From the City of Brotherly Love: A Con Report... dedicated to Jamie Graham

[Dale Roberts]

Also, FYI, you had one of the absolute best gelato places 4 blocks from your hotel. They're open late.

Dale can't pronounce gelato, so he won't eat it... regardless of the time of night.

 

What does gelato have to do with ice cream?????

 

Gelato is basically ice cream, only richer, better for you, because more air is whipped in. If you've ever had it (I assume you have) most people prefer it to ice cream.

 

Capigiro (the one four blocks from your hotel) has tons of great unique flavors and the best I've had outside of Italy.

 

I enjoy fellatio wether I'm in Italy or not. I'll take it over Ice cream as well. Of course enjoying great ice cream and fellatio at the same time might be pretty cool.

 

Well across the st. you can get some fellatio in the alley at the 12th st. gym. Capigiro is in the gayborhood

 

I thought that was down by 18th street. Kapelka's hotel was down there and he said he saw more 2 guy couples holding hands than in Key West.

 

No... it's definitely in the 13th and 12th st. areas. You should have gone to Woody's.

 

in all seriousness, no way am I going to Woody's in the middle of the gay area of Philadelphia

 

Dude, I hope not.

 

Gay bars are often plenty full of straight women who hide out there just to get away from getting hit on by boys all the time.

 

I have no doubt you have first "hand" knowledge of this

[VintageComics]

Gay bars are often plenty full of straight women who hide out there just to get away from getting hit on by boys all the time.

 

I have no doubt you have first "hand" knowledge of this

 

 

I have friends who are straight that hang out in gay bars for this very reason. They meet plenty of women there with little to no competition from the male species.

 

 

[Dale Roberts]

Gay bars are often plenty full of straight women who hide out there just to get away from getting hit on by boys all the time.

 

I have no doubt you have first "hand" knowledge of this

 

 

I have friends who are straight that hang out in gay bars for this very reason. They meet plenty of women there with little to no competition from the male species.

 

 

Sure, sure....I wasn't trying to imply anything.

 

I bet nobody there likes guys who always wear black leather either

[Dmac538]

You shouldn't have that bottle of tea on those comics.

 

his superpower is the ability to feel what comics he's digging through without looking down. you see how focused he is.

 

Looks like he's feeling the effects from that breakfast burrito.

 

I strongly sense DrWatson and joeypost do not inhale, but in this pic...it sure looks like it. :think:

If you guys were sitting this is exactly how you would looked when you were driving, except happier.

[DrWatson]

Well, not exactly. My knees would have been on the dash board because Joey's car is compact. We probably resembled a clown car unloading and loading at the hotel.

[chrisco37]

Also, FYI, you had one of the absolute best gelato places 4 blocks from your hotel. They're open late.

Dale can't pronounce gelato, so he won't eat it... regardless of the time of night.

 

What does gelato have to do with ice cream?????

 

Gelato is basically ice cream, only richer, better for you, because more air is whipped in. If you've ever had it (I assume you have) most people prefer it to ice cream.

 

Capigiro (the one four blocks from your hotel) has tons of great unique flavors and the best I've had outside of Italy.

 

I enjoy fellatio wether I'm in Italy or not. I'll take it over Ice cream as well. Of course enjoying great ice cream and fellatio at the same time might be pretty cool.

 

Well across the st. you can get some fellatio in the alley at the 12th st. gym. Capigiro is in the gayborhood

 

I thought that was down by 18th street. Kapelka's hotel was down there and he said he saw more 2 guy couples holding hands than in Key West.

 

No... it's definitely in the 13th and 12th st. areas. You should have gone to Woody's.

 

in all seriousness, no way am I going to Woody's in the middle of the gay area of Philadelphia

 

Dude, I hope not. Woody's is the most notorious gay bar in Philly. It's also a prime site for drug trafficking.

 

Is that where the cops got the lead on the "scud missle"?

[NewWorldOrder]

Also, FYI, you had one of the absolute best gelato places 4 blocks from your hotel. They're open late.

Dale can't pronounce gelato, so he won't eat it... regardless of the time of night.

 

What does gelato have to do with ice cream?????

 

Gelato is basically ice cream, only richer, better for you, because more air is whipped in. If you've ever had it (I assume you have) most people prefer it to ice cream.

 

Capigiro (the one four blocks from your hotel) has tons of great unique flavors and the best I've had outside of Italy.

