In the May issue of Chicago Magazine there’s a little “Taste Makers” section about things that local fashion designer Christina Fan loves. You can check out the issue to see what exactly she loves (there are some shoes, a briefcase, a gothic chair and some other cool stuff). I’m here to talk about what I love about Christina. First of all, I must apologize for the gobsmack picture. I have the magazine in front of me. I have no access to a decent camera or anything. I took it with my wank Blackberry. I’m at recluse author Clive Javanski’s Bucktown apartment. He’s away for the weekend and I’m in to feed his cat and some kind of fish. I’m drinking a Fat Tire. That’s…
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A few more pics (and video) from the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). I thought these belonged in a separate category from the first batch. Mummy Girl – or weird nurse or something Black Captain America and Wonder Woman Superman – really a plumber from Chicago’s south side A Batman Registering for Costume Contest Ozzy and the Stormtroopers R2D2 hitting on the gals Just a short video of the geek culture goings-on at C2E2
I attended the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo Saturday in Chicago. Otherwise known as C2E2. I call it “Chicago’s Comic Con.” I’m not a hardcore comic geek but I have a few and do enjoy a graphic novel here and there. But it’s not just comics (and I didn’t know who any of the comic artists were on “Artists Row” really). It’s also about sci-fi and fantasy tv and movie stuff. Which is pretty huge (Avengers, Dark Knight, Walking Dead, Scott Pilgrim Gossip Girl, etc.) Basically, I like to be surrounded by geek weirdness. And something I’m working on, in a literature sense, has some of these elements in it. Without much commentary, here’s a look at some interesting C2E2 fashion (part 1). Poison…
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