I have something to admit... I absolutely love Adventure Time!! It's become my favorite non-Adult Swim cartoon and with good reason. I started watching the show last year, after hearing good things about it. I ain't looked back since.
Created by Pendelton Ward , this fantasy toon airing on Cartoon Network is about Finn the human and his loyal dog and best friend Jake the dog, and, well, their adventures in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. Finn is a 14 year-old human boy, who is a brave hero. Jake has magical powers and can grow, shrink, or stretch his limbs. The world is filled with various creatures, monsters, weird denizens, princesses, vampires, demons, wizards, and other cool shit. It's a crazy and silly world where anything is possible.
There are lot of fun and recurring supporting characters like the evil Ice King, the pretty Princess Bubblegum, or goth/ vampire babe Marceline. They all add to the coolness of the show, and there is actually a continuity of sorts, storyline wise. Plus, I love the fact that there is enough humor, themes, and action to keep away from being strictly for the kids. I wouldn't like it anywhere near as much if it was.
The writing is phenomenal on the show. It's smart, funny, and highly original. And, it's clear the writers love things like: video games, horror, fantasy (duh!), metal, and geek culture, in general. In fact, one needs only to go to any comic or anime con, and you'll see a bunch of people cosplaying as characters from the show. Last year, the Ice King was one of the best at NYCC.
It's been a huge critical and commercial success for the channel. So, of course, there is some great merchandise. I got the little figurine of Finn given out last year at NYCC, and just this past Sunday, I picked up, at Hot Topic, a cool light, blue tee with Jake in a pocket. Plus, also at Hot Topic, I got to, finally (!), get small plush doll of Jake. It looks so cute and you can hang him. At 9 bucks it's not a bad price. And, once you own it, you'll be happy you did pick him up!!! Now, I want, no NEED more Adventure Time merchandise!!
Still need more convincing of how awesome this show is? Here are vids to do just that:
A couple of new episodes have been airing as of late and my love for this show grows exponentially. What time is it? It's Adventure Time!!!!! And, I wouldn't have it any other way!!
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As, I may have said before, I kept paying visits to the VampireFreaks booth. I kept coming back cause the babes were gorgeous. And, thus I felt it was (and is) my duty, as your faithful and intrepid reporter, to get you guys some hot pics. Why? Cause I love you guys and don't want you to feel bad for not being there.
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At the Digital Art Zone booth a beautiful dancer showed us an interactive game as she shimmied her sexy and toned body. I could, quite honestly, have shot pictures of her all day. She's a stunning woman and a great dancer!
I also met the beautiful cosplayer and costume designer (she does some amazing work!) Yaya Han. She looked amazing and posed for some pics.
But to me THE highlight of THE enitre show came from running into the beautiful and hilarious Grace Helbig! I am a HUGE fan of hers, and when I saw her at a booth at artist alley I almost died! And, she is sooo sweet, friendly, and humble in person. She talked to us for a good 20-30 minutes! If you are not subscribed to her youtube channel I ask WTF are you waiting for?
One of the coolest things about Comic Con is the exclusive toys. And, on Saturday Cartoon Network gave out a Finn figurine from Adventure Timefor freaking free!!! I ran my ass to get my figure as I am a HUGE fan of the show. It is about a kid named Finn and his dog/ friend Jake that have adventures (duh) in a fantasy world. While, it does appeal to kids there are a lot of jokes aimed at adults. I like animation done in that manner and mentality, a lot. And, going to their cool booth, where fans could chill and watch Cartoon Network toons, to get the figurine was a very awesome thing that they did for their fans. That and the both looked so kick ass! I mean the giant Jake freaking rules!!! By the way, I was sooo pumped to get this that I hit the booth on the two preivious days, but only found out on Friday that they would only be giving it out at two specified times on Saturday.
Another show, I love is Nikita. In fact, when I was told by one of my friends that the ravishing Maggie Q, long with Shane West and Lyndsey Fonesca, were gonna do a panel and sign autographs, I flipped! Then, I saw that they were only gonna sign for a half hour at the DC booth, at 6PM. But, I was still gung-ho about it. That was until I saw the horrible line.
This is NOT just a mob of people THIS the line to get into the panel...
And, this is the tail end of said line, that wraps down the hall and keeps on going!
But, wait, you say, the Master is media, surely, he has preference to get in. And, you would be WRONG! NYCC don't give a shit about media when comes to a big panel like this, unless you are from a channel and have a big ass camera. I wasn't about to wait on that line. So, I said, "Fuck it" and left.
This brings me to another problem with NYCC, the crowds. They are poorly controlled and worst of all people bring strollers and rolling suitcases. That shit needs to be banned from the show. I am serious. Sadly, it won't happen. I bitched about it, but there is another issue I had. But, I'll save that one for the next post.
Anyway, after that bit of annoyance, I went to the celebrity autograph section. I got some pics of some of the lovely celebs that were there. Enjoy.
Rose McGowan spent a whopping 15 minutes on Saturday signing autographs...
The lovely Eliza Dushku, whom I wanted to meet, but I had a bad feeling she was charging something ridiculous.
The very beautiful Felecia Day, who I also wanted to meet, but didn't know how much she was charging.
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Matthew Senreich is, along with Seth Greene, the creator and executive producer of Cartoon Newtork's popular and highly enjoyable stop-motion animated Robot Chicken. The series is currently airing it's fifth season, and I had the pleasure of attending a press meeting at New York Comic Con last Friday. Senreich was quite funny and entertaining, as well as giving us really good answers to all our questions. I been a fan of the show since it's inception so getting to do this, a first for me, was very cool.
Seth Green was not present for this, unless you count the doll that Senreich has with him. He was, however, present for the panel, which I did could not attend.
The following is video I shot, which features some highlights from it. If you are curious, I am the one who asked if George Lucas contacted them, or if it was they who contacted Lucas. Enjoy.
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I have something to admit... I absolutely love Adventure Time!! It's become my favorite non-Adult Swim cartoon and with good reason. I started watching the show last year, after hearing good things about it. I ain't looked back since.
