A thousand words

I was thinking about the key people who have inspired me over the years, people who fit either into the category of hero or friend, and I realized something

You people are all crazy. And you all look crazy.

I can prove it too, the pictures are hero's first, then friends, in no particular order.

Brian Clevinger:
Brian is someone I admire first and foremost for his work as an artist. I can think of three separate occasions where I've held up his book Nuklear Age and shouted "YOU BUY! YOU BUY NOW!" I also check his website more then daily. I enjoy his webcomic immensely, but I've drawn just as much if not more from entertainment from his newsposts. However I also admire him for what he's done as a person. That part is a long story though.
That freakjob is Brian Clevinger.

Jhonen Vasquez:
There's no better way to justify the fact that Vasquez is crazy that having you read his works. However I can't pay to have everyone who reads this read his stuff, so I'll just give you the names of the books. Those alone show you how crazy he is. Johnny The homicidal Maniac, Squee, Invader Zim, I feel Sick, and Filler Bunny.

That's Vasquez. Actually it turns out that he shares my love for random wild hair changes. When I found out about this I searched carefully and found one more picture.
So have confirmation one the blue hair thing. Once again I think I have an unhealthy obsession.

Jerry Holkins(Tycho) & Mike Krahulik(Gabe)
These guys are people who had a vague dream, ran with it, and revolutionized the gamer industry and subculture. They're paragon nerds. I only have one picture of the actual humans behind them, and it's not as good rez as the first time I saw it, but it's a good one. You can't properly tell from this picture, but if you see a higher rez picture of them wearing their formal wear they look horrendously out of place. If you've read crytonomicon you may remember a scene where Waterhouse describes two excellent suits walking down the stairs with the heads of his friends protruding oddly from them. This picture is a perfect example of that situation.

Now on to friends. I'm keeping descriptions short here because I don't feel like writing things that are long enough to properly describe these people.

Now I know what you're thinking. Max, Don't you have a picture of Ted where he's not flipping off the camera? No. No I don't. I have an amazing surplus of Ted Flicking me off pictures. Oh wait, I was wrong, I have one.
I'm sure that's loads better.

I don't have any photos of Hannah where she looks happier. Emo freakjob.

This is a quick tangent, but I love the word Freakjob. Freakjob, Wackjob, etc. Great term.

Shlomo's particular craziness can be perfectly described in one phrase. "Delusions of Grandeur." He is Not Spiderman.
Nor is he superman.
I'm not sure anyone would be surprised if Kevin actually did that. It's also an interesting note that this is the only picture I have of him.
I play D&D with that guy. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. With that.
I also play D&D With him. He's actually not as crazy as he looks. I include him mostly so that I can complain that he can't make a character without exploiting the rules of the game. I'm yet to see him make a non-broken character. It's almost impressive how well he can do it.

That's everyone that came to mind immediately as I was writing this and that I had appropriate pictures of. If your not on the list please don't think it implies anything.

I'm also aware that I have just ripped on most of the people closest to me. Don't take it too hard, it's a joke you bastards.