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ComicBookGuy

Website Information

URL:	https://twitter.com/comicbookguy
Status:	Inactive
Launched:	July 20, 2011
Type of Website:	Twitter account

This article is about Comic Book Guy's Twitter account. For the character, see Comic Book Guy.

ComicBookGuy is Comic Book Guy's account on Twitter.

Comic Book Guy's Tweets tend to revolve around attending Comic-Con, going to movies, and attending events such as Halloween parties while costumed as his favorite comic book or movie characters. He also occasionally offers sardonic observations about pop culture and life in general.

While the account has Tweets with datestamps in 2016 and 2018, it appears to have not been regularly active since July 2014.

List of Tweets[edit]

2011[edit]

Date	Tweet
July 20, 2011	I'm off to #ComicCon, aka "The Gathering Of The Normals." #FOXSDCC
July 20, 2011	I'm leaving my store to go to #ComicCon for the next 5 days. Please, thieves, steal my Archie comics #FOXSDCC
July 21, 2011	Worst. #ComicCon. Ever. The Exhibit Hall is totally dead! Um, it's being held in Anaheim this year, right? #FOXSDCC
July 21, 2011	Made it to San Diego. Now to easily acquire a badge and hotel room. #FOXSDCC
July 21, 2011	I'm here at #ComicCon! Look for me -- I'll be the overweight 40-ish man in an Imperial Storm Trooper costume. #FOXSDCC
July 21, 2011	#ComicCon-goers advice: before dissing a guy's "totally lame" Inglorious Basterds costume, make sure he's not an actual US Marine. #FOXSDCC
July 21, 2011	In a long line to use the bathroom -- this is the REAL Game Of Thrones. Guh-Faw! #ComicCon #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	OMG, I just saw Stan Lee walk by! No, wait, it was someone in a Crypt Keeper costume. #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	To all #ComicCon-ers asking for an RT or follow: I'm delighted by your entreaty, but elated to ignore it. Thank you. #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	It's a crime how they marginalize the artists for whom #ComicCon was created! I'm speaking, of course, of hot dog vendors. #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	For the last time, I'm dressed as Little Lotta, not fat Sookie Stackhouse!
July 22, 2011	Oh no! I just stepped on Peter Dinklage. No, wait... it was just Seth Green.
July 22, 2011	Just shared my critique of the Tintin trailer with Mr. Steven Spielberg. Then he finished urinating and left the Men's Room. #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	I hereby engage in #FF-ery: Beloved heroes @HamillHimself @WilliamShatner @TheRealAdamWest and of course, @LuigisFamousMeatballSubs #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	To all you muggles who say I'm not really here at #ComicCon... does THIS answer your question?! Check. Mate. #fox http://twitpic.com/5u7t7y
July 22, 2011	Is there a cowl-washing station nearby? I'm asking for a friend. #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	This Batman should put Axe body spray in his utility belt. #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	Big #TheSimpsons news today. http://bit.ly/nwS2jE I really "like" this Facebook movie-related cameo. Sarcastic smirk implied. #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	It's absurd that the San Diego Taco Bell won't accept gold-pressed latinum. #FOXSDCC
July 22, 2011	What a day at ComicCon! My swag bags are close to bursting -- which necessitated a quick trip to the ER. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	Did anyone find my lost Boba Fett helmet at #ComicCon last night? It smelled of Pringles and sweat if that helps narrow it down. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	Why do pedicabs drive away in fear when they see me? #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	Frank Darabont completely ignored the brilliant "Walking Dead" question I shouted to him at the hotel swimming pool. Diva. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	Don't look at me like I am speaking nonsense. I am speaking Rodian. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	I just pitched a serious remake of SpaceBalls to George Lucas. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	Seeing Anna Torv today! And the question mic is OVER 100 feet from the stage, so I won't be violating the restraining order. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	The pizza vendor has cut me off. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	Good Comicon pick-up line: "Will you be the Nien Nunb to my Lando." #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	Met the great @wilw. "Stand By Me" while I proclaim my man crush...er! And I regret all my "Wesley Must Die" t-shirts
July 23, 2011	Picketing in front of the DC booth. Sign: "Reboot this". #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	Look at the losers lining up for some has-been's autograph. At this rate I'll never meet Grown-up Short Round! http://twitpic.com/5ur0ua
