-Fi TV shows (Stargate, Babylon 5, The Flash) but he’s probably best known to the general public as titular character in the Candyman … Continue reading
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Tagged Autographs, Babylon 5, DC Comics, Horror, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Superheroes
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Howard Chaykin and his contribution to Star Wars
First major guest I met and bought a commission from was Howard Chaykin. He’s been illustrating comics since at least the Seventies, when I first saw his work. His biggest, most famous material everyone would recognize is Star Wars in 1977 … Continue reading
Action Point: Streaming
Caught this at the discount theater and I gave a shot despite Johnny Knoxville being the star; I don’t find him getting injured doing stupid things entertaining. YouTube and CHIVE have this stuff in spades. Action Park had more going for … Continue reading
Monster Codex: a worthwhile book for GMs
Monster Codex is an excellent time-saving book for GMs, especially when they need to set up an encounter with D&D/PF’s most-common monsters: Orcs, Gnolls, Goblins, Bugbears, Hobgoblins, Ogres, etc. Fire and Frost Giants were unusual choices but I’ll take them. Never … Continue reading
Greater Austin Comic Con, the first one
Wizworld got moved up to September this year, another chance to meet someone who played The Doctor and Henry Winkler, the Fonz, ayyyyyyyyyY! I know I’m going. Meanwhile, a new comic book convention started this year at the Cedar Park … Continue reading
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Somara’s cake for August 2018
This Category hasn’t had any new stories in a good long time. Somara has scaled back her cake making over the last couple years but a nice couple brought her out of semi-retirement with this beauty. It’s a chocolate espresso … Continue reading
Latin lesson on a shirt
From one of the best jokes in The Life of Brian, a lesson in properly writing/speaking in Latin, a nightmare language since the verb is at the end of the sentence (usually), nouns have five or six declensions and you can’t … Continue reading
Futurama: Part Two, the autographs with a surprise
After the table reading, I went out to get the autographs of the cast. Since Futurama‘s characters have all appeared on The Simpsons (“Simpsonarama”), I asked them to sign these shoes to join the great company I already have on them (namely, … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, ATX Fest, Autographs, Comedy, Futurama, Science Fiction, The Simpsons, Voice Acting
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KMAG is over 16 years old!
I always miss the “deadline” to celebrate this milestone (8/7/02). I’m still proud of this though. Before there was Spotify, Pandora, etc…KMAG preceded them and it may be my opinion, my stream is superior to those services and the artists … Continue reading
Incredibles 2: Must See
Catching up on the movies for the Summer of ’18 and as expected, the season is filled with sequels. This one has been anticipated for over a decade but it was worth the wait. You can’t do The Incredibles without Brad Bird … Continue reading
1988: My first Gen Con
According to the Web sites I read, another Gen Con has come and gone. As expected, attendance keeps growing which is great. I’m glad the convention is carrying on despite WOTC/Hasbro’s withdrawal, a really odd decision they made a few … Continue reading
Updated genetic stuff from 23 and Me
The updates just keep rolling in from 23andme.com and these were finally worth sharing. The past ones aren’t awful, they’ve been more along the lines of surveys to add to their collection of data. The four icons above represent three … Continue reading
Futurama table read and meeting them!
Most of Futurama‘s principal cast came to Austin to do a live table read (“The Six Million Dollar Mon”) which in turn was to promote Hulu and SyFy being the new networks to carry the beloved program. They did the read … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, ATX Fest, Comedy, Futurama, Science Fiction, The Simpsons, Voice Acting
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Stephen Colbert sharing his D&D roots!
Stephen Colbert nerding out on his shows is nothing new but when he does with D&D, I feel joy for a few reasons: My hobby has attained mainstream acceptability. So suck on that Jesus freaks and my parents! Satanic panic my … Continue reading