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Leaving on a plane for San Diego Comic-Con in 6 hours. Please post your “geek protest sign” slogans in the comments.
I will have this comic as a special print available at The Topatoco Booth (#1231) in the Webcomics Pavillion. One of the signs is left blank so that I can personalize a slogan for you when you buy the print. It looks like this:
I’m not going to comment on the WBC protesting comic-con (because it promotes false idol worship) since it will just lead to them getting more attention. Dumb, hateful people are predictably hateful and dumb. Something kind of neat is happening as a result of the protest, though. Check out #godlovesbatman on Twitter [more info here]. Thanks to @melsh for titling the comic.
[skip the rest if you've read Monday's blog post. just some SDCC updates and reminders]
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON!
I will be at the Topatoco booth (#1231) in the Webcomic’s Pavilion (just around the corner from Penny Arcade).
I will have a few shirts, my book, various comic prints, a few left over large prints, the special print mentioned above, and a new item:
Sketch Cards! For $5 I will do a quick sketch for you on a nice card that looks like this:
Pretty neat, huh? Sketches in HE books (that you buy) are free, and larger commissioned pieces are priced depending on complexity.
COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE “Browncoat vs. Red Shirt” SHIRTS!!!
I did a couple of shirt designs for Quantum Mechanix, fine online retailer of various Firefly/Serentiy, Dr. Horrible, Battlestar and Star Trek Merch, that will be exclusively sold at Comic-Con (booth 3251, which is mid-hall, toward the back wall, near the break area) and likely never again. Pick a side and display your colors proudly.
DO YOU WANT A SAN DIEGO FANCY BASTARD MEETUP?
FB’s JustChristine and JonnyAce wants to organize a meetup for sometime during the con. Thursday night I will be at W00tstock. If you are interested make a comment. Follow me on Twitter for minute to minute updates as to what’s going on while I’m at Comic-Con.
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bring back arrested development
July 21st, 2010 at 7:03 am
Captain Tightpants makes out pants tight!
July 21st, 2010 at 7:39 am
Han shot first!!
July 21st, 2010 at 7:59 am
Don't be a Dick!!
8==//==D
July 21st, 2010 at 3:53 am
“CAMPERS HATE FRAGS”
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“Let he who is without rhythm pick the first instrument.”
“Jebus loves me, this I know, for the Simpsons tells me so.”
“WE HATE PEOPLE WHO SAY FAG!” (the subprint would read “I’m looking at you, XboxLIVE.”)
July 21st, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Serenity Now!!
July 21st, 2010 at 12:13 pm
The hammer is my penis!
July 21st, 2010 at 12:26 pm
There are three flowers in a vase…
July 21st, 2010 at 12:27 pm
THE CAKE IS A LIE
July 21st, 2010 at 12:30 pm
The New Krypton Saga Sucked!
The cake is still a lie!
July 21st, 2010 at 12:38 pm
There is no Jar-Jar!
July 21st, 2010 at 12:48 pm
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"The iPhone 5 is a lie"
July 21st, 2010 at 1:09 pm
"One man's religion is another man's belly laugh."
–Robert A. Heinlein
July 21st, 2010 at 1:12 pm
God hates corduroy jumpsuits
July 21st, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Maya is a 3 faced liar! (kicking it oldschool. yo.)
July 21st, 2010 at 1:25 pm
"MY Anakin is Sebastian Shaw!"
On a separate note, I saw that Westboro Baptist was planning to picket SDCC. I can, not, wait for the counter-protests.
July 21st, 2010 at 1:33 pm
JOBS HATES FLASH!
REMEMBER MIRANDA!
July 21st, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Right, you're not going to comment. You're just going to post a link to the news story and counter-protest Twitter page, write and draw a comic about it, offer to sell prints of it, and invite others to comment on it down here in order to spread it even further.
But that's totally staying above the issue and not commenting on it at all.
/SARCASM
Still a funny comic, though I dunno if Comic Con will be happy about you selling prints with their logo.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Who Watches the Watchmen?
