Scenes from Comic-Con

What fun!

July 23, 2010 at 7:43PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

I wish I could go to Comic-Con. Aside from the fact that it's in Lovely San Diego, it just looks like fun. Here are some shots that moved on the wire concerning the events of the day.

We heard there were nerds here. We have come to kill them, drive their women before us, and hear their lamentations. Oh, right, they don't have women. Well, just kill them, then.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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I am dressed up as Red Ninja, a popular comic character from 1972. My mom threw out all my Red Ninja books when I went to college. I have dressed like this ever since in mourning.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Where am I? I'm at a John Wayne Gacy costum contest for Klondike Kate contestants!

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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In real life I am an Arby's manager.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Somehow Batman looks less ominous when he's credentialed.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Some people spend a lot of time on their zombie makeup. Looks like it would be easier just to walk into a bus:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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