July 23, 2011	Comic-Con: the one weekend a year when I feel thin. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	The so overrated George R.R. Martin. Methinks "R.R." stands for... 2 words signifying how creatively void he is. http://twitpic.com/5ursad
July 23, 2011	I have come to a conclusion: "Back to the Future Part III," though DEEPLY flawed, is still the finest movie ever made. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	In line for the @Mythbusters panel. I plan to ask them to test the Myth Of The Unbreakable Plastic Chair. #FOXSDCC
July 23, 2011	I just won the "Most Humorous Costume" prize at the #ComicCon Masquerade... but I didn't wear a costume this year. #FOXSDCC
July 24, 2011	Got to #ComicCon a little late because, like every Sunday morning, I spent 2 hours in Church... 's Fried Chicken. #FOXSDCC
July 24, 2011	A #Glee panel? Really? I will most certainly boycott it. Especially since Lea Michelle won't be there. #FOXSDCC
July 24, 2011	The most important panel at #ComicCon is the one I had to sew into my pants after they split. #FOXSDCC
July 24, 2011	I know 1 thing: Bart has no respect for Silver Age "Baby Huey"! RT @EW 10 things we learned about 'The Simpsons' at Comic-Con ow.ly/5LP9f
July 24, 2011	This was a great #ComicCon. I got so much free crap... that I will sell at my store at an outrageous mark-up! #FOXSDCC
July 24, 2011	I'm traveling back to Springfield with the great Burt Ward... as soon as a pick-up truck stops to let us ride in the back. #FOXSDCC
July 25, 2011	Back home again in Springfield for one day of rest before working on fresh bitterness for next year's #ComicCon. #FOXSDCC
August 2, 2011	The Bantha fur I ordered online arrived today. And it was fake! What has the world come to?
August 12, 2011	Spent all night gorging on the complete "Naruto" – now I have a mang-over.
August 18, 2011	I saw an amazing Jabba the Hutt costume in a store window today -- then realized I was looking into a mirror. A real wake-up call.
August 26, 2011	Dear movie theatre popcorn stand: our definitions of the word "large" could not be more different.
October 18, 2011	"Real Steel" was a "Real Steal" – I snuck in an exit door and went home with a bag of day-old popcorn they were getting ready to throw out.
October 20, 2011	I can't wait for the World Series to end. To me, baseball is only good when they show "Twilight Zone" reruns during rain delays.
October 24, 2011	Mr. Spielberg: I will see "Tintin" w/ an open mind. But if Snowy does not say "Wooah" when he barks, I will hurl eggs at the screen. Thank u
October 27, 2011	Oh joy! Another Die Hard movie is being made! I can't wait! (That statement was not sarcastic, but said with great sincerity. Right.)
October 29, 2011	Last year on Halloween I went as Pinhead from "Hellraiser" and tripped over my skirt. I was pulling nails out of my sinuses til Easter.
October 31, 2011	Ah, Halloween! The one night a year I can wear my Sailor Moon costume and not be considered a twisted freak.
October 31, 2011	Dear fat man wearing a Princess Leia slave bikini: I admire your courage, if not your thigh boobs.
November 1, 2011	At the Halloween Party last night I did The Monster Mash -- aka trying to squeeze into a skin-tight pair of XXL Cthulhu leggings.
November 11, 2011	Today, I'm wearing my best Psychlo uniform from "Battlefield Earth" to honor the brave veterans of sitting through that movie.
November 23, 2011	Holiday movie season has arrived! So much to hate, so little time.
November 24, 2011	I'm writing a 10,000 word blog post on the absurd running order of balloons in today's parade. So much to give thanks for.
November 25, 2011	I'm here at the mall at 5AM waiting for it to open. That's when the food court pretzel dogs are at their most exquisite.
November 26, 2011	I'm at a screening of the new Twilight movie, proudly sporting my "Team True Blood" t-shirt.
November 27, 2011	Seeing the new Muppets movie brought back wonderful childhood memories of hating the original Muppets movie.
December 12, 2011	CBG's mini movie review of "Hugo": No, YOU go!
December 19, 2011	My doctor just gave me some holiday news: I am now morbidly jolly.
December 19, 2011	Attempt to find last bag of chips on top shelf stopped by my old nemesis – a chair that can't support my weight.
December 20, 2011	I've had a wonderful time compiling my year-end "10 Worst" list. So many warm hateful memories.
December 21, 2011	Santa, I implore you: this year, do not deliver Batman's presents to Wayne Manor. People ask questions.
December 22, 2011	My pick for best film of the year: the utterly captivating 3D CGI snack stand commercial at the Googolplex!
December 23, 2011	Attention Dwight Howard - if you are, as you claim, Superman, you have done a poor job of protecting your alter ego.
December 24, 2011	Discuss: does Star Wars have Xmas, and if so, in how many parsecs must Santa do the Kessel run to deliver all his presents?
December 25, 2011	Note to Hollywood: I disapprove of all your past, present and future efforts. Will send same message tomorrow and through eternity.
December 26, 2011	Decided to name my child Luke Skywalker. Now the hard part, finding, talking to and mating with potential mother.