Personally, though, I love the idea of trying to blend in with the WBC folks with a sign that says God Hates Mutants!
July 21st, 2010 at 2:05 pm
"a-LIE-ance!"
July 21st, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Funny, I can't find #godlovesbatman on any of the IRC servers I use.
July 21st, 2010 at 2:35 pm
As a christian (and a baptist, myself), I would suggest using the words of our Savior.
"Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" -Matthew 7:1-3
The idol worship of others is none of their business. As christians, we're not called to condemn others but to share Christ with them. *sighs* Anyways, that's a very long rant and I should probably stop now.
July 21st, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Soylent Green is Pope!
July 21st, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Shaka, when the walls fell.
July 21st, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Theatre talkers go to a special hell!
July 21st, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Long live the fighters!
July 21st, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Redshirts are people too!
July 21st, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Jesus love you longtime!
July 21st, 2010 at 4:05 pm
If its the same kind of special hell Mal was going to … I don't see that as much of a deterrent…
July 21st, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Sheridan is The One!
July 21st, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Ivanova is God
July 21st, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Relax, George Orr, it's only a dream!
July 21st, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Kiazi's children, their faces wet
July 21st, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Yngvi is a louse!
July 21st, 2010 at 5:45 pm
"It's made out of PEOPLE!"
July 21st, 2010 at 6:45 pm
"I aim to Misbehave!"
July 21st, 2010 at 7:26 pm
LOVE IT, love it love it love it!
July 21st, 2010 at 7:40 pm
I like ninja turtles.
July 21st, 2010 at 7:54 pm
+3 Sign of Annoyance
July 21st, 2010 at 8:12 pm
"I am holding a sign"?
July 21st, 2010 at 9:41 pm
It's Twitter, not IRC.
July 21st, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong
July 21st, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Twits are just a bunch of newcomers that wish they could be as cool as IRCers
Also, I second “Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong”
July 21st, 2010 at 11:33 pm
As if I didn't want to go to ComiCon before. These all rock. And even get every reference.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:35 pm
My apologies for making that old-man humor a little too dry.
July 21st, 2010 at 11:40 pm
You are going to burn in a very special level of hell
a level they reserve for child molesters
and people who talk at the theater!
July 21st, 2010 at 11:53 pm
My title submission was "Protest @Comic-Con". I thought it was good.
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:12 am
The Spice Must Flow
God Hates Lag
You Maniacs! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU!
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:49 am
Want the t shirt!
July 22nd, 2010 at 2:16 am
"This.Is. SAN DIEGO!"
"No Spoilers Please!"
"I'm For Everyone!"
July 22nd, 2010 at 2:37 am
Dune FTW
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:09 am
I was (unlike Phelps) born and raised in Topeka, Kansas, where WBC is located, and I've worked with various groups opposing them over the years.
Responding with humor is the perfect solution. They want anger, and don't know how to react to being laughed at. At one counter-protest we organized a chorus line of men singing "My Boyfriend's Back And You're Gonna Be In Trouble." They left during the second verse.
Here's why they want to provoke angry responses: It's a con job.
Fred Phelps has a long history of using his religious trappings to advance con games, starting with having his children sell "fund-raising" candy bars and other items year round to line his pocket, and getting more and more involved. This is the most convoluted of his schemes, but to a large extent, it's just another con. Here's how it works:
1. The Equal Access to Justice Act mandates that legal fees and costs incurred in the process of suing the government to overturn a law on civil rights grounds (amongst other issues) must be paid by the governing body that passed the law.
2. Fred Phelps made his children attend law school, and many of them are practicing lawyers for Phelps Chartered law firm.
3. The Phelps cult shows up and engages in the most outrageous activities and uses the most offensive slogans they can come up with, in an effort to get cited for violating an anti-picketing or flag desecration law, or to provoke the passage of one.
4. If they are cited or such a law is passed, they sue.
a.) If they lose, Fred pays nothing to his children. On to the next picket.
b.) If they win, Fred makes up whatever legal fees and billable hours he thinks he can get away with and hands a bill to the government.
