Posted by Meg
Judith from Germany posted this beautiful sketch of Renna hanging from a tree over the summer.
I love this picture of Renna! I feel like it captures her looks and personality perfectly. Fierce eyes, long braid and her knife dripping with demon ichor, Renna looks ready to jump on some coreling prey from her tree perch.
You can check out Judith’s DeviantArt page for more of her beautiful artwork.
Posted by Meg
Sarah posted this incredible song and thank you video to Youtube. Take a minute and listen. You won’t regret it.
Sarah combines simple but evocative lyrics with a haunting melody to create something truly lovely. Beautiful work!
Love the song? Sarah has graciously uploaded the full mp3 of the song. Download the entire song here. Peat has already added it to his writing playlist!
Posted by Peat
Lots of things went wrong this Halloween, to the point it started to feel like the Nie was out to cast a pall on the holiday for a second year in a row. As you saw in my first post, Cassie had a mild flu and almost missed her school Halloween party. She managed to rally enough to make an appearance, but it was hardly ideal.
My plan was to make up for it on Halloween night with some awesome trick or treating. We even planned matching costumes from The Incredibles:
But Halloween morning was gray and rainy. Weather reports, for what they’re worth, suggested the lousy weather wasn’t going anywhere. Better than last year’s hurricane, of course, but still a major downer.
The weather was holding at warm and muggy when I picked up C as school, only to find her covered in hives from a skin cream allergy. She wanted to go trick or treating, but she was also itchy and miserable. Gave her Benadryl, knowing it would knock her out, but hoping I could rally her after a 90 minute nap.
It was a struggle, but the power of All Hallows Eve prevailed. The hives vanished without a trace, I let C have some chocolate for a kickstart, and we suited up.
Ready to punch Halloween in the face!
Not a lot of trick or treating in my college-heavy East Village neighborhood, so we went to a block party on the Upper West Side. Tons of trick or treaters, decorations, and even an apartment that made their lobby into a haunted house!
Take the night off, supes. Elasti-Cassie’s got the watch.
Reader @DirkLake sent me a tweet, trying to upstage us. Admittedly, they were better equipped:
@PVBrett we decided to go that route too. Happy Halloween
Home with the Haul.
Saving the world from excess candy, one fun-size at a time.
After we got home, I looked in Cassie’s bookbag and was stunned. I’m all for getting kids to read as early as possible, but I mean really. Who gives five year old homework on Halloween?
Posted by Meg
Rafal from Poland and his friends from summer camp decided to ward themselves with magic markers. Check out the awesome effect.
This looks so much cooler than magic markers. I love the wards resemble Lauren K. Cannon’s design, but take on a life of their own. Amazing job, Rafal!
Posted by Peat
Hey all,
A quick, picture-heavy post of pictures from last Saturday. More to come if the rain holds off a bit tonight!
My niece and nephews, Lil’ Fireman, Lil’ Snow, and Lil’ Tony:
My other nephew, Lil’ Frank:
I made a PvZ Basic Zombie costume, which came out pretty awesome if I do say so myself:
Augh! A plant!
Noooo!
Now an owl with a plant! WTF? I cannot win!
Cassie was sick the day of her school Halloween party, but insisted on wearing her costume that morning. I know how much it sucks as a kid to miss a party because you’re sick, and the school was right across the street from her mom’s apartment, so I covered her in Purell, carried her over, let her see the decorations:
and her friends in costume,
skipped the bounce house maze and slide, collected a bag of candy for later, and got the F out of there inside 30 minutes before she touched something, hurled, or infected anyone. #victory
I left the costume on, later heading out to a local watering hole with my lady, Harley:
Discovered even Arkham Harley is scared of zombies:
We encountered Gnomes. Gnot gnice ones.
Awesome League of Their Own costumes:
As always, trouble getting a cab. #supervillainproblems