2012[edit]

Date	Tweet
January 18, 2012	With Wikipedia down for the day, I can concentrate on my REAL work: maintaining my various @theavclub flame wars.
January 24, 2012	SHAME on the Academy for overlooking Michael Fassbender's erotic and orgasmically explosive performance in "X-Men."
January 24, 2012	Tonight at the Android's Dungeon, I shall deliver my annual "State Of The Justice League" address. Hint: It is strong.
February 3, 2012	"Chronicle" is about teens with superpowers. My teen superpower was the ability to generate acne with blinding speed.
February 5, 2012	Today's the big game: it's my desire to see the summer movie commercials vs. my hatred of football. Who will win?
February 5, 2012	I refuse to watch the Super Bowl until the NFL recognizes the superior Pantheon Cup -- won again this year by the Miami Sharks.
February 14, 2012	Happy Valentine's Day to the love of my life: my hatred of everything.
February 14, 2012	In honor of Valentine's Day, my mini review of a rom-com I haven't seen: "This Means War" -- this means SNORE! Thank you.
February 14, 2012	They say on this day all the world loves a lover. Tell that to the cop who arrested me and confiscated my Xena cut-out.
February 17, 2012	The new Ghost Rider movie opens at the Googolplex today, and I am first in line! And, as it turns out, also last in line.
February 18, 2012	I finally went to see Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady." Worst. Marvel Sequel. Ever!
February 19, 2012	Tonight, I refuse to participate in celebrating another meaningless milestone: my 10,000th day of being alive.
February 24, 2012	I plan to watch the #Oscars with tongue sandwich firmly planted in cheek.
February 26, 2012	I refuse to celebrate a meaningless award show until Hollywood recognizes the geniuses behind easy-apply Klingon head lumps.
February 29, 2012	The Simpsons have more useless tie-ins than Lemuel Gulliver! I'll wait for you to look that reference up. http://bit.ly/zRG7Ri (Link goes to The Simpsons: Tapped Out)
March 1, 2012	Oh joy! Another pointless time-wasting game. I shall download it ironically. And immediately. - http://bit.ly/zRG7Ri
March 1, 2012	Worst. App-isode. Ever! http://bit.ly/zqmnC8
April 30, 2012	Got my @Comic_Con hotel. It's 20 miles from downtown San Diego and 20 feet from downtown Tijuana. Oh joy! #SarcasmIntended
May 2, 2012	I can't wait for The Avengers. Only two more days until my ridiculously unrealistic expectations aren't met!
May 3, 2012	I shall go see The Avengers but I will do so under protest. The only REAL Nick Fury is @DavidHasselhoff. Look it up.
May 3, 2012	I'm first in line for The Avengers. What's this? Someone else in line dressed as Agent Coulson?! Comic Book Guy SMASH!
May 4, 2012	Apparently "Agent Coulson" was an actual police officer. Please tell me how the movie turned out!
May 5, 2012	Today is Free Comic Book* Day -- come one and all to The Android's Dungeon! (*free comic book must be Baby Huey or worse)
May 5, 2012	I'm co-celebrating Cinco de Mayo and Tatooine National Bantha Day.
May 5, 2012	Went from jail immediately to see The Avengers. Joss Whedon, I officially forgive you for those subpar episodes of Roseanne!
May 8, 2012	I do not follow sports because they are unrealistic. A team of "Wizards" is not successful? As if.
May 10, 2012	A re-run of Battlestar Galactica was delayed because a hockey game went into overtime. Sports, this is why I loathe you.
May 25, 2012	Today is Geek Pride Day. To celebrate, I shall do Lt. Uhuru's fan dance upon a table and throw my "Goonies" plates against the wall.
May 25, 2012	Star Wars is 35 today! Thank you, George, for giving me a magical childhood & an adulthood of saying you ruined my childhood.
June 29, 2012	Just proved myself heroic. My head defeated 6 ice cream sandwiches and their brain-freeze powers. Rematch in one hour.
July 12, 2012	San Diego, I am in you! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 12, 2012	Tremendously slow pedal cab, I am in you! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 12, 2012	Broken pedal cab, I am out of you! #SDCC
