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Boys Day Out – Wizard World’s Comic Con 2014

Logan and I,  along with extra chin at #comicontulsa #comicon #tulsa #oklahoma #igersok

Big excitement this past week in Tulsa. Wizard World brought their Pop Culture Convention to Tulsa, 2014 Comic Con Tulsa, for the first time ever. I didn’t know exactly what it was and neither did Logan but I bought us tickets anyway. We had to go check it out. It was a good thing that we bought them several weeks in advance because the Saturday single day tickets sold out.

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So what is Comic Con. Welllllllll, it is about a certain segment of pop culture having to do with super hero movies, comic books, and art and books having to do with that certain segment of culture. Fans show up in costumes portraying their favorite characters. I didn’t know hardly any of them. Except for like Mario and Luigi, Freddy Krueger, and others. Basically super heroes, and super villains and a sprinkling of cartoon characters. Logan was my guide, he knew who everybody was supposed to be.

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There were also booths were you get autographs, for a price, of actors and authors. Again, I didn’t know who any of them were except for William Shatner. And unsurprisingly Logan knew most of them. What a drag attending Comic Con with old Dad uh?

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There was a fantastic array of merchandise of all prices between sold. Everything from art work and books to costumes to weapons (costume weapons).

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We had a good time and are planning to go again next year. They are already selling tickets!

Check out the Tulsa World on Comic Con Tulsa

Our World – Philbrook Museum of Art

Last week me and SuperPizzaBoy had some time to ourselves to we went to the Philbrook Museum of Art. We are members thanks to the world’s great MIL, SPB’s Grandmother “Nana.”

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We di the whole thing, inside and out, we saw great murals.

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Native American Pottery

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Modern Native American Art

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People brunching.

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We love the entry hall at museum, it is grand and very geometric.

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A painting of the Grand Canyon by Thomas Moran.

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Their collection on Modern Design

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We even liked the fireplace screens.

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And in a house built by a oil tycoon do you expect the wild naked fish riding women to stay under covers? So to speak.

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We also love the gardens of the museum.

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We saw both Philbrook cats.

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SPB went to say hello, the cat had things to do and places to be.

Philbrook is the place to be if you find yourself in Tulsa.

OurWorld Tuesday

Graffiti Wednesday – “Permission Zones”

A “Permission Zone” is a surface that graffiti artists have permission to practice their art.

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To my knowledge Mad Mike’s Liquor Store near 11th and Mingo is the only Permission Zone in the Tulsa area. Almost every square inch of the store and an outbuilding are covered in graffiti. Even the power poles and dumpsters are decorated. I’d have to say though that the quality of the work to this uneducated eye is uneven.

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Some of the images are really evocative.

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Some are really puzzling.

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SuperPizzaBoy and I found this image disturbing.

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It is all fascinating to me. I’m still trying to get my head around graffiti.

Graffiti Wednesday

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