All the Ticks! (Plus...more Ticks)

There's some exciting new Tick content coming your way very soon, in the form of a Tick reunion featuring every television iteration! On Sunday, November 15th at 7pm EST, House Seats will stream the gathering in which each cast will read unproduced scripts. All three Ticks: Townsend Coleman, Patrick Warburton and Peter Serafinowicz, all four Arthurs: Micky Dolenz, Rob Paulsen, David Burke and Griffin Newman, and plenty of co-stars like Val Curry, Yara Martinez, Liz Vassey and Cam Clarke will be there! And to top it off, creator Ben Edlund will be there, leading the charge.

This is obviously a big deal, and it's the first time that all three casts will be together in the same virtual space. Best of all, the ticket proceeds for this event will benefit food banks across the country. If you haven't yet, you can get your tickets here: https://houseseats.live/2020/11/15/all-the-ticks/. And if you worry about missing the event because, say, the 8-0 Steelers are going to be playing at around the same time, don't worry, because the video will be available to view until November 22nd!

I'm really excited to see all of these fine folks again.

While we're here, let's look at a few new Tick items that I recently picked up!

The first is an original sketch by Chris Schwartz, who drew this classic Tick for his 2019 Inktober challenge. There's a lot of blue line that the scanner doesn't pick up, too. The artist certainly got the square jaw down.

Next up, here are two more props from the Amazon Tick series that I managed to grab recently. This one is The Terror's world domination speech from the end of season one!

And here's an annual report for the Terror's Brown Tingle Cola company. This is a folder that has a lot of actual, very official-looking graphs and charts inside. 

It looks like BTC's market share is increasing exponentially! I wonder what the secret ingredient is?

Here are the two branded certificates that came with the items!

That's it for now. Spoon!

Pictures from the 2018 Comic-Con International, part 7 (Saturday, 7/21)

Let's look at pictures that I took on Saturday at the 2018 Comic-Con! Who's ready? YOU ARE READY!

We start out the day with a very causal Iron Man at the bottom of the steps in the convention hall lobby.

My first stop on Saturday was the Sails Pavilion, where I saw a couple cartoon characters...

...including this really good Captain Caveman!

After the Venture Bros. outdoor panel the night before, I new that I wanted to get a ticket for the signing event happening early in the morning. I managed to get a ticket and see some of the people behind the show, including Jackson Publick!

And then I guess I took similar pictures on the way down the line, such as this one with James Urbaniak!

And here's Michael Sinterniklaas!

Upon arriving at the signing, someone involved with the show handed out production artwork to everyone in line, which was a big surprise. I got a Brock Samson drawing, which everyone at the table signed. At the end of the signing, there were still probably 100 of them left, and boy, did I wish I could've gotten a few more. But I decided to not be any more lecherous than I already was, and came out pretty far ahead, all things considered.

And then it was back to the floor...with another great She-Ra.

Early in the day, I thought that the crowd seemed a little bit light. That quickly changed later in the day, as it was probably as crowded as I've ever seen it. I guess that's to be expected on a Saturday.

Hey, look, it's Thor and a Dark Knight Joker, possibly as good as Larry's Halloween costume from a couple years ago, but please don't tell Larry that I said that.

Lego had a few of these set up - displays that looked like big carded action figures, where you could be the action figure.

Hey, it's Booster Gold!

I wish I got a better picture of this, because this Infinity Gauntlet-wielding Thanos was one of the best costumes I saw all weekend.

I spent some time at the New England Comics booth talking with the voice of The Tick - Townsend Coleman. Townsend is a heck of a nice guy who always had time to talk we me about the Tick and comics in general.

In the afternoon, I got invited to a small industry gathering. Instead of taking pictures there, I found Yondu and Nebula hanging out by the pool.

And then, on the way back to the convention center, I was very surprised (to say the least) to see Pittsburgh Steeler DeAngelo Williams dressed as the Predator! Why is this Steelers running back at Comic-Con? I don't care! I was great to meet him!

This Inspector Gadget would've been more impressive if I hadn't just met DeAngelo Williams. But oh well.

I made my way back through the crush of convention floor attendees because I had a wristband for a signing at the WB booth with the cast of The Flash. Pictured above is the Flash, but...you know...not the TV one.

I managed to get there just in time. We were all told - in no uncertain terms - that we had to put our cameras away for the signing, so this is the best image I got of the signing. Still, I managed to get a poster signed by the cast and I got to chat briefly about Scrubs with Tom Cavanagh, so that was pretty fun.

Waiting on the other side of the line was the Reverse Flash. And also his dog.

Everyone in this picture is giving the Alien the side-eye.

I'm gonna say it - the Batman Who Laughs is weird. But this is a good costume.

