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Alex Wilson writes; Phoenix Comic Con is happening right now this weekend and guess what? I’m here covering the convention for all of you. I picked up some great little treats at the convention. In the order of what I purchased: Supurbia by Grace Randolph (Rich Johnston has a nice little quote on the cover), Ghost Projekt because I’m a sucker for anything Joe Harris writes, and Rachel Rising by Terry Moore (TV show in the works and I thought I should see what everyone is talking about.) I also picked up a small little print from Agnes Garbowska. I love her style so much and she was a treat of a person to meet.   The convention was exciting Friday. A girl’s dress became entangled in the escalator. She was a good sport about the whole ordeal and kept a smile on her face. If my dress had been caught in the gears of an escalator, I would have been crying my eyes out. (I’m kidding. I’m a guy. Why would I wear a dress in public?) Security was trying to get the dress unhinged without tearing it. I always find security at conventions funny as well. They make everyone form a line so they can look in their bags but they really don’t look, do they? You open the bag up, they see you have opened the bag, and the exchange ends there. It seems the checking inside of the bags is glossed over for the most part. Although, I have seen a huge number of Phoenix police officers walking around the convention floor. Every time I see them, for a second, I think they are just great cosplayers. The Bleeding Cool fan awards took place and Saga did very well (I was hoping Revival would get a nod.) Fiona and Brian were not there to accept, though. They had another conflict with another award show I was told. Everyone seemed to have a good time, though. People laughed and gave acceptance speeches for Saga. Scott Snyder and Rob Liefeld won best feud of the last 12 months. Snyder also walked away with best comic writer of 2013 so far. I’m sure everyone who wasn’t there to accept their awards wishes they could have been. The big award of the night, most attractive (fanciable) in the industry, went to Grant Morrison, and what a sexy beast he is. I was surprised to see publishers like Boom, Oni, and Valiant at this convention. Phoenix Comic Con, to my knowledge, is about 30,000 people. I’ve never been to a convention of this size, and what I mean by that is I’ve been to conventions like C2E2, NYCC, and SDCC but also small conventions of no more than a few thousand. This was an in between number and I had no idea what to expect from this con. Needless to say, I have been pleasantly surprised this weekend. There has been some great cosplay this weekend as well. I know everyone loves cosplay photos and I love taking them. Here are a few convention fans that dressed to impress. I have to say my favorite is the Avatar Aang followed by the Halo Spartans. The Umbrella corporation soldiers did a dandy job by coming in a group. The girl in a pink bikini, I can’t say I know what she’s exactly from but she was kneeling over someone’s chest and had prop gun pointed at him. I thought it wasn’t a bad idea to take a photo. Friday, Phoenix Comicon, Cosplay And Swag

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) placed an icy cherry atop his sweet lead in the Giro d’Italia on Saturday, soloing to victory in the snow atop Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The maglia rosa shot out of the GC group in the final kilometers of the 210km stage to finish 17 seconds ahead of Fabio Duarte (Colombia). Rigoberto Uran (Sky) finished third, two seconds later, pushing a struggling Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) out of the runner-up spot on GC. The break du jour in the 210km stage from Silandro to Tre Cime di Lavaredo included Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol), Pavel Brutt (Katusha), Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack-Leopard) and Giairo Ermeti (Androni Giocattoli). With less than 30km remaining the gap was down to 2:53. Cannondale was driving the chase. Ermeti was first to lose the wheel; next, Popo’ popped, then Hansen, and Brutt went clear. With 20km to go he was on his own, climbing in a driving rain. Behind, Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2r La Mondiale) — seventh overall at 6:47 and second in the best young rider competition behind Saxo-Tinkoff’s Rafal Majka — was left chasing after a mechanical and bike change as Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) made a jump from the bunch. Betancur got back on as Weening closed to within 90 seconds of Brutt. Going over the top mountains leader Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox), Gianluca Brambilla (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Eros Capecchi (Movistar) caught him, and the lead chase grew as Brutt dwindled on the final climb, the Tre Cime di Lavaredo — 7.1km of up, averaging 8.6 percent, with slow-slashed ramps as steep as 18 percent near the finish. The chase pulled Brutt in with 8.5km to go, and Capecchi pressed on, but Weening and Brambilla stuck to him. The Movistar rider pushed the pace again on a steep section and once again moved clear of the others. Then, with just over 3km to go, Nibali shot out of the GC group, with Tanel Kangert for company, albeit only briefly. The race leader accelerated again and again, shedding Evans, Uran, Betancur and his other rivals for the overall. Soon he passed Capecchi and was all alone in front, grinding through a running gantlet of wildly cheering spectators, at least one of whom he had to shove away. Behind, Evans was fighting to hold onto second overall as Uran rode away from him. But he was losing ground. As the Aussie dragged himself across the line in 14th spot, some 90 seconds down, he knew it was gone — and when the overall was tallied, Uran was second to Nibali, 4:43 down, with Evans third at 5:52. Editor’s note: Stay tuned for more from Italy.

Boing Boing reader Keane Beamish shot this wonderful photograph of the Aurora Borealis in Unst, in the Shetland Islands to the north of Scotland. There are more northern lights photos, and wonderful landscape shots, in his photo set, here. Shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool.

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