We drove over the hills and down to Fantastic Comics on Shattuck Avenue, stopping by Guerrilla Cafe for a Blue Bottle cappuccino en route of course. What lured us was the chance to meet a Stormtrooper, but sadly that opportunity (and resulting amazing photo of a Stormtrooper holding a chubby baby) didn't happen.
What did happen was much cooler. There were three student artists who would draw your comic portrait, for free! Hannah, doting mother that she is, was happy to spend time in a shop she wouldn't normally be seen dead in to secure an image of her baby. And we got a full family portrait! I've always felt special, as though maybe I'm the last remnant of a noble alien civilisation and was sent to Earth to teach and inspire humanity. Now I've seen myself in comic form, there's no doubt.
Don't feed the wrong drink to the wrong person.
If it's got free in the title, I'm there.
Emily finds a book detailing her superpowers.
Our artist, T1mco (not her real name).
It took a while, so Em caught up on literature.
Hannah: Berkeley mother. Of course, if she was a real Berkeley mom she'd have been breastfeeding uncovered while singing about it on an acoustic guitar. Next time.
Look! We're a comic book family!! I think she's captured us all quite well, especially Pete's evil look (and giant thighs).
My free comic. Gotta stay down with the kids...of 1977.
