Our website has experienced a truly ridiculous spike in traffic in the last day or so in no small part due to the traffic the yip-yip costume has generated throughout the inter-tubes. So to thank all the good citizens of the net, here is a set of shout-outs to the folks putting us on the map.
The top five hits on Google for “Dragoncon yip yip” are all directly attributable to K’s mindbogglingly amazing costume creation.
#1: Special credit to the Bad Astronomer for being as HAWSOME as it comes with this posting.
#2: PASTE Magazine Atlanta: 20 Things I learned at DragonCon (a rather amusing read from a D*C NooB).
#3: Dragoncon: The Something Awful Forums. Special credit to AstroZamboni, the writer of this comment:
By all that is good and holy in the world, [the costume] must not be mocked. This is awesomeness in its purest form made tangible, boiled down into a thick syrupy reduction and cooled and congealed into machine guns that fire laser powered rockets. It is like looking at the face of god himself.
And before I forget: AstroZamboni would make a great name for a rock band.
#4: The Bad Astronomer’s Dragon*Con Flickr set. Lesson: Tag your images to generate more traffic!
#5: Once Upon A Geek’s DragonCon posting (The yip-yip apparently ranks with IronMan and a rather scantily clad super-girl)
This very blog comes in #7.
Don’t worry, I’ll come down from this high sooner or later… maybe when the bandwidth bill comes in.
Oh the first set of images are currently uploading… this should be the pics from Friday and Saturday. Sunday will follow in the next day or so.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
September 5th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Awsome Chris (and of course Kristen)!
RE: #2 (20 things I learned….)
ADAM WEST WAS THERE?????
September 5th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Love the costume! One of my favorite at the Con! And thanks for the shout out.
Keep it geeky!
The Irredeemable Shag
http://onceuponageek.com
October 24th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Hi there…. your costume is WAY tooooooo coool!!! I love, love, love it!! In fact, I’m trying to recreate it for Halloween – was wondering if I could get a few pointers from you or your wife (the fabulous costume-designer). My question is…. at the top of the costume, she put some sort of support up there to make it extend outward from the mouth area instead of hanging/drooping straight down. If you don’t mind sharing, how did she do that…. what did she use? I was considering taking some nylon pantyhouse and stuffing it with polyfill as a sort of support. Anyway, I just LOVED your costume and while I’ve seen several pictures of other similar costumes online, yours was absolutely the BEST!!!
my email address is cpassman@cfl.rr.com in the event you’re willing to share a few tips
Thanks!!