Profound, profane or pedestrian

It looks like the whole Gifted arc will be available on DVD, in R1 at least, from 7th September according to Amazon. I had never thought of this a coming out on DVD, don't really know why, but maybe this will also get and R4 release?

Had a great time at Supanova today. I got Jewel Staite's signature on the Jo Chen - Kaylee cover in the Serenity: Those Left Behind HC.

( 2 photos here. )

The only other thing I had planned was to cross paths with sloop and I did. Great to put a face to the name - and I scored a free poster too. Hellboy 2 : The Golden Army looks amazing too (that was the stall sloop was on).

( sloop in action! )

After grabbing some lunch (decidedly flaccid mince pie which was a shame since it was labelled Pepper Steak Pie!) I got around to buying. I had saved up heaps to spend here and yet had the frustrating experience of not spending even 1/4 of what I had with me! I was however very very happy with what I did get:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Creatures of Habit GSA - particularly happy to find this as this has been MIA from all my usual haunts for a long time
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol. 7: Food Chain TPB I don't think I've ever seen this one around here before, both bought from Kings Comics
and AXM vol.4: Unstoppable from comiczone which just made my day since no-one else there had it in. WOOHOO!

Costumes on the day were very impressive with so many I recognised and a whole heap I didn't, but so many clearly showed the time, effort and passion that had been spent on the costume.

How could I go past these guys though?
( 501st Legion )

And finally two random shots of the show - busy enough to get a good atmosphere without being too crowded that it became claustrophobic.
( Crowd shots. )

And finally, most disconcerting moment for me - Darth Vader at the next urinal to me. DARTH VADER DOES NOT HAVE BODILY FUNCTIONS - or so my brain desperately tried to tell me :-)!!!!

Would I do it again? HELL YEAH!

IGN has preview pages available for this issue

( and they are all here. )

The Comics Nexus Awards 2007 just announced their Characters Award winners. Joss won the teams awards twice - getting two of the teams in the three-way tie for first. AXM and Runaways tied with Nextwave.

He also got a Silver Nexus for Emma Frost in AXM.

Tomorrow are the awards for:
Best Writer
Best Artist
Best Editor
Best Breakout Talent
Best Company/Imprint

It seems like years - but it's still probably been months since I last posted a new AXM cover (or page) but here it is

( behind the cut. )

There are 5 review pages up of AXM Issue 23 , Joss' penultimate issue, at Comic Book Resources

( and they are all back here. )

The main cover and variant are both at Marvel.

(Thanks to gilatron500 for the original heads up.)

( Both covers are here. )

.... AXM will look like this?

( Really )

I'm sorry but that is just not to my taste. Sorry BKV but even your presence won't be enough to keep me interested.

The covers for this issue are up at PopCultureShock

( and they are so very pretty! )