This movie (and by extension this summer) can’t get here soon enough.

The first major comic convention in Austin in a loooooooong time, and my first con since getting into comics a few years ago! I dressed up as Deadpool, and surprisingly was the only Deadpool at the show, so I ended up getting mobbed every few feet by people asking for pictures. I managed to snag a few myself though:

It’s Avengers-o-rama this week

First off! Captain America’s movie costume revealed!!

Also full shots of Thor’s costume!

And a side-by-side comparison of the main movie Avengers

Looks pretty sweet to me, though I feel like Cap’s costume is a little too sleek/modern for World War II, though they seemed to have mostly adapted Bryan Hitch’s Ultimate Captain America design. Also, I was kinda hoping that Thor would have A. mail pants like the Coipel design and B. have a tunic that extended a little down past the waistline. Just the same though, it’s great to see the full designs, I can’t wait to see them in action.

Also, according to Jon Favreau, Iron Man will not be appearing in the Captain America or Thor movies like at the end of the Hulk, where Stark meets with General Ross to discuss “a new team.” Now, this may just be semantics, in that we won’t see Iron Man, but may see Tony Stark. Thor is going to take place in the modern era, and we know Agent Coulson from the Iron Man movies will be in it, and the Captain America film will be bookended by modern segments, so we may see Tony Stark, just not with the armor.

Last bit of Avengers news is that Jeremy Renner is just about locked to play Hawkeye in the 2012 Avengers movie. I still haven’t seen the Hurt Locker, but I’ve heard that his character has the same sort of deadpan smartassery that Hawkeye is known for. As far as the look, just dye his hair blonde and he’s got it.

Next up is this fun piece I found on Kotaku:

I found this website a couple days ago and thought it was thoroughly fantastic:

As their tagline says, “wherein jokes and statements are made using typography.” So far it’s been goofiness like the girl kicking the flowers and seriousness like comments on the BP disaster.

Starting today, I’ll be doing a weekly post of interesting things I found around online, the “Friday Bit of Awesome”.

First up, Samurai Star Wars:

From http://www.stevapalooza.blogspot.com/

I think these are brilliant, I love mashups (as you can see with my Imperial Saints series), and these are done with so much attention to detail, from the use of the various emblems and Aurabesh font to the exacting detail to make these look like authentic Japanese feudal art pieces.

Up next, Joss Whedon is directing The Avengers, as well as doing script rewrites/polishes. The fan reaction I’ve seen from this has been pretty positive, in between jokes about Fox cancelling it 2/3 of the way through, heh. I personally think it’s a good choice because A. Serenity had a large cast, but everyone got the spotlight at some point so no one really fell by the wayside, which is critical for the Avengers movie and B. Whedon is a huge comics fan, so you can be sure he’s going to be as true to the source material as possible and will (hopefully) ensure the best Avengers film we can get. He’s also apparently doing some script polishes for the upcoming The First Avenger: Captain America movie as well.

Lastly, TF2 meets Sam and Max:

I love Team Fortress 2 and I’ve loved Sam and Max since I was a kid, so it’s hilarious seeing the two combined like this. Valve is having a deal where if you order the new episode of Sam and Max within its first week of release (next week), you’ll get three Sam and Max-related items. Personally, the thought of a Heavy running around with a gleefully psychotic Max hat makes me happy inside.

From the TF2 Blog.