New York Comic Con, grills n’ wheels

April 20, 2008 on 2:43 pm | In Comic Cons, Comics |

It’s day three of the Con! I’ve survived assaults from greasy chicken fingers, overzealous people handing out flyers, and those guys with huge backpacks that take up the entire aisle in the dealer’s back issues!

One of my favorite things is where people put a lot of seriousness behind an idea that’s supposed to be fun and light. Fr’instance, the Duncan yo-yo booth. Yo-yos are as old as the hills, and their presence at the con is kind of reassuring - the old ways are still viable. However, they released a DVD, How To Be A Player:

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this, of course, should not be confused with the Bill Bellamy movie of the same name:

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I don’t think that the name and gravitas of the cover properly frames the product: a guide to doing yo-yo tricks. Yo-yos have their time and place, but are they meant to be this intimidating? No. There really is no way to make yo-yos badass, I mean, just look at the name. There may be a chance if you get rappers to start playing yo-yos (I mean, dominoes are still hip), but you are dealing with the stigma of many years of being endorsed by Tommy Smothers before you get that baaaaadasssss status.

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