Super Heroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church

[Lorien]

They've faced down humans time and time again, but Fred Phelps and his minions from the Westboro Baptist Church were not ready for the cosplay action that awaited them today at Comic-Con. After all, who can win against a counter protest that includes robots, magical anime girls, Trekkies, Jedi and...kittens?

Unbeknownst to the dastardly fanatics of the Westboro Baptist Church, the good folks of San Diego's Comic-Con were prepared for their arrival with their own special brand of superhuman counter protesting chanting "WHAT DO WE WANT" "GAY SEX" "WHEN DO WE WANT IT" "NOW!" while brandishing ironic (and some sincere) signs. Simply stated: The eclectic assembly of nerdom's finest stood and delivered.

As you can see below, the fantastic fanboys delivered the the church a humorous dose of sweet fan justice. ComicsAlliance was there to witness the spectacle in full, which you can indulge in yourself after the jump.





http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/

[xultar]

1. Bender's sign should read, "Bite my shiny metal ass!"

[slampoet]

23. Good news everybody! We kicked Fred Phelp's dusty ass.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Fantastic! Haters have no way to deal with being laughed at....

[xchrom]

3. Magnets, how do they work?!?!nt

[thelordofhell]

16. It's from "Miracles" by Insane Clown Posse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmwmoNB_dHA

[Political_Junkie]

4. Woohoo!

Go geeks! Love it!

[Initech]

5. Awesome! If there's one group you do not want to piss off, it's nerds.

[Lorien]

6. I have a friend who is attending the SDCC who could not WAIT to face off with

the Westboro Baptist bigots. Nerddom was salivating over the confrontation. I doubt that the Phelps fanatics will be back for more. :-)

[Initech]

7. I wish I couldve been there for the Dio memorial.

I bet the Phelps fuckers never show their face around LA ever again!

[Lorien]

8. More pics:

[CabalPowered]

9. A few more pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccon10/4819051255/sizes/s/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccon10/4819051271/sizes/s/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccon10/4819051299/sizes/s/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccon10/4819051381/sizes/s/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccon10/4819672780/sizes/s/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccon10/4819051321/sizes/s/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccon10/4819051399/sizes/s/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccon10/4819051201/sizes/s/

[Lorien]

10. Bacon!

And WTF- the WBC bigot is carrying a sign that says "God hates America" while wearing a flag as a skirt?

[GCP]

17. Beautiful

I love them all.

[hfojvt]

11. hypno toad? Is that a comic book character

or a former DUers?

also KNR

[KamaAina]

15. Both

The former DUer HypnoToad took his name from a character on Futurama (actually a sci-fi TV cartoon, not really a comic book, but still defintely within the fandom universe).

[Arkana]

21. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

*clap*
*clap*
*clap*

[AnnieBW]

12. Oh, I knew that this was going to be priceless

When I heard that WBC was going to protest at Comic-Con, I *knew* that this was going to be priceless. Give 'em hell, my fellow geeks!

:toast:

[Withywindle]

13. Nerds rule.

Those creepy freaks (and no, I don't mean the comics fans) probably don't get the jokes, but they sure know they're being mocked! :thumbsup:

[Broken_Hero]

14. Wow, how do magnets work?

:D

:hide:

Its nice to see the nerds/geeks unite against pure stupidity...and Odin isn't God, Superman is.

[Beartracks]

22. Love that image, but...

... you know it's going to put a big backwards S up in the sky, right?

:thumbsup:

[slampoet]

24. Oh one of the best signs said "Superman Died for Your Sins"

[Lorien]

18. Kick

:kick:

[proteus_lives]

19. My fellow Fan-Boy/Girls are awesome.

You'll find that the fans of comics, movies, sci-fi, anime, games are generally a very tolerant bunch.

I wish I was there with them.

I'm going to Wizard-Con in August, I hope to Phelps there, that d-bag.

[Arkana]

20. Ahahahaha "Fucking magnets--how do they work??"

Also Bender.