 

I enjoy fellatio wether I'm in Italy or not. I'll take it over Ice cream as well. Of course enjoying great ice cream and fellatio at the same time might be pretty cool.

 

Well across the st. you can get some fellatio in the alley at the 12th st. gym. Capigiro is in the gayborhood

 

I thought that was down by 18th street. Kapelka's hotel was down there and he said he saw more 2 guy couples holding hands than in Key West.

 

No... it's definitely in the 13th and 12th st. areas. You should have gone to Woody's.

 

in all seriousness, no way am I going to Woody's in the middle of the gay area of Philadelphia

 

Dude, I hope not. Woody's is the most notorious gay bar in Philly. It's also a prime site for drug trafficking.

 

I wonder where they hide the drugs?

[NewWorldOrder]

Also, FYI, you had one of the absolute best gelato places 4 blocks from your hotel. They're open late.

Dale can't pronounce gelato, so he won't eat it... regardless of the time of night.

 

What does gelato have to do with ice cream?????

 

Gelato is basically ice cream, only richer, better for you, because more air is whipped in. If you've ever had it (I assume you have) most people prefer it to ice cream.

 

Capigiro (the one four blocks from your hotel) has tons of great unique flavors and the best I've had outside of Italy.

 

I enjoy fellatio wether I'm in Italy or not. I'll take it over Ice cream as well. Of course enjoying great ice cream and fellatio at the same time might be pretty cool.

 

Well across the st. you can get some fellatio in the alley at the 12th st. gym. Capigiro is in the gayborhood

 

I thought that was down by 18th street. Kapelka's hotel was down there and he said he saw more 2 guy couples holding hands than in Key West.

 

No... it's definitely in the 13th and 12th st. areas. You should have gone to Woody's.

 

in all seriousness, no way am I going to Woody's in the middle of the gay area of Philadelphia

 

Dude, I hope not. Woody's is the most notorious gay bar in Philly. It's also a prime site for drug trafficking.

 

Is that where the cops got the lead on the "scud missle"?

 

 

[DarkKnightReturns]

 

Biggest smoker - jonjespersen

 

 

17 days quit for me now. Longest I've gone since the age of 14 ? probably Had to brag sorry

 

back to the show...

[lizards2]

 

Biggest smoker - jonjespersen

 

 

17 days quit for me now. Longest I've gone since the age of 14 ? probably Had to brag sorry

 

back to the show...

Hard to put that in perspective unless we know your age.

[TheShadowKnows]

Well, not exactly. My knees would have been on the dash board because Joey's car is compact. We probably resembled a clown car unloading and loading at the hotel.

[TheShadowKnows]

Also, FYI, you had one of the absolute best gelato places 4 blocks from your hotel. They're open late.

Dale can't pronounce gelato, so he won't eat it... regardless of the time of night.

 

What does gelato have to do with ice cream?????

 

Gelato is basically ice cream, only richer, better for you, because more air is whipped in. If you've ever had it (I assume you have) most people prefer it to ice cream.

 

Capigiro (the one four blocks from your hotel) has tons of great unique flavors and the best I've had outside of Italy.

 

I enjoy fellatio wether I'm in Italy or not. I'll take it over Ice cream as well. Of course enjoying great ice cream and fellatio at the same time might be pretty cool.

 

Well across the st. you can get some fellatio in the alley at the 12th st. gym. Capigiro is in the gayborhood

 

I thought that was down by 18th street. Kapelka's hotel was down there and he said he saw more 2 guy couples holding hands than in Key West.

 

No... it's definitely in the 13th and 12th st. areas. You should have gone to Woody's.

 

in all seriousness, no way am I going to Woody's in the middle of the gay area of Philadelphia

 

Dude, I hope not. Woody's is the most notorious gay bar in Philly. It's also a prime site for drug trafficking.

 

I wonder where they hide the drugs?

brown tar heroin anybody...

[Ringfinger]

Great report!

[DarkKnightReturns]

 

Biggest smoker - jonjespersen

 

 

17 days quit for me now. Longest I've gone since the age of 14 ? probably Had to brag sorry

 

back to the show...

Hard to put that in perspective unless we know your age.

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[underthebigw]

If you don't know what Gelato is I'm guessing that Italian ice is foreign to you as well.

You mean snow cones?

 

Man, Doc, only someone from your neck of the woods would think that. There is NOTHING like a real lemon Italian ice on a hot day. Or Chocolate.

 

Sadly, I don't know if either exist outside of the Boston-NYC-Philly area.

