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By: Broadcast Winner Reviews the Book » Comics Worth Reading

Broadcast Winner Reviews the Book » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:06:42 +0000

[...] winner of my contest last month to give away The Broadcast was Sean Kleefeld, who happens to have a blog of his own, where he’s reviewed the book. [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:40:36 +0000

Thanks to everyone for participating! I’ve loved hearing your costume stories. The winner has been selected and emailed.

By: Tony Collett

Tony Collett — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:29:11 +0000

A Woody Woodpecker costume when I was a kid. My mom wisely abandoned the plastic outfit and made one for me to wear. It wasn’t on-model, but it was still good, and beat that store provided one by far.

By: The Broadcast: Interview With Writer Eric Hobbs » Comics Worth Reading

The Broadcast: Interview With Writer Eric Hobbs » Comics Worth Reading — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:52:15 +0000

[...] go along with my Broadcast contest, giving away a copy of the graphic novel, that ends today, writer Eric Hobbs was kind enough to [...]

By: Kevin Kilgore

Kevin Kilgore — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:29:52 +0000

A bunch of grapes.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:25:26 +0000

Probably my favorite was the year in grad school when I dressed as a Star Trek “red shirt” security officer. On crutches, with my arm in a sling, one shirt sleeve burned off, a bloody bandage on my head, and a sign on my back that said “Shoot me, not Kirk” in flashing lights.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:17:42 +0000

When I was a kid I had to be a lion for a boy scouts play my troop was putting on, it was just weeks before Halloween and we were strapped for cash so it doubled as my costume for it.

I was a little bummed at first, but then I discovered the Narnia books and it suddenly seemed very cool to be a lion.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:15:38 +0000

Favorite costume ever, and probably the first one I did all the work on myself, was my first year in college. There was a Halloween costume dance with prizes. I bought jumbo-sized pumpkin, hollowed it out from the bottom instead of the top, carved a face in it, and wore the whole thing as a mask. Wore a suit and tie to go with it — probably looked like an early version of Jack Skellington…

By: SKFK

SKFK — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:11:29 +0000

Thanks for yet another great contest! My favorite costume is something that takes very little preparation and effort. I dressed up as Asian Clark Kent, which only requires wearing a Superman T-shirt under a suit and tie. Just keep a couple of buttons open under the tie, and take off my glasses and pull open the shirt to reveal the logo.

By: LINK: Win a Signed Copy of THE BROADCAST : NBM Blog

LINK: Win a Signed Copy of THE BROADCAST : NBM Blog — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:15:21 +0000

[...] the book this week and winning it couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is visit her site, read this post and leave a comment describing your favorite Halloween costume. That’s it. It’s that [...]

By: Argo Plummer

Argo Plummer — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:06:09 +0000

My favorite Halloween costumes are not my own, but those of my 5 year old son. At age 3, he decided he wanted to be Static–mind you, he is 1/4 hispanic, 3/4 anglo with thin, light brown hair. Didn’t matter to him–we put together a static costume and though no one knew who he was, he was happy to tell everyone that he was his favorite super hero, Static. At age 4, he decided to go as James, Captain America’s son from the movie Next Avengers. Again, we put together a costume, complete with a Captain America shield and he spent all evening explaining to people that he wasn’t Captain America, he was his son. This year, he’s going as Luke Skywalker from Episode 5.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:29:50 +0000

One of my recent favorite costumes was going as Billy Mays last year. Not a real difficult costume to do, just had to color my beard black, but I got a lot of compliments on it.

By: SKleefeld

SKleefeld — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:40:30 +0000

I think my favorite Halloween costume was from when I was in kindergarten and went as Batman. It was just one of those cheesey, store-bought Ben Cooper costumes that were essentially a plastic trash bag with a character logo printed on the chest, and an uncomfortable hard plastic mask.

But it was a favorite because I showed up at school for their Halloween party, only to discover that my best friend at the time was wearing the exact same costume! I was thrilled to make a connection with somebody like that. “Wow! You like Batman, too?”

For good or ill, that’s never happened since then.

By: Chris Howard

Chris Howard — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:01:16 +0000

When I was about 8 I had an awesome scratch built Tatooine Luke costume. What’s really great is my son wore it last year.

By: Chris Collins

Chris Collins — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:57:07 +0000

When my son was less than a year old, my wife and I dressed up like cows and dressed him up as a giraffe. Then we told everyone we had adopted him from Africa. (This was around the time that Madonna, et al. were making headlines with their African adoptions.)

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:44:53 +0000

One of my favorite costumes recently (and likely geekiest) was Death from The Sandman. I raided my closet, haunted thrift stores, and raked through lots of Halloween merchandise to find the perfect outfit. Then I had to find some good gothic make-up, which I did at Hot Topic. Add a large black umbrella and it was complete. Sadly, no one at the library I work at knew who I was, but it was a great opportunity to show them the books!