Aaaah. Back from the massive nerdage of Comicon in San Diego. I’m still recovering, and I have to say that quite honestly, this event is way too geeky for me. I really can’t understand hordes of people who painstakingly dress as their favorite characters. But they are always welcome here.

I was at the event with my client Dee to shop around a particular project we’re working on. I’ll talk more about that in another post, but feedback was positive and we’ll be following up with several publishers and perhaps even a studio for our comic idea. I also managed to pick up a few books, but again, that will be another post.

For now, here are some photos. I forgot my camera in the chaos of preparing, so these are taken with my iphone. Didn’t have as much time for picture taking since we were on a mission…

Don’t know who these guys are, but I had to start somewhere.

Lego Leia and Lego Maul

Random Wolfman

Giant Ugly Dolls! And you can see part of the new and improved Castle Greyskull in the background. There was a giant statue of a new and improved He-Man as well. He lost the prince Valiant hairdo.

You can take a picture riding the unicorn from Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Blurry Corey Feldman!

Blurry Corey Feldman #2!

Spikey fans.

Tried to get one of the few Jack Sparrows lolling about.

What the heck is Bob’s Big Boy doing at Comicon?

Not just 1, but 4! Count’em 4 Sexy Jesus’! By far these guys were my favorite. I love you Jesus!

Ah, the Tonight Show babes interviewing a hapless geek on air.

You know what they say about the size of a man’s sword.

Huh??????

Some kids waiting with us before a screening of Cloverfield. A PG-13 rating guaranteed having the early-teen set saturate the theater. I have never felt so old…

Good film. Definitely gave me the heebie-jeebies, which I love. Nice effects and full of tension and surprises. My one wish would be that “less is more,” which was lost a bit. But it’s still fun. Check it out.

I got to see a screening of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis last night at the newly remodeled Sundance Kabuki Theater. It was quite the event, with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and popcorn, a man playing some lovely music on a giant standing bass, and media and press people flitting about. But the star was Marjane who was there herself, along with her co-director of the animated film.

Based on her autobiographical graphic novels, Persepolis follows Marjane’s story of growing up in Iran during the revolution, and her life outside of her homeland, when she flees. The animation closely follows the stark black and white graphic style of her comics, but has also been flourished with shades of gray and minute instances of color. There are so many striking moments, visually, graphically. Some scenes are told with only images, and ultimately end up being more powerful than if they had included dialogue.

Marjane discussed her story and her views in a brief interview on stage before the screening, and her striking firebrand of a personality really burst through. However, her sly humor also was very apparent. And despite the horrors that she faced during the revolution in Iran, and some of the horror that is depicted in in her story, Persepolis is just as much about the humor and absurdity of life and of coming of age in this modern world. I loved it, and will see it again when it is released in theaters.