5. Rinse and repeat.
Properly executed, it's a license to print money, provided one has no ethics, compassion, morality or soul. Which, of course, makes it the perfect scheme for "Reverend" Phelps.
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:21 am
Death to Tommy Wiseau and JOHN@THEROOMMOVIE.COM!
After he threatened the Nostalgia Critic, shit upon "Fair Use" laws, and raped the movie review industry my opinion is that they both need to be sodomized with Pineapples.
As explained here: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatg...
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:37 am
"BENDER IS GREAT"
"All Glory To The Hypnotoad"
"Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society" (can't resist a 'Red Dwarf' reference)
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:47 am
Darmok and Jalad, at Tanagra.
Porkchop Sandwiches!
and I third 'The Cake is a Lie'
July 22nd, 2010 at 6:01 am
Wow. That's. Just. Fucked. Up.
I go to a non-denominational Christian Church, so I believe that scum like this are going to have to answer for crap like this. I would really like to see Glenn Beck answer to God for all his BS too. If that were a Youtube vid, you'd watch it. Just to see Beck cry real tears for once.
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:29 am
I am a leaf on the wind, watch me flaaaaaaaugh.
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:49 am
SPLITTER!!!
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:49 am
Muad Dib!
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:40 am
Down With This Sort of Thing!
Careful Now!
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:39 am
“We apologise for the inconvenience”
Thow the words of their “bestest friend ever” back in their face.
July 22nd, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Why so serious?
July 22nd, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Your faith against my power priest!
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:29 pm
BTW Joel, I09 have your shirts up on their website among great merch to get from SDCC!
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:36 pm
"Kirk is my Captain!'
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Morrigan disapproves -5
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Monkey Pants reminded me of another one…
My God Can Eat Your God
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Epic win!
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Dude, how about "THE SLEEPER HAS AWOKEN!" or "PAUL MUAD DIB IS MY SAVIOR" That ought to piss them off.
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:10 pm
God made 'Adam and Tom', not 'Adam and Kaaaaaaaaaaahn!'
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Hmm. That's the first time I've heard that theory. I'm not sure whether to take it seriously or not. One would think he could scam more money out of people by just being a standard tort lawyer, or running some other scam that doesn't put him at risk of getting killed with a brick to the face.
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:24 pm
"No more alt-tab switching!"
Nobody is going to get that one, which makes it the perfect geek slogan.
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I have wanted to do the "God Hates Muties" sign or years.
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:56 pm
"All of This has Happened Before, All of This Shall Happen Again"
Pictures of Patrick McGoohan, Tricia Helfer and Jim Caviezel side by side
"Magneto Was Right!"
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
"Weaugh Teaugh Peaugh!
There, now you're not a lifeless tool."
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:07 pm
"Noobz hate Spawn-Campers!"
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:10 pm
"Going to war over religion is like arguing over who has the best imaginary friend."
- Richard Jeni
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:17 pm
this = win
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Nuts, I was gonna use that one! Still, good job.
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:22 pm
"I won't "Thank the Maker" for YOU!"
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:42 pm
We live for the one, we die for the one!
The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father
President Clark is a Shadow Puppet
If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die!
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Or, referencing the x-men in the 80s; It's 2010, do you know what your children are?
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:11 pm
No one has pizza with margarita shooters!
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:33 pm
"Nobody listens to poor Zathras."
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:34 pm
"It's a Bayonne! It's a Prosciutto! It's Superham!"
"Jean Grey Died For Your Sins!"
"God Hates Foil Covers!"
"Excelsior!"
"For Glory! For Asgard!!!" . . . and of course,
"Nuff Said!"
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Steve,
It's not a theory. This is his standard practice. As for making money as a lawyer, he tried that. Mostly nuisance suits, and he lost more often than not when he couldn't cajole an out-of-court settlement out of the defendant.
He got disbarred for harassing court officers, accusing all the judges of conspiring to make him lose cases, and suborning perjury, if I recall correctly. He now is prohibited from practicing as a lawyer before state or federal courts, permanently.
