Comic Con's the world over are notorious for being a little on the odd side, but combined with Portland's traditional weirdness, the weekend's festivities – up to an including a bagpipe solo from Darth Vadar on a unicycle – left attendees with fond and sufficiently weird memories to burn an inescapable hole in their hearts for years to come.

It wouldn’t have been Comic Con in Portland, Oregon without that guy. Yes, there is only one of him, so far. Although I seriously think he needs to recruit and get a unicycle bagpipe band together for the Rose Festival Starlight Parade. Am I right, PDX?

GeekDad’s Jonathan Liu and I had a great weekend playing games and sitting on panels. Friday, I got a chance to wander the floor and see what was going on during a relatively slow time.

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