WW Chicago 2008

Lezzie Lindsay · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

Everyone have a blast! Long story but I'll be in St. Louis Friday afternoon thru Monday afternoon! Anyone need tix to the Field let me know and I'll get them for ya! Awesome exhibits on natural disasters and mythical creatures right now (not in the same exhibit though!) I'll miss everyone and have a blast and know that I would much rather be there...STL Pride can't compare to Chicago's I'm sure.

So much for the prefect weekend of Pride and WWChi...ah well... Confused

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howtaobrowncow · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject:

Bummer! No Lindsay? There's barely any point to attending now. Sad

BTW: Wizard World just posted the official programming guide. You don't need to print it out -- they'll give us a copy when we get there.

But, if you're like me, you'll print it out anyway, carefully circle everything you plan to attend, make full contingency plans in case the anime showings run long and conflict with panels, and worry about how impromptu lunches with fellow CBQers will impact the other events. Hopefully you're not like me.

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Lezzie Lindsay · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject:

What makes this worse is that Gail's going to be there...

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RayChelle' · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

Hello...my name is RayChelle' Profiling. You may know me from such wonderful films as "I Only Ride Shotgun" and "Help, I Shrunk My Vagene".

<thank you, thank you>

Besides being a famous Hollywood celebrity, I'm also a marketing shill...I'll promote anything for a five-spot, thusly...

The Comic Book Queers would like to invite you to the podcasting panel at this years Wizard World Chicago 2008! It's a panel in which they will be discussing podcasting and the effects is has on the polar icecaps.

Details are as follows:

Friday from 2:00 - 3:00
The Jim Mooney Room: 4

Panelists include:
Brian Salazar - Around Comics
Vince Bonavoglia - 11 O'Clock Comics
Scott Cederlund - Wednesday's Haul
John Siuntres - Wordballoon
Stevie D. - Comic Book Queers
Steven Schuler - Alter Ego
Chris Marshall - Collected Comics Library
Sean Whelan - Raging Bullets

Moderated by Sean McKeever (Eisner Award winner, DC exclusive writer and Championship Bear Wrestler)

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MrVinegar · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

Hey, I wanted to throw this out:

If wanted/needed I'd be happy to throw a shindig on Saturday or Sunday. I live in Andersonville, a very short walk to Hamburger Mary's/Mary's Attic (for food and good beer), @tmosphere (for the ladies), and the Eagle (for the boys with the whips and floggers). I'm very close to the 50 bus which can take you to Brainstorm and the 22 bus and redline that can take you to boystown.

I'm sure my brother would mix drinks (he's a mo too) (yes we live together, he has a Storm shrine, I have a Wonder Woman shrine, it's all good.) Maybe my sis will even be in town (my family is a Republican's nightmare come to life, my brother and I are gay and my sister's husband is black [we're pastey white] and they have two kids and we all get along incredibly well)

So, if there is interest, let me know!

Exclamation

this looks like a butthole

Idea

this looks like a blown out butthole

that's all I'm sayin'

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JeffreyN · Sidekick Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 160 Location: Chicago

MrVinegar, I had no idea you lived so close. All of your suggestions are spot-on.

stevieDisme · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

mr. V, that's a wonderful offer...but since we're not starting the brainstorm recording until 8pm, i don't think we'll be done all that early. not with what we have planned! Wink

and we're planning wanted on sunday....maybe after movie cocktails at your place?

thoughts?

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howtaobrowncow · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject:

Friday night, among other convention evening activities like the Japanese Oreskaband (an all girl ska/pop group) concert at 7:00pm, is a special Warren Ellis panel running 9:30 to around midnight, with an open bar. Doors open at 9:00, only the first 1500 are admitted.

I'll be there in line for probably 2-3 hours (unless the line is unaccountably short, in which case I may peek in at the Oreskaband, which I'd badly love to stay for if it weren't for Ellis). Any other Ellis fans who want to go, let me know; we can share the line experience, spell each other, ignore each other while reading the cheap trades we've bought, and have a geeky old time. Followed by free drinks. Very Happy

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DrBombay · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:35 am Post subject: I have arrived!

That's right, I'm in Chicago now! Anyone going out tonight? What's up for a Saturday night?

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JeffreyN · Sidekick Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 160 Location: Chicago

howtaobrowncow: I plan on waiting in line for ellis as well. I can't wait.

Gene · Hero Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 482

Well, I need to check amtrak (even though they fucked up last time) about available trains and such but it seems as if I am going now. It actually would be cheaper driving then Amtrak last I checked but that aslo isn't including parking my car for the 3 day weekend either, even though it's sitting. So who knows, I'll know more tomorrow for sure.

howtaobrowncow · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

Gene · Hero Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 482

I'm going to just drive, and park my car in Andersonville, I know someone there that before when I visited him I just parked right by his place quite easily for free. So I'm going for sure, I'm really excited, I don't know if I'll go Friday or not to the convention though to see the podcast group.

Gene · Hero Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 482

Ok, maybe someone could help me with this. I have tried to download Adobe Acrobat and it will download for free and I did the register for it as well, and as soon as it opens it lets me look at for about ten seconds but then it tells me to buy Adobe or input my code. I can't look at the schedule for the weekend!

howtaobrowncow · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:19 am Post subject:

You might have downloaded from the wrong place on the website, and gotten the full Acrobat tool -- which can be used to create documents as well as read them -- rather than the Acrobat Reader.

You should be able to get the reader here. If it tells you you're on a Mac (which I was when I copied the link) click on the "Different language or operating system?" link on that page.

If, for some reason, that still doesn't work:

1) If you're on a Mac, the Preview program should let you read PDF files.
2) Otherwise, here's a list of free readers; one of them should do the trick.

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