Welcome back CRAZIES!!! With any luck, I'll be at opening day at the San Diego County Fair today, or the Del Mar Fair for us old timers! I've been looking forward to the fair for weeks now as the urge for Chili Fries, Deep Fried Twinkies and White Oak BBQ has got my mouth watering! But more than that, I just love the exhibits and gardening displays, not to mention's the animals and collections. It's just a fun place. Speaking of fun, there's something else on the other side of the country that's gonna be a LOT of fun...
For nearly ten years, I have taken part in the Team Cul De Sac Art Auction at HeroesCon in Charlotte,
North Carolina. Though I've never had the pleasure to attend in person, I have had the pleasure of donating original art for the auction, and this year is no different! Below are my offerings for 2026:
Melon Crazy: Pen and ink on Bristol Smooth Paper colored with Olo Markers.
Surf The Dragon: Pen and ink on Bristol Vellum Paper colored in PrismaColor Colored Pencils. (This piece in all took FIVE days to finish!)
For those of you heading to HeroesCon this weekend, June 12-14, now is your chance to not only own some original CRAZY art but also send a swift kick to the rear end of Parkinson's Disease once and for all as ALL proceeds go towards research of eradicating this horrible disease. Richard Thompson, the creator of the wonderful and hilarious Cul De Sac comic strip, suffered from it and succumbed to the disease in 2016. Humanity was robbed of not only a phenomenal cartoonist but a wonderful human being as well. The auction itself in on June 12 and is free for convention attendees. For more information, click here for the Team Cul De Sac website.
And now, it is time to continue our trip down memory lane as we head back to the recent past of 2016. As the fog clears, you'll recognize Downtown San Diego and the San Diego Convention Center. Ah yes, I see it now! Cap up those Code Red Mountain Dews folks, because the CRAZY COMIC CON COUNTDOWN is on!
It isn't uncommon to see celebrities walking the streets of San Diego during SDCC. Even Big Red himself-Oh my God! If Santa Claus is doing what it looks like he's doing, he is definitely going on the Naughty List!
It is always a good idea to bring a snack with you to COMIC CON. You burn a LOT of calories throughout the day!
He may not be as powerful as Silver Skeeter, but Quailman is definitely a badass!
The movie kinda sucked, but this cosplay was cool at least!
Now THAT is a hell of a hat!
Yes folks, that IS Paul Stanley of KISS hanging out at the Entertainment Earth booth! They had some really cool toys and exclusives, but their swag distribution left a lot to be desired sometimes.
Even as a baby, Jack Burton's Porkchop Express was tricked out!
Always upping the ante, the FX Lawn once again wowed con goers with their amazing activations, including a zipline!
BOO!!!
A very long shot of the Petco Park Interactive Zone, and the infamous Mr. Robot Ferris Wheel that wasn't promoting Mr. Robot but totally was!
OOOOH YEAH!!! MACHO MADNESS AND HULKAMANIA'S IN THE HOUSE!!!
One of the things I really miss about the old Hasbro booth were the super cool toy displays they'd build every year. This one previewed the the battle scene from the then-coming Star Wars film, Rogue One. I know Disney-era Star Wars has been a mixed bag at best, but man, that movie did not disappoint!
And finally, we close out this week with some cosplay that the Master would certainly approve of: Torgo! He seems trustworthy...
And that was Comic Con 2016! I do remember this being an extremely busy year at the show, but a very fun one as well. It was kind of the final time that all the offsites had an open-door policy of just letting people come and go as they pleased. They never really jammed up when they operated like this, but they sure do now with all these stupid reservation systems! Hopefully in the future, they will look back at what worked in the past.
Well, that's another week down, but believe me, we got plenty more coming with the CRAZY COMIC CON COUNTDOWN!!! So be sure to come back and check it out! Until next time, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!
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