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Frankly, me hailing from the Netherlands, I don't know dung about this place. The one thing I do know is that Disneyland is big business there and that Mickey Mouse fancies himself the pimp boss. Oh yes - he'll smack anyone with his white puffy gloves who doesn't want to be his Minnie. Bad news for Mr. Jingles - BlizzCon 2007 is forthcoming and the Sons of the Storm are in town. I smell dig rat stew, boys!

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Pop culture extravaganza? Plain geek-fest, maybe? Or just a big cosplay, dress-up party? I could not but partake in this event just to solve this quizzing riddle! As a plus, my fellow Sons of the Storm were present as well to announce BlizzCon '07.

We were like Silver Surfers, in an alien cosmos, heralding the coming of a Galactus-sized event. Why the hell does the Silver Surfer need a board to fly anyway? Can't he just create an f'n star field and glide on that sh!t ala IceMan!? Never mind, forget that sparkly glitzy mess - why not just teleport in-f*ck#ng-stantaneously!? I believe our boy Norrin (not)Rad got the Power Craptastic if you ask me. Let's hear what the con-goers have to say about this, they are bound to know... ]]> Photo_BlizzCon07_003.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_004.jpg 550 413
See those two gents in the middle of the table? They are the mighty M&M! Meet Metzen and Mickelob, boys and girls - the duo overseeing the lore and writing of the comic. Mickelob is one of the Sons, you say? Yep, I'll get to that soon. As for the art, we've got Samwise doing bitchin' covers together with Jim Lee - he's no SOTS, but he's ok ;). The empty fifth chair is actually for Jim but he came in late...said he was ganking some Alliance in Tarren Mill. I applaud your dedication to Thrall, Jimmy - 1 point extra for your OK-meter, 99 to go to level up! Keep on ganking!

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Want to know what the deal is with Mickelob? He's SOTS' hidden ninja with elite, extra-sensory knowledge of writing, sound, Ghostbusters and prosciutto. But mainly, he corrects every text you see on SOTS.com with proper spelling and accurate grammar, even the very text you are reading now. Hey, we are artists and designers, books with pictures is all we savvy! ]]> Photo_BlizzCon07_007.jpg 550 413
The seats are empty but you could hear them at the end of the hallway, screaming and wailing behind the entrances...con-zombies. I treaded cautiously. ]]> Photo_BlizzCon07_008.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_009.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_010.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_011.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_012.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_013.jpg 550 413
This fellow up here has the potential of becoming such a full-fledged, art-devouring, undead minion after receiving a signature of the Storm. I kid, I kid. In the end, it's a fun and friendly nickname for our fans and it totally fits our universe. Don't you munch on that signed booklet now, ya' hear! Speaking of signed booklets, I am late for the first, official Sons of the Storm signing - gotta' run! ]]> Photo_BlizzCon07_014.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_015.jpg 550 413
Here's a video interview with the Panda King for your pleasure, not at BlizzCon but weeks later in Germany. Great stuff! Oddly enough, he's wearing the same shirt too. Phew...better wash that shirt, Sammy. Two cons is more than it can handle! ]]> Photo_BlizzCon07_016.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_017.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_018.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_019.jpg 550 413 Photo_BlizzCon07_020.jpg 550 413
For those of you at BlizzCon that night, I was the 'friend of the press' from 'Zee Nesserlands' introducing myself with a Dutch-American accent and then delivering a chunk of Arcturus Mengsk's inauguration speech from StarCraft. Of course that introductory accent was a fake-ass façade trying to lower the expectations of the crowd to be able to overthrow them by unleashing hell afterwards...totally like that bastard Arcturus would do! My impression was good enough, I guess. Hey, it's a 'sound-a-like' not a 'sound-the-same' contest! The crowd got a kick out of it and I felt the support of my brothers and sisters of the Storm. There is no greater glory than that!

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