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Chris Is Legion

Here’s a fun game:
Go to Facebook, and search your friends with the word “Chris”

I have 12 friends named “Chris”, and 1 Kris.

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Historyonics

Oh, by the way, Wednesday is the last day of the Historyonics exhibit if you want to see some of my original comic book art hanging on a all (actually also in the window!). You can buy copies of the comic there but, uh, I have copies too and I actually make money when you buy them off me – so do so now and often! Don’t forget Hexmas is coming up in just a few short weeks.

Yes those are CTHULHUPALOOZA buttons!

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Copy That

Oh hi! So lately I’ve been busy organizing Cthulhupalooza which turned out to be a lot of work even with some wonderous volunteers. I was hoping to pickup the D&D reigns this month but between Cthulhupalooza and an art and a writing assignment the kibosh has been dealt.

Part of my organizational duties is keeping a supply of handbills on me at all times. I googled “copies” around my workplace and got this place called “Fortune 900” on Broadway near Oak. I called ahead and the guy on the other end of the phone told me that 20 or so black and white copies on coloured paper were 6-7 cents a piece. I went down there literally just a few minutes later – the door was locked (this was at 4pm) and when a lady opened it she told me that they didn’t do self serve photocopying. I asked what if I just wanted 50 copies and she said they’d be ten cents a piece. I am pretty sure she just wanted to get rid of me and it worked. I basically felt that I had been lied to and that doesn’t fly ’round these parts. I went to a different printer down the street (Prompt Printers) and got 50 copies on yellow paper for under 5 bucks including tax, and more importantly the guy was nice and helpful. So I sent a strongly worded email to Fortune 900 telling them exactly how much I disapprove of their habits. More details to follow if they send me a free coupon in shame.

Deanna has been looking after Dillon’s spazzy dog Angus this weekend right here in our home much to Kodos’ chagrin. Basically he spends most of the time hiding under the spare bed.

That’s all for now!

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The Animation Show 4 at Vancity – Mark it, Dude

Nov 29-30, Dec 10-11

Sat 7 & 9 pm , Sun 7 & 9 pm , Weds 9:15 pm , Thurs 9:15 pm

Returning to the Vancity Theatre after a successful 2007 run, The Animation Show is an annual feature-length compilation of the best animated shorts from around the world, exclusively curated by Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge. The Animation Show launched in 2003, making it the first festival of animation created and produced with actual animators at the helm. A sister series of high quality DVDs now supplement the theatrical tour with additional insights and brand new lineups of films—while the main Show remains a unique and unforgettable annual program that is usually gone forever once it is out of theatres. This year’s Animation Show is anchored by especially commissioned work from animators around the world. The show will include the films listed below, plus special surprises. For more information on the films see www.animationshow.com.

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Cthulhupalooza! The details….

So, what’s gonna happen at Cthulhupalooza?

Well, there will be a Rock Band contest, for starters. You probably know that The Thickets got an exclusive track “Shhh….” on Rock Band this summer. Stewie and I have wrangled some hot amazing prizes from Jones Soda, Harmonix, Toy Vault, and others.

Oh, speaking of Jones Soda, they are going to provide us with literally hundreds of The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets themed pops, including “Colour Me Green” Apple, Spacecorp Reconstituted Effluent, and many other cool flavours. This is exclusive to Cthulhupalooza in case you didn’t know.

We are screening the surprisingly great feature film “The Call of Cthulhu.” This is a silent film created by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, along with several other short Lovecraftian films like The Veil, The Summoning (for those who don’t read my blog, this last is the VFS short by the computer animation dept in which I get horribly killed by a Lovecraftian monster), and more.

Then The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets are going to perform on the stage at The Rio with a brand new and one-time special costume presentation. No goat legs, no deep sea diving costume – something that we’ve always wanted to do but never had the venue for it. Now we do.

And the winner of the Rock Band contest can perform live with the band on stage for the track “Shhh….”!

Oh, we’re also making special Cthulhupalooza shirts and buttons – again exclusively for this event. And the whole thing is to support Child’s Play Charity!

Where oh where can you get tickets to this event?

From me of course ($16), or from any of these fine establishments:

Neptoon Records, Red Cat Records, RX Comics, Lucky’s Comics, Pulp Fiction Books (both locations), The Rio Theatre and Elfsar Collection in yaletown, High Life, Scratch Records and probably some other places.

If you only see one Thickets show, this will probably be the one to see. Just sayin’!

So visit http://www.cthulhupalooza.com to sign up for the contest (no extra charge! It’s FUN) and other details…

Don’t forget to listen to me on CiTR this Thursday – We All Fall Down every Thursday, from 13.00-14.00(PT) (that’s 1pm) on 101.9fm CiTR

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Topical for a Few More Days

On Saturday there’s a Comicon starting at 11am at the Heritage Hall and then I’ll be at the Historyonics opening at the Jem Gallery around 3 or 4 until 5 or possibly later. Join me, won’t you?