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New Speedster Names (Humor)

Last night I logged into Twitter and found myself in the middle of a storm in which people were posting joke names for speedsters. It all started when Geoff Johns posted the following:

@GeoffJohns0: RT @Brainiacphive Hello. I have a name for you for a Flash character: Speed Date. #newspeedsters #

Well, people went with it! You can read them all at #newspeedsters until the posts drop off of Twitter search’s radar in a few weeks. Some of my favorites:

jonahlantern: this one is easy. Bad guy team. Jamaican, with ice powers on top of speed. Cool Runnings. #
blacaucasian: Runs Really Fast. Because he runs really fast. #
mgrabois: Usain Bolt # (a popular suggestion, but I think this was the first)
jester1436: Quickstep and Foxtrot #
MarkWaid: Charlie Hustle #
Knippenberg: Captain 23-Skidoo #
mattfraction: Th Flsh # (@shanajeanh remarked, “too fast for vowels?” #)
Mike2112McKone suggested several, including: Zip, Zap, Whoosh, Reverb, Skid and iSpeed.
Bart_Allen: All Day I Dream About Speed– another corporate sponsored speedster # (in response to my suggestion of Sprint – and in case you’re wondering, look at the first letters.)
ValVictory: Krackle and Pop as in the sounds of the speedforce # (I suggested “The Sounds of the Speed Force” it sounded like a band, and VV agreed, saying “Anyone play bass?”)
ValVictory: happy fun American run fast time man — That one is from overseas. #
ValVictory: Sir speeds a lot — The U.K. flash #
bobbynash: Fast Bastard #
housetoastonish: Speedy Alberto Gonzales – He’s Quick To Judge #

Stephen Wacker chimed in with a number of characters based on people in the comics industry.

Ran Didio. Slow-ey Cavalieri. Street Tomasi. Matt Traction. Slowing Gates. “On your Mark, get set, WAID!” #
I can’t stop….Drag Rucka. Ethan Van Slider. Slow Quesada. Richard Running. gRANt. Chasin’ Aaron. Axel Alonso. #

And here are my own humble contributions:

Mr. Zip, of course! (As in the panels from “The Return of Barry Allen.” I was really surprised no one had suggested it yet.)
The Running Man
Sprint(tm), the corporate-sponsored speedster
The Hot Flash
Zoom’s little brother, Vrooom
Greased Lightning
Spud Racer – the Mr. Potato-Head Flash.
Theed Racer, the Flash from Naboo
Race Windu. He’s powered by Force Speed instead of the Speed Force.

Failed Event Comics

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I’m not entirely sure who started it, but on Friday morning a lot of comics fans and pros on Twitter were posting joke titles with the #failedeventcomics tag. Here are my contributions.

Zero Power
The Dark Knight Strikes Out
Sinestro Corp Store
Crisis on Infinite Earths II: Crisis Harder
Violins United
Vibe: Rebirth
Retweet @CapnCarrot: Transformers Disassembled
Archie vs. Predator
Infinity Ganthet
Rain of the Soup, Man!
War of the Dogs

Sunday at Comic-Con (in Tweets)

Saturday at Comic-Con (in Tweets)

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All right! Friday’s photos actually uploaded overnight!
Just walked up to Mark Waid for autograph at Boom booth, no line. How times change.
Had no idea Leonard Nimoy & Brent Spiner were going to be here.
Took a trip thru Artists alley, then rushed 3/4 of the exhbit hall to DC booth. Forgot how far it was.
Saw Harley Quinn skipping merrily along. With a gun, of course.
Got a great Madame Xanadu sketch by Amy Hadley & Richard Friend! #Vertigo
Batgirl, Harley Quinn & Power Girl @ DC booth
Dark Reign Panel: “How do you want Norman Osborn taken down?” Kid dressed as Vision: “Honestly? Howard the Duck.” *applause* “Or Deadpool.”
Today is trade-off day. Couldn’t choose btw Quick Draw & Sheldon Moldoff, skipped both to do Madame Xanadu

