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