He's a con man *and* a religious nut case, not a con man *pretending* to be a religious nut case. Sort of a Renaissance Man of douche-baggery.
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
"Questions are burden to others, answers a prison for oneself" or "God hates fangs" or "Remember Aldaraan" or simply "KHAAAAAN!!!!"
Or there's the 40K references – "Let the Galaxy Burn"
or
"A mind without purpose will walk in dark places" – Gideon Ravenor
or
"Then the prophet spake: saying "Frak this, for my faith is a shield proof against your blandishments"."
- Alem Mahat, The Book of Cain, Chapter IV, Verse XXI
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:50 pm
How's this: "Steve Rogers died (and bounced around time Slaughterhouse 5-style before coming back) for your sins!"
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:52 pm
(S)uperman
(S)aves!*
*The (S) stands for the Superman logo, or the Family Crest of the House of El if you want. Use your imagination!
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:06 am
Either "Hulk Smash!"
or "88 miles per hour is speeding Doc!"
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:34 am
But, your comment (I don't consider it a rant) makes a very good point.
It isn't about reading the Bible and having an intelligent discussion on the Word…it's all about who can scream their personal view the loudest and claim it in the name of God, or whomever.
I would rather listen to 1 person with an opposing view, than 9 who shriek their Twit pick of Bible verse.
But, as we all know…it's the squeaky wheel that gets the intarwebz aTwitter, and that gets on the 24 hour news cycle.
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:36 am
Picard and Dathon at El Adrel!
Gilgamesh at Uruk!
Hey kids…stop trying to do the Picard Maneuver on your pants!
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:38 am
You've Got The Touch…You've Got the Power!
'Till All Are One!
Whaddya know…a booby trap that really catches boobies. (You know the ep where Optimus said this)
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:41 am
All Hail Hypnotoad!
Oh Blinding Light/ O Light That Blinds/ I Cannot See/ Watch Out For Me…
*picture of William Shatner under the words "Rock. It. Man"
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:42 am
HASTUR!
HASTUR!
HASTER!
That'll cost you some SAN points, Mister. 8-P
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:43 am
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are
"42"
And the obvious: "My God, It's Full Of Fanboys!"
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:43 am
"Zathras Can Never Have Nice Things…"
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:31 am
Ezekiel 23:20 (She lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose semen was like that of horses)
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:34 am
I think it was these guys who were protesting outside the McEnry Convention Center when FanimeCon '10 was in town. They were shouting from the sidewalk of San Carlos Street and we fans were shouting back, and the SJPD just HAD to intervene! Best Con Ever!
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:38 am
watch me start a flame-war:
"Up with Alt-Tab switching!"
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:48 am
"I find YOUR lack of faith disturbing"
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:55 am
Now dusting off the old Command & Conquer slogans:
"PEACE THROUGH POWER!"
"TECHNOLOGY OF PEACE!"
and the crowd pleaser,
"KANE LIVES THROUGH DEATH!"
So Joel, which of these do you like the most?
July 23rd, 2010 at 7:56 am
"I'm against picketing but not sure how to show it."
"You must build additional Pylons."
"Need a Dispenser here."
"I assumed the party position, and there was no cake!"
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:30 am
We require more vespene gas.
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:59 pm
THE ALLIANCE PLANNED ALDERAAN!
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
"God loves Yaoi"
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:37 pm
"The Lord Spake and Lo he sayeth: You are holding it wrong"
"Can you hear me or am I holding this sign wrong"
"A Special Hell"
"My God Says he can get me out of this"/"My god says you're fucked"
"Mel Died for your Sins"
"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do"
"Bad Horse says NEIGH"
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:01 pm
HAHAHAHAHAH. This is win. Bravo.
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:48 pm
+1 to "God hates fangs!"
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:50 pm
thank you, I've been putting out a lot of these. Not much love 4 STAR WARS, judging by these otherwise hilarious slogans. I came 2 represent.
