Farewell Captain

2023 comes to a close, and already we had to say goodbye to some people since the last time I posted here.

Marty Krofft

Tom Smothers

Shane MacGowan

Norman Lear

And just today, Shecky Greene.

But the saddest of all, among many others, we lost Andre Braugher.

Captain Holt died! It's not fair, man. The above quote sums it up perfectly. Brooklyn Nine-Nine was such a great show, but Andre Braugher really was the glue that held it together. He was one of the best to ever do it.

On top of that, I got this for an early Christmas gift:

Covid! It felt like a cold, and thankfully got over it within a week. And it got me out of work the week before Christmas. And it was the week the Pokemon Scarlet/Violet DLC dropped. Oh noooo, I have so much time to play it, whatever will I do?

But with that, let's get to Christmas!

I saw Santa!!

And here's my tree:

So cozy, right? And let's see what I got this year!

I actually got Simpsons stuff this year!

And Bobs Burgers and Super Mario Wonder!

My favorite bbq sauce!

And my advent calendar full of scratchers. I won $33 and two free Take 5 tickets.

And here's some things I bought for myself because you do that when you're in your thirties with no other immediate family besides your parents.

I never realized that the Not Pizza Planet Truck transformer hailed from Stranger Things, and I managed to snag it when Target had a 30% off sale before their toy section was blown out. Same with the Zelda amiibo, I managed to find the last one Target had, since it was the only TOTK one I missed out on.

And I can't wait to finally play the Super Mario RPG remake since the Pokemon DLC took up most of my free time.

And I picked up the Peanuts and Rankin-Bass collections at Wal-Mart since they had them there. No more pirating for me! At least for these.

I found the Kerwin Frost McNuggets! Dig that box art.

Well, it's not the one that looks like Svengoolie, but I'll take it. Apparently this chill one was a sought after one?

And lastly, here was my favorite pickup from Wintercon at the beginning of the month. A Carvel comic! "Where are Fudgie and Cookie Puss?!" You ask. Well, the comic hails from 1973, so it predates those two by quite a few years, or else they would've had starring roles on the cover instead of the Flying Saucers.

Well, that does it for 2023. See you all in 2024!

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Let's Give Thanks!

I'm thankful for two things this year:

First, that Henry Kissinger is finally dead.

Anthony Bourdain put it best: 

Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruits of his genius for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milošević. While Henry continues to nibble nori rolls and remaki at A-list parties, Cambodia, the neutral nation he secretly and illegally bombed, invaded, undermined, and then threw to the dogs, is still trying to raise itself up on its one remaining leg.”

Needless to say, Twitter (what's left of it) was celebrating.

The second thing I'm thankful for is that my cat is still with us. 

Yeah, around this time last month, my cat became incredibly lethargic and wouldn't eat, or drink water, or act like herself. We honestly thought she was a goner, and none of us had the heart to take her to the vet and make the decision none of us wanted to make. She's 17, it was definitely possible that her time had come.

A few days in, I was telling her my goodbyes. "Say hi to DJ and his cats for me," I told her.

Well, she must have because she started to bounce back after that and as of right now, is mostly back to normal, annoying us at all hours of the day once again!

That pic above was her back in her "normal" phase. She just looked so adorable.

And, okay, I have one more thing to be thankful for: the weird stuff you see at anime conventions.

Anime NYC was a few weeks ago and I had lots of fun. Tiring, but fun.

But man, I am an Old. Do you know what Genshin Impact is? Or how about Honkai Star Rail? Hololive? Lycoris Recoil? Well, too bad, because those were the big things this year.

For some reason, the FBI had a booth there.

I was reporting this guy.

I swear there's at least one every year.

He had a matching skateboard deck, too.

And probably the most esoteric cosplay that I recognized: the vending machine from Reborn as a Vending Machine.

Yeah, I can't believe that one's real, either.

That'll do it for this entry! See you next month for Christmas and summing up 2023!

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Halloweenie Times!

 It's Halloween again!

I had to work today, and I only saw a few costumes. I did see some pretty neat trick or treaters, like a Golden Guard from The Owl House in a group with Chucky, The Nun, and Jack & Sally.

I guess when you go to NY Comic Con for years, Halloween just doesn't do it for me anymore.

And why would it?

It's not every day you see a full blown Sentinel walking around.

Or Mr. Bean walking around in his car.

Or Robocop Captain America

Or Anakin's force ghost

Or a whole

Lotta 

Barbies

Blankie from Brave Little Toaster!

Madam Leota!

Jedi Green Lantern!

Steampunk Green Lantern!

A pair of Hootys (yes, they did the voice. It was creepy)

The Spot and an ATM!

Joker henchmen!

Spirited Away!

The best couples costume I saw.

Puerto Rican Mando and a badass Namor!

Wrestlers were popular cosplays this year, especially Macho Man. Pretty sure all three of these were the same guy: themachoverse on instagram.

Would you believe that there were TWO Mewtwo cosplayers walking around this year?

This Bruno Mars cosplayer was a different mashup every day: Captain America on Friday, Spider-Man on Saturday, and Sailor Mars on Sunday (didn't see that one)

Mandolorians were definitely popular this year, here's two of them with signs. 

And of course Spider-Man was as popular as always. Some other variants, like Hobie Brown (Spider-Punk) and Miguel O'Hara (Spider-Man 2099) got big pushes thanks to Across The Spider-verse.

It was good to see Prince of All Saiyans again. I missed him last year.

And I gotta give a special shoutout to this Buzz Lightyear. I didn't check if he had the wings, they would've been incredible if he had them.

And let me show you some other cool stuff I saw!

I got to meet Bryan Lee O'Malley again! He was signing exclusive prints from the new Scott Pilgrim anime.

And only that print. Everyone in line (including me) brought stuff to sign. Mostly books that were heavy to lug around the city all day.

It's a pretty sweet print, though.

Even got to go to the panel! We were the first people to see the new trailer, the opening, and a scene from episode 1! It looks rad.

The Archer panel screened the last episode (which I already saw three times)...and then announced a three episode finale. Archer: Into The Cold. We got to see the first ten minutes and it was great.

And finally, Kenan and Kel showed up to the Good Burger 2 panel! They're producers, that's how they were able to be there despite a SAG-AFTRA strike. Gotta exploit those loopholes! I'm shocked Kenan was even lucid, he was up to who knows when after SNL the previous night.

We got to see the first ten minutes of Good Burger 2! It's a fun one!

And something for the "why did I buy this?" pile. I already got the picture, why did I spend $15 on this McDonalds (3D printed vinyl) brass knuckle? It was Sunday, I was exhausted.

Happy Halloween, everyone! See you all in November!

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