I am anti-Halloween. I am distrusting of drunk people in masks and as a rule I don't go outside at times when people young and old think it's OK to wear white platform stripper heels because it makes the air smell like mayhem in a way that's too New Orleans-y for me. Maybe it's because this year it's on a weekend or maybe it's because people have no jobs but everyone seems EXTREME pumped for pumpkin day in a way that leaves me fairly certain that we are all going to die on November 1 and maybe deserve it. Anyway. The only Halloween costume I can get behind is this one. [PDF link!] Mostly because if you're teetering on the precipice of going straight to Catholic-people heaven like I am, you may as well taste the nectar of true evil in concentrated syrup form and invoke Gareb Shamus, douchechill inducer and pillager of all things worthwhile.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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So you support the late-entrant big corporation over the independent operator who created the industry? I think I'll go out as you on Saturday.
PS I have no idea what I'm talking about. But I will go out as you anyway!
The comic book industry (as we know it now) dates back to the 1930s, and comic book conventions started happening in the 60s. Wizard was founded in 1991. So whatever Shamus is not guilty of, he is definitely not guilty of creating the industry.
comic conventions. but as I said....
To quote Jakita Wagner in the classic Warren Ellis/John Cassaday crossover Planetary/Batman:
"Tell me you're single."
Some of us will be working on Halloween, and they (we, ME) are not looking forward to it either.
This is awesome.
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/a_real_comic_book_character_fo.php
She just won Halloween.
yes, yes she did.
Mary, be grateful you don't live in Provincetown, where one can hear the faint whirr of sewing machines even now in the wee hours of the morning... as many here LIVE FOR Halloween. Sigh.
At least the moon looks glorious hovering over an ocean.