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The Groom's Bat-Cake

My Geek Wedding

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As you may have noticed, posting has been really light around here for the past couple of months as I have been in the final stages of planning my wedding.

We officially became Mr. and Mrs. Lin Workman on October 29.  While we had a traditional ceremony, we couldn’t resist throwing in geek touches, especially since we met thanks to a Star Wars message board and a bad Wampa joke.

 

Mr. & Mrs. Workman

 

Lin designed and sculpted our “wedding cake” topper.  We opted for cupcakes instead of the traditional wedding cake, but the cupcakes were arranged in tiers similar to a cake.  Our baker even provided us with a 6″ cake for the topper to rest on.  Early in the wedding planning, Lin joked that we should have Batman and Batgirl as our cake topper.  I don’t like the idea of Bruce and Barbara paired romantically, and as much as I love Barbara Gordon, my first and truest superhero love is Wonder Woman.  I told Lin that the topper had to be Wonder Woman carrying Batman over the threshold.  At first he thought I was joking, but he became really excited when he realized that I was serious.

 

Sculpted & Designed by Lin Workman; Photo by S Fogle Photography

Sculpted & Designed by Lin Workman; Photo by S Fogle Photography

The line art that Lin created for the cake topper was also used on our programs and our invitations.  Lin has posted a series of pictures showing how a few strands of wire became our cake topper on his website.

 

Our Wedding Cake Topper - Designed & sculpted by Lin Workman

 

Lin really wanted me to walk down the aisle to a harp version of the Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back, but I thought that wouldn’t fit with the traditional ceremony (and I didn’t want to be murdered at the altar by my mother).  As a compromise, we played the Throne Room music from Star Wars immediately after we walked back down the aisle as Mr. and Mrs. Workman.

The grooms cake couldn’t have anything else but the Bat Symbol.

 

The Groom's Bat-Cake

DC Begins Announcing New Titles

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Well, that didn’t take long.  Hot on the heels of their big news this week, DC has begun the wave of new issue announcements.

So, we have officially confirmed:

  • Justice League #1 with Geoff Johns & Jim Lee
  • Wonder Woman #1 with Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang
  • Aquaman #1 with Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis
  • The Flash #1 with Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato
  • The Fury of Firestorm #1 with Gail Simone, Ethan Van Sciver and Yildiray Cinar
  • The Savage Hawkman #1 with Tony Daniel and Philip Tan
  • Green Arrow #1 with JT Krul and Dan Jurgens
  • Justice League International #1 with Dan Jurgens and Aaron Lopresti
  • Mister Terrific #1 with Eric Wallace and Roger Robinson
  • Captain Atom #1 with JT Krul and Freddie Williams II
  • DC Universe Presents #1 with Paul Jenkins & Bernard Change
  • Green Lantern #1 with Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy
  • Green Lantern Corps #1 with Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin and Scott Hanna
  • Green Lantern: The New Guardians #1 with Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham and Batt
  • Red Lanterns #1 with Peter Milligan, Ed Benes and Rob Hunter

I’m excited to see Cliff Chiang on art duties for Wonder Woman, but I have serious reservations about Brian Azzarello as the writer.  He’s a talented writer, but I don’t see him as a good fit for this title.  It leads me to believe that I’m really not going to like the direction they take Diana’s character.  It’s Wonder Woman, though, so I’m onboard.

I have zero interest in a Firestorm series, and DC had to go and put my favorite writer on the book.  Dammit.

15 down, 37 to go!

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Me as WW - 1977

Girls Love Superheroes, Too

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Sue at DC Women Kicking Ass has started a new blog to celebrate the girls who love superheroes at http://girlslovesuperheroes.tumblr.com/.  The rules are simple – submit pictures you have the rights to submit of girls dressed as superheroes, playing with superhero toys, meeting superheroes, reading comics, etc.  You can read Sue’s thoughts on why she started the new blog here.

Go check it out, and I dare you to leave without a smile on your face.

Me as a young Fangirl - 1977

 

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Flashpoint WW #1

Flashpoint & Wonder Woman

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As part of their Flashpoint Friday series, The Source announced a Wonder Woman mini that will tie-in to the Flashpoint event starting in May.  The announcement included a nice surprise for me, personally.

FLASHPOINT: WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #1
Covers: Ed Benes
Writer: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
Art: Scott Clark and David Beaty

Dave Beaty is a friend, and I’m excited that he’s getting the opportunity to work on another high-profile assignment as his work on Brightest Day winds down. Congratulations, Dave!

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Diana v2 by Janet Stone Wade

Wonder Woman by Janet Stone Wade

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Janet is part of what we refer to around here as “Team Jetta”.  She is co-writer and inker on the Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa series with her husband, Martheus Wade.

Janet recently did a new Wonder Woman pinup that I love.  Be sure to check out more of Janet’s artwork at her DeviantArt page.

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