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So much fantastic cosplay at C2E2 2013.  I think the con has some of the most diverse cosplayers around and some of the hottest!

I’ve seen lots of photo parades, I think our parade features a few players that I  haven’t seen anywhere else!  Enjoy the cosplay and let us know who your favorites were.

Keep your eyes open cause you may see a few of the CBQties in the mix and a few of our favorite creators as well.

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Art by Bobgar Ornelas from Earth-2 Podcast; Coloring courtesy of LegionTonyL

Cheers, Queers!

C2E2 is over but our coverage is not quite done.

Enjoy the vocal stylings of the CBQties as we talk about our favorite things about C2E2.  Shout-outs galore so listen up and you may be called out.  Plus, we announce the winner of our first ever CBQScavenger Hunt!

Seriously, C2E2 is an amazing show and you all should come next year!

Our cosplay gallery is coming next so come back and check it out!

After a satisfying lunch at the local Red Robin, Saro & Scavenger join forces to give their insights into the kickoff of the summer blockbuster season.

thank you Joe Phillips!

This is the beginning, the beginning, this is the beginning of the blog-post you like.

RED FOR FILTH!

Over and over. Over and over.

This is the beginning of the rest… of… the… post!

(WARNING: It’s best to read these reviews AFTER you’ve seen the latest episode OR while you watch! I spoil it all!  It’s not comic books, but it’s certainly queer!)

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Wherein we discuss Gail Simone’s latest entry into DC’s New 52. A tale of the 99% fighting back against the 1%.

Steele: Hey Saro. Happy Wednesday! So, we both read DC’s New 52 comic, The Movement. Written by Gail Simone and arted by Freddie Williams II. It’s a story about 6 super powered young activists, calling themselves “The Movement”, in a battle against the corrupt Coral City police department. What did you think of the first issue?

Sarospice: I think I’ve had more exciting bowel movements. Once again FAIL GAIL tries to jump onto “something” like the OCCUPY movement without an actual story to be told. The story is a heavy handed Swiss cheese of corrupt cops and teen titans warning everyone to leave them alone or they’ll post snarky memes on Facebook about them. It’s been done before, and better!

Steele: I didn’t hate it as much as you did but I did find it a little (well a lot) heavy handed. Read the rest of this entry →

It’s C2E2! It’s The CBQties! It’s Rachel Deering! It’s Chad Sell! It’s The Geeks Out Gang! It’s Janet Lee! It’s Amanda Conner! It’s Paul Cornell! It’s The Venn Diagram of Comics and Entertainment! And now…. it’s YOU!

FREE at last!

You wish!  We’re not free, just very inexpensive. (Ok…. cheap!).  Our most timely podcast yet!  It’s Free Comic Book Day! Discover what we picked up and why!  We want to know what our listeners picked up.  Did you find a new book you’ll keep reading going forward?  We want to know.  It’s a super quickie (less than 10 minutes!) so you can get back to your new books!

This is the first part of our multi-part coverage  of C2E2 2013 and what a doozie! Several of the most influential voices in comics podcasting join stevieD for a riveting discussion on comics and the industry. Listen to the likes of John Siuntres from Word Balloon,  Brian Christman from Comic Geek Speak, MikelOD with Most People Are DJ’s, Wendi Freeman with Double Page Spread, and Chris Marshall from Collected Comics Library (special thanks to Chris for recording this discussion)!

You want good comics discussion…you get it here!

It’s all cum to this! Three queen enter! One queen leave! Three queen enter! One queen leave! Three queen enter…wha? You think I don’t know THE LAW (hunty)?! WHO WROTE THE LAW?! The jury is HUNG! And OUT! (If we’re lucky!). Until then…..

We're going ridin' in a green screened cadillac!

(WARNING: It’s best to read these reviews AFTER you’ve seen the latest episode OR while you watch! I spoil it all!  It’s not comic books, but it’s certainly queer!)

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Hey, Queerkateers! It’s C2E2 weekend, and that means it’s time for our official CBQ Scavenger Hunt! Remember, you don’t have to be at the con to participate.

The rules are simple:

Step 1: Print out a copy of the official CBQ Scavenger Hunt game card, or pick one up in person at C2E2 by visiting our friends at Geeks Out!

Step 2: Get to snappin’! Recruit your friends! Recruit your enemies! Take pictures of the items listed on the Scavenger Hunt card - BUT REMEMBER, the card itself has to appear in your picture for it to count!

Step 3: Tweet your pics to us! Send them to @comicbookqueers, and use the hashtag #CBQSH. Not a Twitterer? You can also e-mail your photos to scavenger@comicbookqueers.com. We’ll share all the entries we get.

Step 4: Win! (hopefully) Every picture you send us is worth 1 or 2 points (scoring rules will go live Friday morning). You can submit multiple entries in each category, but we’ll only count your best-scoring pics. And, each picture can only count in a single category, even if it has multiple elements in it. Tweet early and tweet often! Duplicate pictures or subjects will not be scored. Each point you earn puts your name in to a drawing for our fabulous CBQ prize pack! A $100,000 value!*  *Not really

Fine print stuff:

Don’t be a jerk. Get your subjects’ permission before taking pictures. If we have to remove your picture, it’s not worth any points.

Be creative! We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Remember: being at C2E2 is NOT a requirement to win! Anyone can play!

Pictures will be accepted from 10am CST on April 26th until 8pm April 28th. We will announce a winner as part of our C2E2 wrapup coverage.

Comic Book Queers is the final arbiter of a picture’s eligibility and point value.

Here’s What You’re Looking For:

One of the CBQties BONUS: More than one of the Qties in the same shot!

A Cosplayer BONUS: The cosplay is of a GLBT character!

A Comic Book Industry Professional BONUS: It’s someone we’ve interviewed or discussed on the show!

A Copy of Alpha Flight #106 BONUS: It’s autographed!

Two (or more) action figures in a suggestive pose BONUS: One of the figures has a nonhuman body type (extra limbs; a tail; figure is a giant head in a floating chair…)!

A Rainbow BONUS: It’s a Pride Rainbow (Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Purple)!

A Comic Book Tattoo BONUS: Multiple characters on the same body!

An Original Sketch BONUS …of Power Girl!

Geekdom > Gender Roles - Get us a pic of a fella in a Batgirl t-shirt; or a little girl reading the Punisher  BONUS for gender-swapped cosplay!

A couple: the cuter the better! BONUS: This one’s worth two points automatically!

Here’s the link to the official Game Card:

cbqscavengerhunt

Happy hunting!