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With the return of The Venture Bros.'s return in what is often Robot Chicken's timeslot, I tried and failed to explain The Venture Bros. to my Boomer roommate. She's older and not the kind of sci-fi/comics/fantasy/animation nerd I am, and Venture is a rather complicated show with deep character backstories and a lot of references and in-jokes. I ( Read more... )

I got into New York Comic Con by volunteering at an exhibitor table again this year, but when away from the table I was too busy listening to the two panels I attended to take any photos and didn't get many out on the floor. I do have a shot of a golden retriever service dog dressed up as Nick Fury that will eventually get posted. Getty Images UK ( Read more... )

I did my usual volunteering thing to get into New York Comic Con for Friday and Saturday. I was offered Sunday as well, but my body gave up on me around 4:30 Saturday, demanding I take a day of major rest.

I have to say that there seemed to be a lot more people this year, so many that I had to slowly shuffle my way around through dense crowds. ( Read more... )

( Oh, Robot Chicken. )

I enjoyed some of New York Comic Con today, having volunteered at a table to get in free, though it was tainted a bit by Food Stamps calling for an interview with me today while I was in the Javits Convention Center, where it turns out there's almost no AT&T cell coverage. She called four times and I didn't hear a single one. When I came home, then ( Read more... )

My Boomer roommate loves Robot Chicken but some of the references fly over her head. Last episode the biggest was "Warrior needs food. Badly!" which led to talking about my old days playing arcade games teamed with strangers ( Read more... )

Although I loved The Magic Garden as a child, I'd forgotten about this show until Robot Chicken recently did a skit on it. Now there's this and a DVD. If you look askance at anything on that web page, just remember that it was the 70s ( Read more... )

I'm sad over the breakup of Adult Swim's Sunday block of goodness. First Frisky Dingo finished its season and has been replaced by the awful Xavier: Renegade Angel. Next, Lucy: The Daughter of the Devil will have its season finale tomorrow. How will I survive without weekly shots of everybody's favorite assassinun ( Read more... )

( spoilers for midnight's _Bleach_ )