Meeting Jim and Paul at NY Comic Con!

[Priscellie]

Shannon said:

Jim would love for you [the board members in general] to come by and see him!

Mickey responded:

Except for Priscellie, cause, you know, it would break all sorts of physics for Jim & her to be in the same state at the same time, and he doesn't really want to be responsible for the end of the world.

I think.

That explains the freak winter storm that assaulted the Northeast this afternoon!  We've inadvertently tipped off some bizarre Day After Tomorrow scenario!  The Earth is doomed!  And yet... I can feel no regrets.

It started out with us just in the same room together...


Jim, Paul Blackthorne, Some Guy, and Jim's obligatory can of Coke at the Sci-Fi Friday event.  We got to see tonight's Dresden and BSG episodes two days early and projected onto a huge screen, nyah nyah!


They're a lot blurrier in real life!


Then I tried to fool the Gods by dressing like Molly Carpenter in order to get closer.  This picture was actually taken a couple days before the Con, so I don't have my full Frankenhooker makeup on (and the white flecks are paint flecks on my dorm's bathroom mirror).  The wig dye job was not as successful as I'd hoped in reproducing Molly's cotton candy colors, but they suited me and I got a ridiculous number of compliments (mostly from people thinking it was my real hair), so huzzah!  I was also amazed at how many people were also fooled by the fake piercings.


SUCCESS!  Click here for another shot, closer-up but much more blurry.

So Paul and Jim signed my massive 50.5"x26" Dresden subway poster and the world didn't explode!


OR DID IT???

In-depth Con report coming later this week, if the universe is still around!

But first, some random silliness before I collapse into unconsciousness...


We knew Molly was hanging with a bad crowd, but honestly!  Unemployed Skeletor/Kevin Conn (at the Comic News Insider booth!  Check out their awesome podcast!) and The Kraken from PotC II.  She had a sign that said "I ated Jack Sparra." XD


And all those comparing the Dresden TV show to Firefly should expect something like this in the future!  After all, wizards live for hundreds of years...

[prime_spirit]

Aaaaccccckkkk!!!!!

OMGosh, it looks like you had a greatly awesome time!
And you get to meet BOTH Paul and Jim!
What did Jim's shirt say? I couldn't quite get through the blurring (the camera holder must be shaking for excitement ).
Was it a long line? Didja see Shannon? Did Jim tie his hair with ribbon clip or rubber band?

Wished I had those fake piercings too (wished I would have come too!)
PS: That poster's going to worth a million bucks on eBay... Don't ever, ever sell it! Too priceless!!

[Priscellie]

What did Jim's shirt say? I couldn't quite get through the blurring (the camera holder must be shaking for excitement ).

"I am not a minion of evil.  I am upper management."

Was it a long line? Didja see Shannon? Did Jim tie his hair with ribbon clip or rubber band?

I got there ten minutes before Jim was slated to start signing, but he'd started anyway.  At that time, there were about 10 people in front of me.  The line kept growing behind me, though!  Most of the people I encountered were TV converts, which is quite exciting, but to my amusement/frustration/surprise, nobody recognized my costume!  Except Jim, of course, who burst out laughing when he saw me.

Shannon was not in attendance, which was disappointing.  I'd brought my copy of No Regrets with me, and I was hoping she'd sign it!

Was too busy trying not to embarrass myself fangirling to notice Jim's hair accessories, alas.

Wished I had those fake piercings too (wished I would have come too!)

I got them from JenGen Way.  They were great!  No complaints!

PS: That poster's going to worth a million bucks on eBay... Don't ever, ever sell it! Too priceless!!

Hee!  Unfortunately, the poster can only ever be fully appreciated by Dresden fans named Priscilla with great hair.

[GG Crono]

I would just like to reiterate how much I HATE YOU ARGH@$#$@.

[Zygoptera]

I'm jealous beyond belief but thanks for posting the pics!

[casualimp]

HA! Great job on the custome. As soon as I saw SplatterCon!!! I was like: "they made those?!" Glad you had a great time and thanks for sharing.

[Priscellie]

HA! Great job on the custome. As soon as I saw SplatterCon!!! I was like: "they made those?!" Glad you had a great time and thanks for sharing.

Hee, thanks!  And I made my SplatterCon!!! shirt by hand, actually.  I designed it in Photoshop, printed it out, painstakingly cut out a stencil from cardboard (while watching Monk and Psych), then--also painstakingly but not nearly so awful as the previous step--I painted the logo on to the shirt (while watching Dresden and BSG).

So now I've got a stencil, which is 85% of the pain!  Maybe some day I'll learn how to do screenprinting.   After I graduate in May, I'm considering taking orders for them, if it doesn't step on anyone's legal toes. 

[casualimp]

The work surely paid off, it looks professionally done. I wonder if Jim would object. I'd buy one - hell, they should actually have a SplatterCon!!! for horror fans.

[prime_spirit]

Most of the people I encountered were TV converts, which is quite exciting, but to my amusement/frustration/surprise, nobody recognized my costume!  Except Jim, of course, who burst out laughing when he saw me.

Heh! You've apparently became one of those folks that made his trip all the way from home much worthwhile.

Was too busy trying not to embarrass myself fangirling to notice Jim's hair accessories, alas.

Thin leather strap methinks. Medieval and sexy. Probably the only thing strong enough to keep hold that silk bush...

[Adastra]

Thanks for sharing your pics and telling us about it!  I had no idea they make fake piercings like that.  I gotta look into that.   Very cool.

LOLZ @ the Unemployed Skeletor and The Kraken.

And is Paul complete hotness in person?  Superficial minds want to know! 

Looks like you had a good time    and I hope you will  get a chance to write up more.