Black Lantern Captain America!
Liveblogging DC Universe Panel
Thought my legs were shaking. Understandable for 3rd day of con. Turned out to be the floor.
Could really use Google Maps for con floor. Search by booth name, get directions. At least the pull-out map shows major booths.
Whoa. Saw a Princess Leia who was fully clothed.
Fought thru G4 crowd to get Coraline exclusive figure at next booth over.
All right!!! RT @Robot6 Gail Simone’s Welcome to Tranquility will return at Wildstorm
Ran into a 3rd Jay Garrick a few minutes back. Most years I don’t see any Flashes at all!
Newsarama covers DCU panel
Whew! Made it through Geoff Johns signing. Going to try for PAD and Bryan Lee O’Malley, then call it a day.
4 signings, 1 panel, caught 4 artists/writers at booths/artists’ alley. Feet ready to fall off. Done for the day
Those searchlights should have the Bat Signal

DC Universe at Comic-Con: Big Flash News UPDATED

AARGH! Liveblogging failed. Lots on Twitter. BIG news: Geoff Johns on Flash ongoing after Blackest Night: Flash, Sterling Gates on Kid Flash ongoing.

Update: Now that the day’s tweets have been imported, here’s my full running commentary on the panel.

Inkpot award to Bob Wayne
SDCC is like “longest Thanksgiving dinner ever” – con staffer
Flash:Rebirth – bunch of Flashes behind him on final cover
GEOFF JOHNS ON FLASH ONGOING!
Some costume changes & a new speedster by end of Flash:Rebirth
Sounded like Flash ongoing starts after Blackest Night:Flash. They’re all Geoff Johns-written.
Troia, Batman, Hal &…Monel w/ S symbol In JLA.
Good Dr. Light vs Black Lantern evil Dr. Light
Guessing Batgirl’s ID: Stephanie Brown? DD: “No spoilers here.”
DCU panel info is coming fast & furious – hard to keep up
Titans’ new leader…let’s just say it’s not Wally as rumored on ComicBloc.
GS: WW to renounce Amazons & become more of a super-hero than ever
Sterling Gates on Kid Flash series!
Rainbow Raider will be a Black Lantern. GJ: “I guess he’ll be the Black & White Raider.”
C’mon, random fanboy…wait till you see the new writer’s work before begging Geoff to come back to Teen Titans.
Question cosplayer at mike: “I have a question…”
DD on renumbering books that have been relaunched: content more important than number on cover, low numbers may bring in more new readers.
Geoff Johns: artist lined up for Flash ongoing, can’t talk about it yet. [Edit: GJ adds that he can only say the artist is “awesome.”]
Fan requests a Snapper Carr & Jimmy Olsen team-up in Brave & the Bold.

Friday at Comic-Con (in Tweets)

Around the Con

Apparently the secret to uploading photos in this hotel is to wait until 6am when there’s no competition.
The fastest man alive…stuck in traffic.
Saw Michael Jackson.
Lots of *ahem* Flash photography today
Morning shaping up well. Got lassoed into DC costume photoshoot, got 3D photo w/wife (also in costume) & made it into Coraline room
Haven’t been to a con in costume since 2003, and then it was Riff from Sluggy Freelance. Not terribly recognizable.
But showing up as the Jay Garrick Flash? That stands out!
*sigh* someone just said “excuse me, Flash Gordon.”
In last hour or so have posed with Captain Hammer, Catwoman, Liberty Belle and Stargirl. Now in line for DC Nation.
Hah! Just ran into a JSA group w/ another Jay Garrick!
Insta-mob just formed around Olivia Munn (?) As she headed to the panelist entrance.
Another insta-mob as Robert Rodriguez left panel.
Just saw a Geonosis Padme with a little girl dressed as Princess Leia from A New Hope

Panels: Coraline, Flash Forward, DC Nation

Coraline making-of w/Selik, Gaiman, animators & cast.Selik wants to do stop-motion Sandman, Neil wishes him luck w/WB
Forgot there was actually a Flash connection w/ Flash Forward: Marc Guggenheim & David S Goyer.
They just showed the 1st 2 acts of the Flashforward pilot and it’s AWESOME!
Dominic Monaghan confirmed for Flashforward. And he’s here.
Liveblogging DC Nation

Evening

Cleaned up after day in costume, back at hotel restaurant. Planning to return for “Worst Cartoons Ever”
Awesome! RT @Robot6 SDCC ’09 | Scott Pilgrim video game is on the way.
Missed shuttle by 10 sec, chased, locked out. Ran, walked, jogged 1+ miles & took a pedicab. Chain broke. Made it w/5min to spare
Worst Cartoons Ever: mix of poorly-done, or trippy crack, or seriously offensive WTF-were-they-thinking cartoons from the 50s&60s