The Adventures of Prophet and Toaster

For today's adventure, Jonny Prophet and the F'N Toaster journey into the seedy belly of the geek underworld known as the comic book convention... more specifically the Motor City Comic Con.  Here are a few of the sites we beheld...

Right away we see... not Boba Fett. In fact, it looks as if this bounty hunter decided to add a samurai motif into his armor. How did the Mandalorians ever let this one get away?

Ah yes, it wouldn't be a comic con without somebody dressing up as an incredibly obscure character. In this case it's Dirge, the bounty hunter whose short fame came from the Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars cartoon (which was awesome and sadly all but forgotten). Dirge hates Mandalorians for torturing him to the point of insanity. That doesn't bode well for the many, many Boba Fett clones running around this place. Happy hunting, Dirge!

Wow, two more not Boba Fetts. Though the severed head of Jar Jar Binks on a pike is a nice touch. For note, the one on the left was a very clever costume as the legs were actually covering up a wheelchair that this fanboy was using to get around.  Let that be a lesson to you all... true geekdom knows no handicap!

It is both the greatest and most disturbing episode of Sesame Street ever! Who knew Oscar the Grouch was a Sith Lord? (Okay, I actually had a hunch.) Seriously these Star Wars puppets are awesome. You may not be able to see but the Anakin puppet has a scar over his right eye. I also love the Wampa puppet behind him. I just hope George Lucas doesn't make a new edit of the trilogy with puppets added... or maybe I do.




On display was the car that the musical group The Monkees would drive to all their shows in. The Beatles got to ride in jets, but the Monkees had to drive themselves. The universe isn't fair sometimes. But hey, the Beatles never had their own TV show. That counts for something... right?

 So this is where all those not Boba Fetts have been coming from! There's a damn factory just pumping out Mandalorians! Did we learn nothing from the Clone Wars, people?

In all seriousness, the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club creates some really cool Mandalorian helmets, armor and accessories (mainly blasters). You should check them out if you're looking to disintegrate anyone at your next costume party.



 Jonny and I ran even ran into The Dude on our adventure. We assume he was perusing the convention looking for the perfect rug to tie his place together. He might have better luck at IKEA. We hope to see him again at the bowling alley... if the Dude abides.

This concludes our pictorial venture into this wretched hive of scum and villainy. The only other highlight worth mentioning was Jonny Prophet offered the urinal he had just used to Billy Dee Williams in the men's restroom. Sadly I missed this as I was busy searching for the Toaster Restroom.  I ended up going in a coffee can out behind the building.

Until the next adventure!