Jimmy, Dr. Lou and I made the 90-minute trip south for Baltimore Comic-Con. Well, the trip is usually only 90-minutes…but takes a bit longer when Jimmy locks his keys in his car before we ever hit the road.
Jimmy-ing his car with a wire hanger
Jimmy tried using metal coathangers to try to pop the door to no avail. Fortunately, North York Auto Menders was right across the street and the guys were more than happy to come over with a slimjim(my) and got the door open in about 30 seconds. We hit Mickey D’s for a hearty breakfast and almost made it out of the parking lot before the second near calamity. We pulled the car over by a stand-alone ATM that was out in the lot. Jimmy decided he didn’t want to the pay the withdrawal fee and went into the grocery store 50 yards away. Dr Lou retrieved his funds and we moved the car closer to the store entrance. Lou and I were deep in what I am sure was a very interesting conversation when I look in rearview mirror and see Jimmy trudging across the parking lot towards the ATM. He walks up and starts getting into a car sitting there - scaring the shit out the poor lady inside! Please note that this car was barely the same color and not even close to the same model as my car. We scooped Jimmy up and peeled out before the fuzz arrived.
We were back on the road and only ended up getting to the Comic-Con about an hour later than scheduled. We parked and went over to the front of the convention center where we were to meet up with the “Dark Protector of Baltimore” (I just gave myself douche chills) – Darth Ravenous. Jimmy got tired of waiting and wandered off, seemingly only minutes before Darth Ravenous finally arrived. DR talked us into ditching Jimmy and we headed into the Con without him.
It was a good show and I was able to get some decent pictures of some people in costumes. No, I didn’t get many of females. There were some fetching femme fatales in cool costumes, but I just couldn’t bring myself to be that creepy guy thats walks up to a girl standing by herself and asks to take her picture and slobbers “nice costume” as he scurries off after a quick click. I tried to pawn it off on Dr. Lou under the guise that “we’d get better pictures if we take turns” or some BS. He couldn’t bring out the inner creep either.
Since returning, I’ve been scouring the net for sites showing pics from the show. I found the following sites:
Zerbetron’s Photostream
Baltimore Sun
Confessions of a Cosplay Girl
Crave Online
Mr Terrific’s Photostream
HappyGlyphs Comics
Rival Angels
Racoon Eyes DeviantART
Cosplay.com
Comix Connection
Rob and Tom’s Place
MorpheusBlade’s Photostream
ComicsDC
SINincallyTwisted’s LiveJournal
BG’s Photo Libary
I did not find one single picture of Darth Ravenous. He assured me that a “bunch of people” took his photograph. I even caught this unknown photographer in the act, so I know at least one exists.
Unknown photographer taking a pic of Darth Ravenous
If anyone knows of a site that has a picture of Darth Ravenous, please send us an e-mail and let us know. Just in case you haven’t seen Darth Ravenous in other posts on the site, here’s another one for you.
Darth Ravenous
Related posts: Costume Gallery from Baltimore Comic-Con 2009
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Check out the Darth Ravenous and Darth Blarney cosplay pics from last year’s Farpoint Convention
Notice anything extremely cool about this ad for Top Cow’s Berserker that we found in Impaler #4?
Too many cool things to know for sure what we’re referring to? Here’s another hint:
Read Ray’s original Berserker #1 review here.
During the recording of Jimmy in the Garden podcast episode #15, Jimmy was giving his review of the new G.I. Joe movie and somehow managed to compare it to the Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. tv movie from 1998.
For your viewing pleasure… and remember – Don’t hassle the Hoff!
I was just jumping across links and came upon this new movie trailer. Pretty freak’n cool.
Fans at Comic-Con were treated to ten minutes of the Kick-Ass movie adaption and luckily for those of us who could not attend, someone cammed it. If the studio is smart, they will let the clips stay up, but you never know, so watch them now. Not familiar with Kick-Ass? It’s easy to catch up on because since debuting in April 2008, only six issues have been released. I guess if I got a movie deal, I’d focus more on that too.
I found the clips over at Bleeding Cool. Check it out.
Here is Rick & Ray’s take for this week. Note: We didn’t include Dr. Lou’s list because he gets every comic and we also skipped Jimmy because he only gets PowerGirl and She-Hulk.
The New Avengers
Superman
Thunderbolts
Unknown Solider
Northlanders
Marvel Zombies 4
THe Dark X-Men
X-Men Forever
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps
Dark Reign: Young Avengers
Dark Reign: Sinister Spiderman
Dark Reign: Lethal Legion
Dark Reign: THe Hood
Dark Reign: Hawkeye
The Complete Dracula
Previews
Jimmy is no stranger to costumes – or cosplay as the cool kids say. He has lit up conventions from Shore Leave to Baltimore Comic-Con. Let’s face it , though, the East Coast conventions are the minor leagues. Can Jimmy hang with the studs on the West Coast?
I started my research by checking out the San Diego Comic-Con 2009 Costumes gallery on Yahoo. Then I checked out the coverage from the local San Diego NBC affiliate. Finally, I found the motherload with Maximum PC’s 600-image gallery! I searched through every photo (some of the Baroness pics twice) and could not find one single instance where someone combined two characters into one costume. Could Jimmy really being on the cutting edge of dork costuming?
Sure, anyone could spend hundreds of hours designing and building a freak’n cool Buzz Lightyear costume, but it took Jimmy less than five minutes to slap together Darth Ravenous – a combination Sith Lord and Baltimore Ravens football team mascot (with a little McDonald’s Grimace sprinkled in for good measure). Who else but Jimmy could have come up with the trademark Duke Skywalker, a GI Joe / Jedi Knight combo costume? Not those Comic-Con losers.
If my research taught me anything, it’s that not every girl should try to pull off the Princess Leia in Jabba’s Palace bikini and that when it comes to costumes, Jimmy beats off the competition.
Sneak peak: In podcast episode 14 Jimmy tells us his latest costume idea!
No, this isn’t the live action Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds. They are just getting started on that. In the meantime, Warner Bros. is putting out a new cartoon movie.
Check out this really cool trailer for Peter Jackson’s new sci-fi flick.