July 12, 2012	Dear S.D.P.D. Officer Hernandez: what part of "This is a signed Sonny Chiba samurai sword" did you not understand? #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 12, 2012	I can't believe the praise @MorganSpurlock continues to receive. I've been living on nothing but fast food for 37 years! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 13, 2012	Does no one but me understand the true meaning of CosPlay? I'm the only "Fat Albert" in the entire hall! #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 13, 2012	Score! The line for the Robot Chicken panel is only 700 people long. #IAmBetterThanAllOfYou #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 13, 2012	It seems this 700 person line is for the Mens Room. I'm certain it will move quickly. #IntentionalSarcasm #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 13, 2012	The "Adult Swim" party I paid $200 to get into turned out to be Water Polo at a nursing home. I stayed til 2AM. #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 14, 2012	Happy bday, Harrison Ford! May you live long enough to make an Indiana Jones movie where Indy goes to the first ComicCon! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 14, 2012	I had the great pleasure of chatting with the wonderful Mythbusters @donttrythis @KariByron and @ToryBelleci at an exclusive party last...
July 14, 2012	Then Security found the waiter I knocked out, took the name badge I stole back and escorted me out. "Dont try this" indeed! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 14, 2012	Today I accidentally used the wrong door, went outside, and learned something new: San Diego sits on a body of water. #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 14, 2012	Dear pretzel stand lady near Hall H: I am wearing a Dr. Manhattan costume and not a "blue diaper". Thank you. #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 14, 2012	No, @[username redacted], I am most definitely NOT a "Brony". I am, however, a proud Brailor Broon. #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 14, 2012	Behold! My EXCLUSIVE PHOTO of Mr. PETER JACKSON! #SDCC #FOXSDCC (Embedded picture is a close-up of half of someone's posterior.)
July 14, 2012	Wherever I went today I heard people say "10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag". Is that the catchphrase of some new TV show? #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 14, 2012	Awful, terrible! What, that I missed most of the "Mad" panel? No, you clod, because I sat on my keys! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 14, 2012	I'm staging an Anti-Masquerade tonight, where one isn't judged by how "appropriate" his body is to wear Sting's "Dune" thong. #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 15, 2012	I've been sitting in this line for so long that I've gone totally numb. I just touched my groin: no feeling whatsoever! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 15, 2012	It turns out that wasn't my groin I touched. And MY groin is certainly not numb. To quote any Batman villain: "Oof!" #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 15, 2012	At last! After 3 days in this line, I'm getting in to Hall H! Here I go -- I will LiveTweet all that I witness. #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 15, 2012	And the Maintenance Crew is doing a superheroic job of sweeping and stacking chairs. Sigh. #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 15, 2012	Argh! This train out of San Diego is "Standing Room Only", which for me means "Sweating Like An Ugnaught Only". #SDCC #FOXSDCC
September 23, 2012	During the #Emmys Death Package tonight, I imagine there will be a prime slot for "Entertainment". Sarcasm oh-so-very intended.
October 31, 2012	How did we ever let Halloween be taken over by CHILDREN! Gah!
October 31, 2012	Dear 5 year old at my door: Why should I reward you with candy for wearing a Hulk costume with non-regulation BROWN PANTS?!
October 31, 2012	I'm certainly the only person at this party wearing a Darth Vader costume with Mickey Mouse ears glued to-- OH NOOOOOOOO!!!!

