Whee! This is very exciting.
Showing posts with label Cakey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cakey. Show all posts
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Dragon*Con: The Recap (Part I)
So, Curious Jorge, you wanna know about Dragon*Con?
Well, it was pretty terrific. One of the most fun weekends I've ever had... and that says a lot.
And I didn't really do too much, either. I only attended one panel (on Doctor Who, and it wasn't nearly as revealing as I would've liked), skipped all the role-playing games (since I'm running two, yes, two, games this weekend, so I'll get my fill soon enough), and was pretty frugal on merch (I think I just bought goggles with 3-D lenses, a homemade computer RPG, and some gifts).
So what did I do, then, that made this such an awesome vacation?
In a word, Cakey.
For most of Saturday and Sunday, about 18 hours total, Cakey and I walked around, met people, got our photo taken, and handed out stickers. And it was a LOT of fun, more fun than I can put into words without making this entry too self-promoting.
From this n00b's perspective, a big part of Dragon*Con is taking pictures of people in costumes. I love doing it, but instead was one of the people getting their picture taken, because a talking cake is a pretty interesting novelty, even at a place like Dragon*Con.
And I normally shy away from the spotlight, too, even when acting in the Renaissance Festival or announcing for roller derby. Strangers scare me, what can I say? But Cakey made it totally easy. Whoa, reading that makes me think I'm gonna end up like Scarface (the Batman villain, not Al Pacino).
But I spent all day doing this. I'd go to one hotel, do a round, and be psyched because there were all sorts of new people in costumes, and decide to go around again. And that's how 9 hours would slip by, just going between two hotels.
One of my favorite experiences (and I don't wanna bog down the blog with a lot of boring details) was meeting Silent Bob (someone dressed up like him, not the actual Kevin Smith) warily watching Cakey and me as we did our thing.
I asked if he'd like a sticker, he hesitantly nodded, and, totally in character, didn't speak. From that point on, whenever we ran into him, Cakey would gleefully scream like a baby and want to be near Silent Bob, who was pretty freaked out and would run away. It was a very true and beautiful comedic bit between two awesome dudes at a con.
Also, I'm not crazy in acting like Cakey is a real person. I'm really not.
Anyway, this is the first picture I've found of us on flickr (Cakey's distracted by the merch)...
As you can see, I'm not dressed like a Ghostbuster, a priest or a gnome, because it wouldn't make sense for any of them to be with Cakey. And I wasn't gonna wear boring civilian clothes, so I wore my roller derby announcer attire.
You know, because we're classy like that.
I was frequently mistaken for...
- Ned from Pushing Daisies, I guess because Cakey sort of looks like a pie.
- The hallucination scene from Young Sherlock Holmes, which is more conceptual than anything.
- The cake from Portal. People would constantly shout, "The cake is a lie!" to which I'd respond, "No, the cake is alive." This lost its novelty after about the 50th time I said it.
And there's really gnome more to say about the Cakey-related part of the convention.
I'll write about everything else in another (shorter) entry.
Well, it was pretty terrific. One of the most fun weekends I've ever had... and that says a lot.
And I didn't really do too much, either. I only attended one panel (on Doctor Who, and it wasn't nearly as revealing as I would've liked), skipped all the role-playing games (since I'm running two, yes, two, games this weekend, so I'll get my fill soon enough), and was pretty frugal on merch (I think I just bought goggles with 3-D lenses, a homemade computer RPG, and some gifts).
So what did I do, then, that made this such an awesome vacation?
In a word, Cakey.
For most of Saturday and Sunday, about 18 hours total, Cakey and I walked around, met people, got our photo taken, and handed out stickers. And it was a LOT of fun, more fun than I can put into words without making this entry too self-promoting.
From this n00b's perspective, a big part of Dragon*Con is taking pictures of people in costumes. I love doing it, but instead was one of the people getting their picture taken, because a talking cake is a pretty interesting novelty, even at a place like Dragon*Con.
And I normally shy away from the spotlight, too, even when acting in the Renaissance Festival or announcing for roller derby. Strangers scare me, what can I say? But Cakey made it totally easy. Whoa, reading that makes me think I'm gonna end up like Scarface (the Batman villain, not Al Pacino).
But I spent all day doing this. I'd go to one hotel, do a round, and be psyched because there were all sorts of new people in costumes, and decide to go around again. And that's how 9 hours would slip by, just going between two hotels.
One of my favorite experiences (and I don't wanna bog down the blog with a lot of boring details) was meeting Silent Bob (someone dressed up like him, not the actual Kevin Smith) warily watching Cakey and me as we did our thing.
I asked if he'd like a sticker, he hesitantly nodded, and, totally in character, didn't speak. From that point on, whenever we ran into him, Cakey would gleefully scream like a baby and want to be near Silent Bob, who was pretty freaked out and would run away. It was a very true and beautiful comedic bit between two awesome dudes at a con.
Also, I'm not crazy in acting like Cakey is a real person. I'm really not.
Anyway, this is the first picture I've found of us on flickr (Cakey's distracted by the merch)...
As you can see, I'm not dressed like a Ghostbuster, a priest or a gnome, because it wouldn't make sense for any of them to be with Cakey. And I wasn't gonna wear boring civilian clothes, so I wore my roller derby announcer attire.
You know, because we're classy like that.
I was frequently mistaken for...
- Ned from Pushing Daisies, I guess because Cakey sort of looks like a pie.
- The hallucination scene from Young Sherlock Holmes, which is more conceptual than anything.
- The cake from Portal. People would constantly shout, "The cake is a lie!" to which I'd respond, "No, the cake is alive." This lost its novelty after about the 50th time I said it.
And there's really gnome more to say about the Cakey-related part of the convention.
I'll write about everything else in another (shorter) entry.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Cakey... The Final (?) Episode
This is the final episode of Cakey! The Cake From Outer Space that we made for SuperDeluxe.com.
I hope you enjoy it. It's been one kooky rollercoaster ride.
I wish I could say more about what might happen to Cakey now that the series has ended, but I'm not one for ruining surprises or jinxing myself.
But I will say this - any illustrators who are interested in collaborating on something should please drop me a line.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Cakey Returns!
An Applebee's report will come soon (more people have asked me about that than anything else I've blogged about), but in the meantime, check out what we had for dessert...
No, not really, I would never eat Cakey.
We'll be uploading six more episodes in the upcoming season (two of which are re-edits of classic Cakey stories, four are brand-new!), but we'd really appreciate you checking them out, leaving comments, passing them on, etc. Year of Yes!
No, not really, I would never eat Cakey.
We'll be uploading six more episodes in the upcoming season (two of which are re-edits of classic Cakey stories, four are brand-new!), but we'd really appreciate you checking them out, leaving comments, passing them on, etc. Year of Yes!
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