July 31, 2010

Fred's got issues

I missed Comic Con this year -- tickets sold out a geologic age ago and my connection on the convention floor couldn't get the VIP passes that, last summer, allowed my brother and me to pretend we had high-profile jobs doing something ambiguous for Neil Gaiman. And so it was that I only just heard about this particular (rather awful/wonderful/ridiculous) incident:

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/?sms_ss=facebook

3 comments:

Arielle said...

I love the Red Shirt guy with the "God Hates Jedis" sign!

Everyone is so crazy.

Tati said...

They definitely did not do their homework. Geeks are the last people you want to rile up.

Anonymous said...

Seriously. It makes me happy to see people as crazy as the Phelps brigade being confronted with such ironic opposition. Maybe that's the best response to something so absurd?