Posted 03/02/09 at 04:30:00 PM by Norman Chan

Comic-book conventions are wonderful spectacles of geekery, and major Cons are the only place to get exclusive access to behind-the-scenes previews and sneak peeks at your favorite comic book or upcoming film. But for us, the biggest attraction at these sweaty gatherings is the Cosplay: fearless nerds showing off their love for genre characters with marvelous homemade costumes. This past weekend, we roamed the halls of San Francisco's Wondercon to play Cosplay paparazzi. The cosplay harvest wasn't as bountiful as last year's San Diego Comic-Con (where we snapped up four hundred photos), but we still found some delightful gems (and familiar faces) at this local event. Keep an eye out for no fewer than four Rorschachs from the upcoming Watchmen movie,  sexy slave Leia, and the most amazing Transformers costume we've ever seen!

Click on for 150+ examples of cosplay greatness!

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Posted 02/19/09 at 02:20:09 AM by Nathan Grayson

You should be excited about this. Like, sure-let’s-raise-and-drop-the-New-Year’s-Ball-again excited.  If you don’t know why, here’s some homework.

Anyway, at today’s Valve DICE keynote, Gabe Newell announced that a series of Valve-penned comics are setting up shop on Valve’s Monopoly map, and – even better – that they will receive their Certified Fine Art status from the team responsible for Valve’s “Meet the” series of Team Fortress 2 movies.

Ohboyohboyohboyohboy!  

Ahem. Apparently, the comic is meant to “excite customers about the company’s games outside of creating game content.”

Delightful. 2009 is now officially Best Year of the Century.

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