Comments on: What Is Your Geekiest Thing?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:05:36 +0000

Oh, I’d forgotten about that! I should look for mine.

By: Hal Shipman

Hal Shipman — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:31:44 +0000

I never saw the GF pilot, though we liked the books. But when I got curious about the ringtone and played the clip here, I had to have it. Geek factor aside, it’s a really good ring – I love it.

Aside from that uber-recent addition, I’d have to say that the Legion Flight Ring (the metal, DC Direct one) on my desk is my favorite geek thing. I got it for Christmas as a complete surprise.

By: James

James — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:10:25 +0000

My geekiest thing?

I spend most of my vacation working on making Star Trek episodes with these guys:

http://www.startreknewvoyages.com

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:32:37 +0000

I’m beginning to think that one of the signs of being a geek is the inability to pick just one thing. :)

By: Kevin Lighton

Kevin Lighton — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:26:03 +0000

Probably one of the Chun-Li figures…

…Or the plush catbus from Totoro…

…Or the We Love Katamari soundtrack CD…

…Or the Heroclix Starro…

…Or the iPod named after a computer-generated idol singer from Macross Plus…

…Or the Marvel Legends MODOK build-a-figure, tracked down over several months, 2 stores, and one convention…

…Or…

By: c tatge

c tatge — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:12:35 +0000

anything with superhero screams
geek. What is geek but love of
process over content?

I’ve got Superman paraphenalia
out the wazoo. Star trek and
atari vcs is particularly geeky.

Shouldn’t we all be at work?

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:29:05 +0000

http://www.guttertrash.net

Warning: Explicit language and we’re also not very good, overall.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:51:55 +0000

What’s the link, Eric?

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:42:15 +0000

I have a lot of geeky stuff. Toys, weird bits of merchandise (Madman Yo-Yo, Tick Coffee Mug), posters, and of course, the comics. I’m also a movie geek, and occasionally a music geek, but everything I’ve got is fairly standard geek fare. I’ve writing and drawing comics for decades, have made short films, and been in bands, all which probably pushes the geek envelope. But, distilled down, I think “My Geekiest Thing” is my podcast. 90 minutes a week of my friend and I reveling in nerdy goodness, debating pointless comic crap, loving every minute of it, and posting it for all to hear. That, to me, is far beyond the edge of geekiness.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:28:27 +0000

Oh so many… the 50+ Doctor Who action figures & Tardis playset on my desk at work? The 25+ perfect 4th Doctor scarf I got when I was 13? The 200+ iPhone wallpapers I’ve made of comics & SciFi? The thousands upon thousands of comics I have? The ridiculous references I have stuck in my brain?

I am so dorky it hurts…

By: Tannie

Tannie — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:41:00 +0000

I also can’t pick. I think my cellphone ringtone is obscure unless you’re a fan of Zelda games (it’s the fairy fountain song). Awhile back, I had watched Final Fantasy Advent Children, and I was so inspired that I went to look up the victory fanfare… XD But I lost that phone, so I just stuck with a default ringtone until I made the fairy fountain one.
And I think I had downloaded about 23gb (and more files stored on my external HD) of manga. Not to mention that I love zsnes and old school games.
Oh. And. I’m studying illustration so I can make my own comics.
Although my friend calls me an eastern geek, and she is a westernized geek. so.. hahaha…

By: Suzene

Suzene — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:13:32 +0000

A Northstar headshot sketch by John Byrne “autographed” by Jean-Paul Beaubier. Even more than having a sketch of my favorite character by one of my favorite artists, it’s just that touch of fun and humor that the autograph brings that makes me grin and remember why I got so deeply into superhero comics to start with.

By: Alexa

Alexa — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:00:27 +0000

Probably the yellow VW Beetle toy that I took White-Out and Sharpies to to make a Yellow Bug-marine.

If I ever get a real yellow Beetle, it’s going straight in for a custom paint-job.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:24:42 +0000

I love geeking out with you all! Thanks for sharing. Sebastian, I had to google those names.

George, I am so jealous. No one’s ever recognized mine. That’s the coolest story.

My runner-up would probably be the Emerald Eye. Tom McCraw painted a magic 8-ball for KC, with the message appearing in the pupil. I wish I still had the figure to dress up as the Emerald Empress with that as a prop.

By: StevenRowe

StevenRowe — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:45:36 +0000

Probably the walls and walls of bookcases.
otherwise, the Felix the Cat floor mats in my car….(and Felix on my keychain)

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By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:30:03 +0000

Nothing has yet to top my Famous Covers Aunt May action figure.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:37:58 +0000

I have a Lego model of the old Santa Fe Superchief express train sitting on my desk at work. Steven Speielberg, Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, and the cast of Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone are on board.

Trains, Lego, movies, superheroes, fantasy…as my wife says, I’m all kinds of geek.

(And my ringtone is “Sirius” by the Alan Parsons Project. Prog geek, too!)

By: James Schee

James Schee — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:34:28 +0000

An actual Radu coffee mug, from the coffee shop that was under GL Kyle Rayner’s apartment. It makes me smile every time I see it as its so nifty.

By: vid

vid — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:48:25 +0000

I own batmobile slippers from my childhood. my cell ringtone is the level music from Sonic the Hedgehog’s Twilight Zone with my SMS message alert being either Sega or Earthworm Jim. I kept a bellywashers bottle that had half a Spider-Man for a cap with a drinking spout and movable arms. My friend has some Superman comics toilet paper.