For your viewing pleasure, I present a selection of photographs taken during Armageddon ‘05, a great big geek convention.
Setting up
The process of setting up our booth began with a frank public statement of our attitude towards Tim. We do not like Tim, and we are not afraid to say so.
Our hastily-assembled sign. Next year we make a real one, with a proper dinosaur on it. We here at Funtime Comics are firm proponents of dinosaurs.
Our stock. Shiny new colour comics at the front, back catalogue of black-and-whites at the back. This is our idea of marketing. Behind us on the next desk is Mike Loder, a very naughty man who threatens small children with a gun. The small children ask him questions about the gun, like whether it is real and whether it is for sale. Having got their attention, he changes the subject to his own comics and comedy CDs. Mike’s idea of marketing is more sophisticated than ours.
The Gibson Awards
Loyal fans of New Zealand Comics, huddled together for warmth and security at the Gibson Awards Ceremony.
Steve won many prizes, on account of the the high quality of his comics and because he submitted them several times over in every possible category. Go Steve!
Richard manages to scoop up an award, preventing Steve from making a clean sweep of all categories and being declared Emperor of New Zealand Comics. Maybe next year, Steve. Richard was clearly delighted.
Some people were not present to receive their prizes. This man held them up anyway, and we clapped.
On the Desk
Andrew and Steve serve Funtime on the desk, and model the two kinds of t-shirts worn by Comics People. Passers-by were entertained by their friendly banter.
Saul popped by, and we let him sit behind the desk because he has comics published somewhere amidst the plethora of anthologies we have on sale. Therefore he is one of us. In this picture, Saul has just said something extremely rude, which has left Andrew deeply shocked.
Around the Show
These people are playing video games on vibrating deckchairs. I do not really get video games.
Should you have wished to do so, it would have been possible to purchase a Wonder Woman Cake Pan Set. It will likely be possible again next year.
There were some moderately famous people in the Big Room talking about stuff. I didn’t go to many of these, as I have heard enough anecdotes about obscure Star Trek characters. But I did go to see the people from Weta talking about King Kong.
Generally, things looked like this.
Storm troopers. The one in the middle was much shinier than the one on the right. If I were making a storm trooper costume, I’d want it as shiny as is humanly possible, but it takes all sorts to live in this crazy world of ours. The man on the left is blurred because he was travelling through time.