My apologies for holding off on the strip for half the day, but I found myself at that dreaded crossroads where cartoonists groan and tear out their hair – post something you’re not happy with or hold back until you can make it work.  Thankfully, a good night’s rest seems to have recharged my batteries a bit.

I would like to say that the weekend went without its hiccups, but to report on Wizard World Chicago would be impossible as I never got the opportunity to go!  Everything was set for an early Sunday expedition, when whatever radar/navigation system I had in my brain decided to go haywire and I found myself inexplicably lost in Chicago’s Northern Suburbs.  Long story short, by the time I righted my course, it was simply much too late to drop by the convention.

Wall-E

All is not loss, however!  I did have the chance to go catch Pixar’s latest masterpiece, Wall-E, this weekend.  Rarely, would I feel obligated to use the word “beautiful” to describe a film – especially one that I felt somewhat apathetic towards before seeing – but this film is so undeniably beautiful in its scope, message, and delivery that I feel I may have a new contender for my own favorite movie.  Beyond the inherent substance of the story, I felt that the film tapped into my inner child – an unabashed celebrant of all things robot – and delivered an amazing spectacle of technological wonder.  If you haven’t seen the film yet, don’t pass it up or wait for DVD, get out there and see it.