Comic-Con greets the Fred Phelps brigade

[sufrommich]

Hilarity ensues:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2010/07/comic-con_reacts_to_fred_phelp/wbc_comiccon1.php

[hobbit709]

1. LOL

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

2. They rock!!!!

[sufrommich]

3. They certainly set the new standard for how Phelps

should be greeted whenever he shows up.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. Yes, they have!

:applause:

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[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. Didn't you see the sign "Superman died for our sins"?

:rofl:

[awoke_in_2003]

31. I nearly spewed...

when I saw "Is this thing on?"

[HughBeaumont]

5. K & R. Don't fuck with the nerds, you fundamentalpatients.

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. The guy (or girl) dressed as Bender is hilarious

[sufrommich]

14. That was my favorite. nt

[Forkboy]

7. "Magnets. How the *#^* do they work?"

:rofl:

[Heidi]

9. !

:jinx:

[Forkboy]

28. You clearly have good taste in humor.

;)

[Heidi]

37. Learn Your Motherf#@kin’ Science: A Textbook for Juggalos

http://www.cracked.com/blog/learn-your-motherfuckin-science-with-the-icp/

:rofl:

[Forkboy]

42. That's the funniest thing I've ever read.

:rofl:

[Heidi]

43. Magic EVERYWHERE in this bitch,

my ninja. :rofl:

[Heidi]

8. "Magnets: How the *?@! do they work?"

That's some primo mockery right there! :thumbsup: :rofl:

Recommended!

:kick:

[IcyPeas]

21. ummmm, does that magnet thing have some other ....

meaning with regards to fredphelps that I'm missing or is it just a bizarre question? (sorry, it's friday - thinking is hard) (Like, how do magnets work anyway?) :dunce:

[Heidi]

36. I think it's a reference to the Insane Clown Posse song, "Miracles."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs

I laughed myself silly the first time I heard this song (which I don't think ICP meant to be funny).

[IcyPeas]

38. magnets..... take a closer look at the photo... I just saw it....

[Heidi]

46. Looked again.

What am I missin'?

[IcyPeas]

52. Hi Heidi ---- magnets.....

Open the big photo in the OP. Pan down so you can see all the signs. Then pan way over to the right side of the photo. There is a pink sign that says:

"Magnets, how the *&%$@ do they work"

It IS hilarious. I love all the signs.
:rofl:

[myrna minx]

11. Hilarious.

:rofl:

[MineralMan]

13. I suppose Phelps wants all comics to be Jack Chick comics.

Good luck with that...

[proteus_lives]

24. Jack Chick comics

Are hilralous when read in the right mood.

And they are also ripe for parody.

One of my favorites:

http://www.fredvanlente.com/downloads/WhyWeHere.pdf

[MineralMan]

27. Yup. Whenever I need a quick chuckle, I click my Jack Chick

bookmark and choose one of his comic tracts at random. It cheers me right up.

[uncommon]

15. lmao

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. LOL

[progressoid]

17. "All glory to the Hypno-Toad"

"rofl:

[JHB]

44. All....Glory ...to... the... Hypno-Toad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiVYjRbZMe0

[hedgehog]

18. Proving the value of humor!

[MindPilot]

19. "Support Fiction Read the Bible"

Nicely done.

[awoke_in_2003]

32. I liked that too. nt

[Lorien]

20. Some additional photos from an article I posted yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8797278

[proteus_lives]

22. Phelps and his merry bunch picked the wrong fucking crowd.

Geeks are not afraid of his type.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Nope, and I am still laughing

they are doing this now. What will be tomorrow? The BUSIEST day... oh wait, they have consistently sold out for five years...

My, my, GEEKS OF THE WORLD UNITE!

And one of the photos even shows the Lord Jesus Christ showing with the GEEKS. I am sure that had the Phelps boys going WTF? Is that the second coming?

Now let's bow our heads in prayer for the great Lord Noodle!

[proteus_lives]

25. Wait Phelps doesn't understand.....

To most nerds/geeks/dweebs/gamers/LARPers/furries/fanboys/trekkies have seen his type before.

We're used to being outcasts, pariahs, rejects and misunderstood. And guess what happens to nerds after they grow-up? They stop being ashamed or reluctant about what they love.

I'm a grown man who collects comic books, watches cartoons/anime, reads an wheel-barrow's worth of sci-fi/fantasy/horror each month and a frequent con-attender. If I was there I'd be dressed as a Deep One telling the Phelps can that the only truth is that of the Dread Lord Cthulhu!

Side-note: One of the reasons I sock money away in my savings is for a dream-trip to Comic-Con. I'll be going to Wizard-Con next month but someday.....someday I'll be in SD and it will be legend! ;-)

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. I went to far as to try to run a game company

now talk about GEEK...

and when you do, by all means DO the four days and TAKE THE TROLLEY.

Driving there is like NUTS on steroids.

[proteus_lives]

29. Thanks for the tip. I'll remember.

I know the urge. I was once considering using some family money to buy into a comics shop.

[awoke_in_2003]

33. How about D&D?

haven't got to play that in over 30 years.

[JHB]

47. If by any chance you haven't already see it...

"Calls for Cthulhu"

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=calls+for+cthulhu&aq=0

[proteus_lives]

48. Thank you for those awesome links!

[hyphenate]

50. In all the years I lived in L.A., I never made it to Comic-Con

But after my own three conventions in the mid-90s, I was so broke, I pretty much gafiated for a very long time. Still gafiating now, but I get impulses every now and again, and I hold back and realize I couldn't afford it all anymore, anyhow!

I think I was lucky. In high school, we were progressive enough to have a fantasy and SF club, and we did all kinds of cool things. I joined a Star Trek club after high school, but before that, had already been to two ST cons in NY--the original ones. Never missed them after that!

I never thought of myself as a geek, a nerd, or anything like that. I was intelligent. And I went to a highly rated college prep school in Boston, where all my fellow HS buds were just as smart. I know some people had problems finding similar minded individuals, but thankfully, I had no such problem!

I had to get out of comic book collecting, though, when my "habit" got to $60 a month. And that was when cover price was still under $1!

[KakistocracyHater]

30. Odin is God-read Thor#5.............hahaha

*

[AnnieBW]

34. Go Geeks!

I'm so proud to be a geek!

[Dr Morbius]

35. It's been a long day. Been a long week, in fact.

And I was in need of a smile. God bless these nerds and geeks; bless them all, every one.

[boppers]

39. Represent!

If there's anybody who knows about the silly line in crossing over into actually *believing* in bizarre fictions, it's the geeks. (We can have the geek/nerd nomenclature war later)

We don't just know the line, we dance on, across, and around, it.

For fun!

[Hekate]

40. ROFLMAO. That is freaking hilarious. "Magnets--How do they work?!" And Bender!

:rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray:

[Hekate]

41. "HALLO. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

:rofl: Took me long enough to decipher!

[JHB]

45. More photos in a previous thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8799911&mesg_id=8799911

[benEzra]

49. Best counter-protest EVAR.

"I'm in ur protest stealinz ur media coverage..."

[liquid diamond]

51. Damn. I was in San Diego last Saturday. When was this? n/t