Free Comic Book Day 2016

So yes it is true, Dangrdafne went to a comic book store WITHOUT Brainwise for Free Comic Book Day!

And here is her small haul:

(store only allowed 5 books per person - and I really did want more than that)

I picked books that I would read and took my chances if we had doubles.

I also added two of my favorite female characters as Funkos since they were Buy 1 get 1 50% off.

I also happen to cosplay as both of these characters.

And this was my special extra, although not from a comic book store but Hot Topic.

It was fun watching all the kids trying to decide which 5 books to get.

It was also wonderful to see all the families coming in and each person reacting to different things in the store. Everyone seemed very happy.

I hope you had a great Free Comic Book Day. 

Feel free to post in the comments what you got on the day.

5 Fandom Friday 4-29-16

Fandoms You Hold Dear But No One's Ever Heard Of

I don't need 5, I only have one and it is my absolute favorite.
I have belonged to this fandom since I was 7 years old.
My sister started the craze followed by my Grandmother.
I have loved horses since I can remember. 
I could never have real horses so this fandom satisfied my craze...

Breyer Model Horses

My first Breyer was the Family Arabian Stallion that my sister bought with green stamps for my Christmas present. If you don't know what green stamps, google it ;) I named him (although at the time I had no idea they were boys/stallions or girls/mares) Holly. Although part of the fandom is creating cool longer fancy names for the horses in addition to their stable names.

Holly

S. Stonewall's Fancy

Then my Grandmother bought me for Christmas what became my favorite mold, the Proud Arabian Stallion, I named him Angel.

Angel

Grandma's Angel

In the Breyer world this a conga line

It is all but one of the Proud Arabian Stallion variations over the past 40 years.

In 5th grade my teacher saw a brochure for a magazine called Just About Horses and immediately thought of me. I asked my parents if I could subscribe and I don't remember if it was a problem or not but I do recall starting to receive the magazine. I subscribed to them until they stopped publishing just a few years ago.

I had my little stable in the room I shared with my sister and I am very lucky she shared the space with us.

There were photo shows and live shows and I did it all. I never went to Nationals but I had tons of fun with all the local shows. I was lucky that my family supported this crazy thing and I love them all the more for it.

The ribbons are from various photo and live shows that we placed in.

Then I learned about Breyerfest. A HUGE convention, show and sale in Lexington KY at the Kentucky Horse Park. My first trip was to help someone run their table during the show. It was sooo much fun and I even won one out of 25 raffle horses...with just one ticket!

I then returned for Breyerfest's 20th Anniversary with my husband 5 years ago and again we had so much fun. It was great to show my husband all about my fandom and how much I love my Breyers. He also learned that I am not allowed to say anything about his collection of comic books as I collect plastic model horses :)

Just one corner of my Breyers currently in our house.

My hubby built me my dream shelves to show off my horses.

Fandom? Obsession? yes, yes

I would have to say as much as I would love a real horse, I am so happy that I have my Breyer models that have always satisfied my craze. I am forever grateful to Green Stamps for offering Breyer model horses oh so many years ago and to my sister for starting a craze that makes me so happy and has lasted a lifetime.

I truly could go on and on about my horses, Breyer, Breyerfest, etc but I won't but if you want to know more, please let me know in the comments.

-Dangrdafne


cross posted on Dangrdafne Days of Delirium

5 Fandom Friday 3-8-16

5 Fandom Friday was created by The Nerdy Girlie and Super Space Chick in October of 2014, as a way to get all of their blogger friends keeping on task each week, building a community with fellow bloggers and connecting with new and old friends once a week! They choose the topics, we do the writing!

This is my first try at the 5 Fandom Friday, I hope you enjoy it.

Fandom Guilty Pleasures by Dangrdafne

1. Watching/reading Twilight: No matter what anyone says, this series changed my life. It brought me a family all over the world and sisters I can count on no matter what to this day. I am forever indebted to this series and it will always be a part of my life.

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2. The Green Lantern movie with Ryan Reynolds: I don't have an history with Green Lantern in any form so I just found this movie to be fun and Ryan Reynolds was a joy to watch.

3. 2005's Fantastic Four with Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Julian McMahon: Again I have no history with the Fantastic Four in any source except that I have for some reason always liked the Thing. I thought this was a fun movie and Michael Chiklis as Thing worked perfectly for me.

4. The newest Godzilla! This is actually the movie that led me to wanting to do a blog about the nerdy things in my life. I just loved this movie. I grew up watching Godzilla at my Grandmother's house and while watching this I could feel her sitting next to me in the theater just loving the movie. It had everything I wanted and more. 

5. SHARKNADO!!!! Pure joy and laughter. And I LOVE the Twitterverse when these movies are on. It doesn't hurt that I love Ian Ziering and try to watch everything he is in, along with all his other 90210 alumns - which I guess could be #6 on my fandom guilty pleasures ;)

Now you have a little behind the scenes on Dangrdafne. Hopefully nothing here scares you off but helps you find the blog more interesting. Until next Friday, go enjoy some fandom guilty pleasures and let me know what they are in the comments.

-Dangrdafne

Mocha On the Shelf 2015

Look! It's Mocha Claus!

Our little pal, Mocha, really gets into the holiday spirit. You could say he becomes quite the helpful little elf ... on the shelf. Well, excepting the fact that he's a Gund monkey and not an actual elf.

For some cute holiday cheer, you can follow his adventures on Twitter or Tumblr (all photos are also posted to his Facebook page).

#NerdyThanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, nerds!

A little while ago, @Crazy4ComicCon posted this question:

We decided to play along. Here is @Dangrdafne's Twitter reply:

And here is @Brainwise's reply:

How would you answer @Crazy4ComicCon? What Nerdy things are you grateful for? Tweet them at @Crazy4ComicCon, or reply to this post. (If you tweet 'em, make sure you tag it with #NerdyThanksgiving).

SDCC Pre-Registration!

I know we haven't posted in a while, but I thought it would be interesting to note a little something: In a little while, our group will attempt a team effort to purchase SDCC 2016 tickets. Our group consists of 13 women and 1 man.

Who says women don't like Comic Con?

#PreReg

Justice League: Gods & Monsters -- A Review

Finally, our long-awaited review of Justice League: Gods and Monsters, the 2015 direct-to-video animated superhero film ... also known as the reason we returned to SDCC 2015. You know, because the film was having its world premiere there!

Now, we already posted a pre-review on July 11. This is the "more complete review" that was promised. And we deliver on our promises ... no matter how long it takes us to do so. If you want to get our take on the flick, it starts just after the break. Oh, and there will be spoilers.