[comix4fun]

If you don't know what Gelato is I'm guessing that Italian ice is foreign to you as well.

You mean snow cones?

 

Man, Doc, only someone from your neck of the woods would think that. There is NOTHING like a real lemon Italian ice on a hot day. Or Chocolate.

 

Sadly, I don't know if either exist outside of the Boston-NYC-Philly area.

 

 

 

So you've never been to Chicago then?

[DrWatson]

If you don't know what Gelato is I'm guessing that Italian ice is foreign to you as well.

You mean snow cones?

 

Man, Doc, only someone from your neck of the woods would think that. There is NOTHING like a real lemon Italian ice on a hot day. Or Chocolate.

 

Sadly, I don't know if either exist outside of the Boston-NYC-Philly area.

 

 

 

So you've never been to Chicago then?

Snow Cones in Chicago.

[underthebigw]

If you don't know what Gelato is I'm guessing that Italian ice is foreign to you as well.

You mean snow cones?

 

Man, Doc, only someone from your neck of the woods would think that. There is NOTHING like a real lemon Italian ice on a hot day. Or Chocolate.

 

Sadly, I don't know if either exist outside of the Boston-NYC-Philly area.

 

 

 

So you've never been to Chicago then?

 

I've been to Chicago plenty. I'll admit to not having tried them. I'll give it a whirl this year. But after having 6 varieties of pizza caserole there, I'm dubious.

 

Now, the hotdogs in Chicago

[DrWatson]

Now, the hotdogs in Chicago

Would that make you the Wiener King?

[WEBHEAD]

 

The first time I have been to Philadelphia. I met joeypostal at exit 407 on I-40 in Tennessee and headed to the City of Brotherly Love Wednesday afternoon. A fun time was had by all. A big thank you to Dale Roberts for letting us invade his space. Buy something from him. He's a good guy.

 

The biggest mistake made, that I could see, was that we paid about $10 in tolls to get in to Philadelphia and only had to pay $6 in tolls to get out. We would have paid much, much more in order to leave.

 

Best buys – A bacon, egg and cheese bagel from the Reading Market, an Amish made cinnamon roll from the Reading Market and the three Astonishing X-Men books I picked up for a total of $6 at the show. Oh, and a Dark Beast sketch by Tom Raney on an Astonishing X-Men 17 sketch cover that looks amazing. I forgot to photograph it before subbing it.

 

Dumbest question asked to me by a con nerd – So, if your booth is 541, then where is booth 542?

 

Total number of hugs received from forumites – Five; spiderman-on-tilt, ciorac, cgcworld, joeypost and mutantkeys.

 

Most calm forumite in the face of danger – gemma

 

My biggest regret – Not buying back up cinnamon rolls on Saturday as the Amish bakery was closed on Sunday.

 

First time for everything – Coldcocked by Joe Pierson as I rounded the corner of a booth at the show. Pierson said, “I’m surprised you were surprised that someone would hit you out of the blue.” What can I say? I didn't see him. He blended in with the rest of the nerds.

 

What you get when you cross Rogaine and Viagra? – MCMiles’ hair.

 

Three things that still make me laugh – 1) “It’s not the driving. It’s the sitting.” 2) “I’d hate to see the horse they cut that off of.” 3) “I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours.”

 

Most difficult thing to find Philadelphia – Ice cream after dinner.

 

Best thing about the show – Onsite pressing (kudos to www.CFPComics.com aka joeypost) and onsite CGC grading.

 

Briefest Forumite sightings – Esquirecomics and dem1138

 

Most surreal moment - Watching Cash Cab on the Discovery Channel and seeing a shot of Graham Cracker's comic book store on the southwest corner of Michigan Ave. & Madison St. in Chicago.

 

Something I’ll never do again – Take a friendly pat on the back at face value.

 

Biggest smoker - jonjespersen

 

Forumite(s) I wish was there – wassonff, GACollectibles and/or Timmay.

 

Biggest whiney fanboy – Anybody who received a grade they didn’t agree with from CGC’s onsite grading.

 

Best surprise – Learning Phil Jimenez, Astonishing X-Men artist, was at the show.

 

Hottest Convention “Celebrity” – Julia Benson

 

Most useless piece of information - Wizard World Volunteers. You give them a t-shirt and they think they're Barney Fife.

 

My two SS books graded on site:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice report... but using your super powers to pick out the $$ comics that's priceless

 

 

 

WEBHEAD