subliminal rotary club!

THEY'RE COMING. THIS AUTUMN.

*.*;;;

MSRP = $14.99/ea.

(you may even be able to pay for them with pennies. unlike Svetlana.)

picked up a few things this weekend as well, aside from photos. XD got the first Hopeless Savages TPB that Oni Press put out (by Jen Van Meter and Christine Norrie, with various bits contributed by Andi Watson, Chynna Clugston-Major, Guy Major, and others); it's loads of fun and i highly recommend it if you haven't already read it. Skanky Zero = my new hero. <3 <3 <3 speaking of Ms. Clugston-Major, also picked up the first two issues of Scooter Girl, which i'd been meaning to for some time. grabbed Jill Thompson's Death #1: At Death's Door as well. oh, and apparently there's a new issue of Lenore out, so i also grabbed that. was mightily interested in Days Like This (more from Oni Press), but showed restraint and left both that and the other Hopeless Savages book on the shelf at Chicago Comics' booth where they were. (and incidentally, they had a whole section aimed at me. nearly everything i was looking for was on two shelves. *.*;;; i <3 ChiCom. my wallet, however, thinks they're Big Mean Teases. XDXD

(that's the other thing about the comicon the past few years---haven't really found much that was exciting, and certainly not enough to buy---and anything i have has been found at ChiCom or a few other places i would've shopped anyway. hrrm. XD)

there were also bagels. about 16, in fact. here's the first batch:

and perhaps subconsciously in honour of the RX-8 being released here not long ago, i present the following bagel, which i SWEAR ended up this way entirely of its own volition, and with no intentional help whatsoever on my part:

and then there was the C-Spot Drive Party. the giant tent part was the stuff of very surreal dreams. including random refrigerators popping up and videotaping you (and no, i'm not kidding). a Mercedes-Benz event promoting their C-class vehicles which felt like some odd cross between a fashion show and a gallery opening. the two driving courses (one featuring professional drivers taking you for hot laps in AMGs and such, and one featuring you [well, if you're licensed] driving the C-class of your choice with very unfortunate speed restrictions around a closed course) were way, WAY too short. which was a bit of a let down, considering this event was meant to promote these cars and try to not-so-subliminally convince people to buy them.

('twas a weekend of foodporn and carporn, what more could you want? XDXDXD)