Comic Con 2008 Adventures Part 1

July 24th-27th San Diego is invaded by a mob of tourist hailing from different parts of the world. This phenom is known simple as Comic Con!

I wasn't even expecting on attending, but Raul said he could get press passes so I was like cool. Attended on Wednesday for preview night and it was busy as hell. I've been attending the convention for years and I've never seen preview night so busy. Right away, thumbs down. I've came to the conclusion that if it's this busy on preview night, imagine the rest of the week. It was so hard to get moving through the isle, it was pissing me off. Luckily for me I didn't run into smelly ass fan boys like I always do. It's like these assholes find attending the comic con as a free pass to not shower!!! I hate it!!!

Thursday rolls by and I go to a photoshoot @ Nick Pinto's house. Damn, that was the highlight of the month...haha..3 girls running around in lingerie is always a plus in my book. I couldn't believe what I was witnessing. Usually I'm good in keeping my meat stick at bay, but watching these girls topless in thongs and garters I could help but go from 6 to 12. DAMN!!! Kristian and Sophia...slammin! Raul calls me saying that he got a press badge but its like 3 in the afternoon already and there was no way I was going to leave the photoshoot over comic con. F that!

The night comes quick and I get a call from Optimusvolts aka Isaac. He tells me that his wife has work in the morning and I should use her badge. "Sounds great, but what happens when she's off work? I'm going to have to give it back and what I'm I suppose to be have?" Optimus says in a serious voice "Lets make a fake badge!" As usual I'm always down when it comes to shiznit like that. It's fun! I pick up Optimus at his residence and his wife is just shaking her head as we head out to home depot to buy yellow spray paint. I know what she was thinking, two grown men counterfitting comic con passes..WTF..LOL
We already had it down:
1. Take an old lanyard and erase the color using acetone
2. Mask off parts of the lanyard
3. Spray paint lanyard.
4. Find the font to match lettering for the lanyard
5. Use plotter to make lettering stencil
6. Put stencil over the lanyard and spray paint it black

This was our end result.


Hahaha it wasn't perfect, but it was worth a shot. Which one is the fake and which one is real? Heres a hint....look at the names..haha

We finish up the badges around 11pm. I head over Roels house to show him the finished product. He grins. I call Raul telling him to get a press pass for Friday and he sounds hesitant. He says "Yeah dont worry, I'll get one" I'm like...hmmm. Marolyn(Rauls GF) calls and says that she has a complimentary pass for tomorrow. Score! I tell Roel to go with Optimus & I the following day. Roel "Aren't you gonna use this for tomorrow?" Barry " Hell no! I have my fake badge!" After minutes of deliberation Roel decides to roll. It's 1:30am in the morning when I leave his house. We planned on being at the convention at 8:00am. Good luck because I haven't woke up that early in awhile and you all know how Roel is..LOL

This was going to be an interesting day indeed! My fake badge @ the convention....