And here's a decent Static Shock!

Did this Thor even have a hammer? Oh, wait...Ragnarok Thor IS the hammer. Okay.

Some Teen Titans...

...and some great Black Panther characters, including a very low-key Killmonger.

The detail work from this Cable is outstanding.

Dumbledore couldn't get inside, I guess.

It takes a brave individual to dress as Zardoz. Good for this guy, I guess.

There's Thor's hammer!

I actually went to a panel in the convention hall after the show had ended. As I left, the Sails Pavilion was filling up as the Masquerade was starting!

And at night, I took another trip, but I'll leave that for the next time! Until then!

Pictures from the 2016 Comic-Con International, part 4: Friday (Tick 30th anniversary panel, Rotten Tomatoes, Star Trek art exhibit and more!)

Thursday at Comic-Con was a big long day, so I didn't have too much planned for Friday. Of course this means that Friday ended up being one of the best days at the convention for me. Let's look at a few pictures!

I was lucky enough to get to share a space with Jennie Wood at the show. Jennie is a very talented author and I'm continually surprised at just how many people seek her out at Comic-Con. Flutter was a big hit once again. We'll have some news on the third volume soon!

I managed to snag a ticket to a Nichelle Nichols signing early on in the day (which was great). While in line, I had a nice conversation with actress Kate Comer, who has had roles in Veep, The Office, and a few other things. She made it easy to root for her career, and I hope her star blows up any day now. I'm...probably basing a Honcho character off of her.

Whoever marketed this inflatable raptor idea is a genius, and almost certainly very rich.

On Friday, I gave out my first Tick Sandwich Edition issue! This gentleman kindly obliged in having his picture taken with the issue. I'm very happy with it, and everyone else at the booth was kind of confused.

Despite the name tag overhead, this is not Neal Adams.

Here's another Spaceballs costume! I noticed a few from that movie this year.

The Tick and Arthur came to visit the NEC booth in the afternoon. They're both great guys who really care about the property (and the guy dressed as The Tick is from Pittsburgh!), and I was able to chat with them for a few minutes. They showed up when Tick creator Ben Edlund arrived in advance of his "Tick: the First 30 Years" panel that was held this day.

The panel was housed in the Horton Grand Theatre, a few blocks from the convention center. I'm not sure why Comic-Con chose this as a ticketed event, but it went over very well. I haven't checked, but if by some miracle this panel was filmed and it made its way online, it's my humble opinion that you (dear reader) should watch it immediately. It was simply humbling to hear about Ben's vision for the new Amazon series and the different stories about the character.

The panel consisted of Edlund, Townsend Coleman (voice of the cartoon Tick), Bob Polio (NEC art director) and Griffin Newman, who plays Arthur on the Amazon series. I was able to watch it with a few others from a room upstairs, which as pretty neat.

The panel had a few video clips interspersed throughout, from the cartoon and the 2001 live action series (we also got to see some of the first images from the Amazon series). Much to my delight, Ben also showed some footage, nearly lost and never aired, of The Tick's puppet theater, originally planned for the end credits on the final season of the Fox Kids cartoon.

Getting to see this panel really got me excited about the new show and about the characters in general. I hope that the show opens up a few more opportunities to put new issues of The Tick out there.

Ben and Griffin had signings at the NEC booth the rest of the weekend. I introduced Griffin to the Taco Truck.

I kind of felt like my day was over at the end of the panel, so I mostly wandered for the rest of the show day. I did see some good costumes, though.

The kid's face is pretty good in this one.

After the show ended for the day, it was time for the Rotten Tomatoes: Your Opinion Sucks! panel. I had copies of the poster to hand out and felt like I was a little part of the panel, which was fun. Grae Drake and Matt Atchity are great people and they put up with my fanboy attention every year. And Grae's costumes are worth showing up for by themselves.

This year's panel was in a much bigger room than in years prior. It's great to see this getting more attention and getting bigger.

This is the second year that I've run into Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman at Comic-Con. I guess he likes the show! He was at the Rotten Tomatoes panel and was kind enough to take a picture with me.

After the hall cleared out, I was able to get a picture with Matt and Grae.

It was 8:00 when we left the convention hall, and I was feeling it from the past couple of very long days, so we didn't do too much more this evening. I had wanted to see the "Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years" offsite event, but it was supposed to be closed by this time of the night. Luckily for me, the folks running the gallery apparently didn't feel like closing up, so I got to walk through and see all of the (honestly stunning) pieces in the offsite gallery.

It's hard to pick a favorite piece from the exhibit, but this cereal box might just be it.

I managed to get some sleep this night so I could get back to it on Saturday. I'll post those pictures soon!