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Is there a part of the country that doesnt understand what it is? >> its a competition of seeing who can throw it the farthest. >> we are talking people are spending almost a million dollars on machines like air cannons and catapults. they are getting distances of 4,000 feet. >> this is serious stuff. 25 years this has been going on. at comic-con you have a panel set up. what are people going to learn today? >> we are going to give them a taste of what they will be able to expect from the punkin...

Incredible to bring this story of the movement to a younger generation, because theres obvious so many lessons, particularly the lesson of nonviolence and what it means to really live in a nonviolent way to this younger generation. particularly as were at a time when were still fighting for jobs. were still fighting poverty. so many of the issues. so the graphic novel, many people may not know. but you are publishing a series of graphic novels. the first one "march" was out earlier this year. yo...

March? no. >> people have to work. >> they did the occupy crowd. >> theres probably enough nonmuslims that show up. >> people that show up for this wont be working, thats the key. september 11, i dont know what day. >> wednesday. >> youre going to be working, not going to go. people that show for that are people that show up for anything. comic-con. >> you showed up for that free toilet paper give away the other day. >> how could i turn it down. >> glenn beck doing his rally at lincoln memorial ...

Number one. thats why it is not happening. >> they have no alcohol there, then get on a plane, get loaded when theyre flying around. listen, i think it is pretty obvious the saudis have covered the relationship and let them continue to work, they were willing to protect the kingdom and sent all this money and guys to pakistan to learn to be terrorists, so the saudis are more behind this than anybody else. >> they should hook up with comic-con, might be able to get 200,000. >> that would be fun. ...

Comic-con and they could get a few hundred thousand jie. that would be fun. >> that is the comic book, a bufn of mar -- a bunch of marvel heros. it will be the same type of people. >> there is probably 10,000 people if they try to pull it off. >> there wont be 10,000. there wont be 100. do i think more than 100 will show up for this million -- what do they call it? muslim march? no. >> a lot of people work. >> it is like the occupy wall street crowd may show up. they masoned out a memo because t...

Comic-con, might be able to get 200,000. >> that would be fun. >> comic-con? >> yeah, the comic heroes. >> you were talking about my crowd, commies. >> not that many people there. >> 10,000 people, i think theyll try. >> there will not be 100. do i think more than 100 truthers will show up for this million whatever they call it march? no. >> people have to work. >> they did the occupy crowd. >> theres probably enough nonmuslims that show up. >> people that show up for this wont be working, thats...

I was particularly sober. >> no drugs or hookers during the russo part. >> just because i had to take my clothes off. >> that will mess with your own vanity, too. >> oh, yeah. >> i talked to guys in "the sopranos," guys that were actually in the mob would walk up to them and say, thats pretty close. do you get that with politicians? >> we had the opportunity to go to the white house correspondents dinner, you know, they call it the nerd prom in washington. it was like we went as a cast and it wa...

And by the way, again, with all due respect to king henry the viii, the sex of the baby comes from the father, not the mother. youll never forget who showed up this weekend at the pop culture confab in san diego known as comic-con. it is popular with sci-fi and super hero aficionados. it often attracts hollywood actors and comic book writers to build buzz. among the crowd john lewis. he certainly stood out. the civil rights pioneer was there to sell his graphic marvel march, which con calls his ...

So if you look past the avengers, game of thrones, and orphan black fans at this past weekends comic-con, one of the largest meetings of geeks and comic book fans in the world, you might see a graphic novel about a non-supernatural hero, civil rights icon and congressman john lewis. really. lewis was there to meet fans and talk about his brand new graphic novel "march." the story details lewiss early life, his involvement in the civil rights movement, and of course how he met martin luther king ...

So if you look past the avengers, game of thrones, and orphan black fans at this past weekends comic-con, one of the largest meetings of geeks and comic book fans in the world, you might see a graphic novel about a non-supernatural hero, civil rights icon and congressman john lewis. really. lewis was there to meet fans and talk about his brand new graphic novel "march." the story details lewiss early life, his involvement in the civil rights movement, and of course how he met martin luther king ...