2013[edit]

Date	Tweet
July 17, 2013	I'm off to @Comic_Con as soon as I get dressed. Must... cram... ass... into... size 42... Jaeger Pants! #SDCC #comiccon #FOXSDCC
July 17, 2013	It took hours to get to my hotel. And now on top of that, they want me to donate to that pedicab driver's memorial fund! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 18, 2013	Excelsior! Badge, Swag Bag, Sergio Aragones autograph, and mint condition churro acquired! #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 18, 2013	I've got a prime spot for my store's booth this year: right next to the Hall H "Disgruntled Spillovers Line". #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 20, 2013	To whomever in the Sails Pavilion just called me "Fat-a-Tar: The Last Chairbender". I bow to your mastery of the Snark Arts. #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 20, 2013	I've just taken part in the most epic GoT "Red Wedding" Cosplay ever! And can anyone recommend a good bail bondsman? #FOXSDCC #SDCC
July 20, 2013	Oh, now he's gone too far. Stan Lee just did a ten-second cameo working the hot dog stand. #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 20, 2013	The Masquerade is starting soon and I can't find my Ahsoka Tano lekku extensions ANYWHERE! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 21, 2013	It's unfathomable that J.J. Abrams wouldn't read ONE WORD of the Star Wars Ep VII pre-review I shoved thru a limo window at him! #SDCC
July 21, 2013	Another Comic-Con has ended. Now on to Chicago Comic-Con, Dragon-Con and Futility-Con... aka my store in Springfield. #SDCC #FOXSDCC

2014[edit]

Date	Tweet
July 24, 2014	I am the King of Comic-Con! #SDCC
July 24, 2014	Comic-Con, here I come! (Last sincere tweet til Monday.) #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 24, 2014	It's only Thursday and the Convention Center is already a human zoo! What a fetid stench! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 24, 2014	.@ComicBookGuy Turns out I accidentally got off the Trolley at the non human real zoo. #HonestMistake #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 24, 2014	No, I am NOT dressed as Lady Thor! Please learn how to recognize manly cleavage when you see it. #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 25, 2014	After a mere 7 hour wait, a wristband to get in to Hall H is mine! Now my biggest challenge: getting up off the floor. #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 25, 2014	This Hall H wristband doesn't fit around my wrist! Must... collapse... Radius and Ulna! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 25, 2014	I'm told Christopher Nolan is here. Time to execute my plan to "Inception" him into destroying all copies of "The Prestige". #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 25, 2014	FYI: I'll be signing copies of my "Everyman" comic at the Sails Pavilion today from 5PM til Security throws me out. #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 26, 2014	My San Diego hotel leaves much to be desired... being that it is in POWAY! #LookItUp #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 26, 2014	I've either just had a violent encounter with a Brony Cosplayer or been kicked in the head by a Police Horse. #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 26, 2014	The laundry bleached my "Dr. Manhattan" thong white, so now I'm forced to go to the Masquerade as "Na'vi Baby Huey". #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 27, 2014	I was going to a "Family Circus" panel, but I followed a bee, chased an Ice Cream truck, tossed acorns in a creek... REFERENCE! #FOXSDCC
July 27, 2014	I got a picture of my idol Frank Miller! I was a tiny bit nervous. #SDCC #FOXSDCC (Embedded photo is extremely blurry)
July 27, 2014	A nice young man just invited me to an exclusive screening of footage from Star Wars Episode VII! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 27, 2014	The special Star Wars screening room is just down this alley behind a biker bar. So excited! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 27, 2014	The "screening" was just an alley where I was robbed & beaten. But still: FIRSTIES! #SDCC #FOXSDCC
July 27, 2014	I must be dehydrated... what insane post apocalyptic nightmare is this?! #SDCC #FOXSDCC (Photo of a balloon sculpture of Homer Simpson's head from the eyeballs up)
July 27, 2014	Huzzah! I am first in line for @HallHLine! For @Comic-Con 2017. #SDCC #FOXSDCC

2015 to present[edit]

Date	Tweet
March 21, 2016	Congratulations, Twitter, on 10 years of providing a platform for defenders of free speech to troll celebrities. First. Amendment. Ever!
July 20, 2018	See you at SDCC! Look for CBG at booth #none of your beeswax.