July 24th, 2010 at 2:56 am
How could I forget "Crom Laughs At Your Carpenter"
though over a 100 comments and not one "Kneel Before Zod!"…we're getting too old for this shit
July 24th, 2010 at 3:02 am
Grom Died For Our Sins: Hellscream 3:16
July 24th, 2010 at 4:47 am
Oh. OK then. As long as they really do believe this stuff and aren't just saying it as part of some elaborate scam, my worldview remains mostly unchallenged. I was torn over which would be worse, but now I don't have to. Because "both" definitely qualifies as "worse."
July 24th, 2010 at 9:42 am
I get it and I'm not a geek. I'm just old.
July 24th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Why has no one done this one:
"NGod's never gonna give me up, never gonna let me down…"
Ect, ect.
[shot]
July 24th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
HE'S NOT PINING, HE'S PASSED ON!
HE IS NOT THE MESSIAH, HE'S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY!
HOW SHALL WE FUCK OFF, O LORD?
BLESSED ARE THE CHEESEMAKERS!
FWEE BWIAN!
And, of course:
FREE JOLLY JENKINS!
July 24th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
TEA AND CAKE OR DEATH!
July 24th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
God created Man. Davros created the Daleks!
July 24th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Androids are people too!! Data isn't property!!
July 24th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
42 is the answer What is the question
I am to misbehave
and finally dressed as the devil: TEAM WBC
July 25th, 2010 at 2:22 am
The cake has been a lie since SM64! Get over it!
July 25th, 2010 at 4:48 am
"The Space Pope is the scaly bringer of LIES!"
July 25th, 2010 at 8:18 am
“My God Carries a Hammer”
“Wonder Twins Power Activate”
“SHAZAM!”
July 25th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Don't Cross The Streams!
July 25th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
"Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things, right now: Jack and shit… and Jack left town. "
July 25th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Clatto Verata Nicto
July 26th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Hey, so any chance that we could get some simple shirts with these protest slogans on them? Should be simple and cheap – and hilarious.
July 26th, 2010 at 9:51 am
This food is problematic.
July 26th, 2010 at 7:01 am
"Space Jesus Has Hand Lasers!"
"We're on a mission from Glod!"
"If I could make you prettier I would!"
July 26th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
"One man's religion is another man's belly laugh." – Robert A. Heinlein
July 26th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Lif! Lif! We lif for ha ha!
July 26th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
THE SPICE MUST FLOW!
July 26th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
For the EMPEROR!
July 27th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Oz reference! You win AAAAAAAALL the shinies!
July 27th, 2010 at 6:35 am
damn it. good point.
July 27th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Ah, well I think I'll have cake then.
July 27th, 2010 at 8:12 am
GOD LOVES YOU LIKE HE LOVED JACOB! NAMASTE!
WHAT DOES GOD NEED WITH A STARSHIP?
July 27th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
"'Ive got a bad feeling about this."
"Do or do not. There is no try."
"There is no spoon."
"Will I dream?"
"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent."
Also, "There are four lights!" should be your next T-Shirt.
July 27th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
NICE ONE! made me laugh and spit salad…
July 27th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
I'll Be In My Bunk!
What The Frack Was Starbuck?
Warren Ellis Does Not Approve!
Abesik Kampfire For Warchief!
all glory to the hypnotoad
July 27th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Oo, wait, I've got a better one:
"Give IDIC a chance!"
July 27th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Some classics:
"Wolverines!!"
"End of Line"
"Shall we play a game?"
July 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Jesus suffered from serious lag.
Jesus was a time lord
May the Doctor be with you
July 27th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
oh wow, he's right
July 27th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
"The only winning move is not to play."
July 27th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Sorry we're out of cake. What, so my choices are 'or death'?
August 1st, 2010 at 6:13 am
"Mars needs women!"
August 6th, 2010 at 2:33 am
Awesome!!! Nerds gather like a little religion and protest the non-believer (or is that believer because of the costumes?).
August 6th, 2010 at 6:05 am
re: “Browncoat vs. Red Shirt”
UNFAIR!
not everyone can go to Nerd Prom.
Dragon*Con, however…