Tender loving care
Thanks for joining us again this Monday. Leia gets another chance to mother Luke, but some injuries really need a medical droid’s attention.
T. Gatto sent us two giant-sized custom-made mugs for Christmas. One emblazoned with the Star Trek Federation logo and another with the Imperial logo. They are so cool and we can’t wait to display them at our next show.
The mugs really are huge. That’s Leanne pictured with one on the right. She looks like a Hobbit!
We hope to get a picture of a Darth Vader cosplayer holding “Muggy” at our next convention in May. That show is the ANS Sci-Fi and Comic Con in La Plata, Maryland. Leanne and I will be guests at the show, along with special guest Frank Cho. The 501st Legion’s Old Line Garrison will also be there.
A special BMS / 501st event will take place which you won’t want to miss. Leanne is also slated to be on a panel about Women in Comics. So, if you are in the area or want to make a trip out to see us, this is a great opportunity.
Finally, Leanne was looking for a good photograph of Leia for a friend who will be meeting Carrie Fisher at a signing. In the process, she came across this great photo from Rinzler’s book “The Making of Empire Strikes Back” and we just had to share it. I think Yoda looks so life-like in this photo and adorable. You can click to view the image at full size. So much cuter than the CGI version too. 🙂
There simply is no substitute for good old craftmanship. CSI misses depth for some reason.
Hope you have fun on the convention. I would come, but it’s a bit far away. Still want to visit a real American comic convention though.
Can’t blame Luke for wanting some painkilling medicine. 😉 But really Luke, you shouldn’t be waving that arm around like that; it will only make it worse.
OBEY MUGGY!
Great photo of Yoda. But eww! I never noticed his hairy knuckles! 😛
The mug rules! Don’t forget to bring some super-sized straws with you!
Silly straws would be excellent!
I don’t think she should get Luke the Morphine he requested, due to the predisposition to substances abuse, and addiction, that runs in his family.
Oh, and it’s fun to watch him whine!
“Muggy” looks HUGE, I’d say stick with 1/2 a cup if you use it for coffee (even less if you use it as a shot glass)!
Thanks for posting the picture.
That Gatto is one cool cat.
That Yoda is lovely.
That stump needs a chainsaw.
Thanks for brightening my Monday!
As a RN, this strip really made me laugh. Enjoyed the photo of Yoda too. I never realized how hairy his knuckles were.
Muggy is too cool for words…I need to come up for something for my daily mug of tea. 🙂
Tea? Awesome! *high five*
lol at the strip!
The mug is awesome as well.
That is a huge coffee cup. I am, however, willing to accept the idea of a Hobbit-size Leanne.
I second the chainsaw-stump idea!
I thought my huge mug from Quark’s was big! That is ginormous!
As an 11 year old when I first saw TESB, Yoda was awesome. As an adult, when I re-watch the Degobah scenes, I can’t help but think about the difference Mark Hamill makes in those scenes. I’m not sure his acting always gets the credit it deserves, but if he doesn’t sell Yoda as real, the audience never would’ve bought it.
As for the strip, Leia better keep her cigarette out of Luke’s wound. That could be nasty.
LOL. Maybe she could cauterize wounds with her lit cigarette? And yes, Mark Hamill deserves way more credit than he gets as an actor. Although I praise the puppet Yoda, there are several shots where Yoda’s eyes look flat and dead… lacking that living sparkle and reflection that give humanity. Even Frank Oz isn’t perfect. I do think in a couple of shots, Yoda’s movements are too muppet-like. But I don’t care, because the overall effect from the sum of the Mark’s acting, Oz’s puppetry and voice, and Stuart Freeborn’s modeling, created a Yoda that is far more sage-like, amusing and endearing than the grumpy CGI Yoda of recent years. 🙂
Out of curiosity, did you ever get around to baking the mugs (I sent you the directions on Facebook) to make the ink more perminent?
Strangely enough CHWBCC (AKA Jerry Whitman) posted them on facebook the day after I post marked the mugs to you.
No, not yet. Right now they remain ornaments only. Thanks for the directions though. I plan to do it so I can make myself I giant cup of hot chocolate. 😉
Yoda looks like an adorable yet perverted old codger in that pic to me, regaling Luke of all the Whill tail he got in his youth.
“When 900 years old you be, even the Force and viagra are not strong enough to raise this… Enlarged is my prostate, composes 90% of my volume now it does. To the Hooters, we will go; the jiggling – a distraction, it will be, hmmm?”
There is a special place in hell for me after that… XD
There better be a “stranger” reference once he gets his new robot hand. That will make me lol.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stranger
Ew!
I just found your site YESTERDAY! Kicking myself for not finding it sooner.
That oversized coffee mug is the greatest since I first saw Star Wars. WHERE CAN I GET ONE!?!?
-Jay