This Halloween, I Shall Inflict Justice...

[heckblazer]

Now that I got the goggles my Lobster Johnson costume is almost complete.

[gdeo]

cool stuff...post pix when you get your ensemble together:D

[Gary_B]

Wow, that's looking great so far!

Please post pictures of the whole ensemble when you can.

[Todd H]

Could I borrow that get up? There is a certain Lobster logoed restraunt that I need to take a picture in front of :D

Great costume. Now let's see the claw....

[parrish]

Awesome!!!!!

[Vakanai]

Simply amazing!

[Myron L]

Quite cool...infact....lobster-ific !!!
Love to see it all together...
;)

[heckblazer]

Thanks all! I may not be able to get photos of the full get-up before Halloween because I'm currently limited to photgraphing myself in the mirror with my camera-phone. I'll definitely get a friend to photgraph me at some point though.

For the curious, my costume does vary a bit from the comic. My helmet is a combination of goggles, a leather aviator's helmet and a turtlenck while in the comic it appears Lobster Johnson's headgear is a one-piece item. My belt is also less elaborate both to save a bit of time and money and beause I figure these days wandering around with grenades (even fake ones) is a dicey idea.

Having pored over pictures of him I've also noticed that his belt changed between "The Killer in My Skull" and The Conqueror Worm; he went from a two-gun rig to just one, and the grenades got little bigger. He also stopped wearing his parachute; maybe the Lobster Plane got repossessed. (or with his adventures, just plain possessed...)

[Maija]

I think LJ's headgear is exactly what you have. I've never assumed it was a one piece.

Do try to get someone else to get a photo of you in the complete costume! Justice depends on it!

[heckblazer]

I think LJ's headgear is exactly what you have. I've never assumed it was a one piece.


I assumed the same thing until I began closely studying the art in The Iron Prometheus (see e.g. issue 1, page 10, panel 5). However, given that he wears all back and hangs out in the shadows I could easily be wrong. Since probably 95%+ of the people who'll see me in the costume won't even know who the heck Lobster Johnson is I'm not sweating it too much. :)

[King_Vold]

I agree with everyone else, this looks fantastic! Can't wait to see a full pic.

Also, if you get asked by police why you're carrying grenades, don't tell them it's to inflict justice. Long story.

[Jankenstein]

That looks great! And if you were to go trick-or-treating in such garb, be sure to print up some LoJo cards to leave at the stingy houses!

[jnapper]

Very impressive!!!

[Eric Lofgren]

Have you worked out how you'll burn the Claw into peoples foreheads yet? :)

Looking good!

[evening]

Very cool!
If you want to leave the mark of the claw, you could do a linocut, and glue it to the palm of your glove. Although, you'd have to carry around a red stamp pad.
"Justice!"
(pauses to ink palm)

[heckblazer]

That looks great! And if you were to go trick-or-treating in such garb, be sure to print up some LoJo cards to leave at the stingy houses!

I'm a mite old for trick-or-treating...

Have you worked out how you'll burn the Claw into peoples foreheads yet? :)


Stickers.

:)

I was just looking over the Shadow of the Claw teaser, and noticed that LJ isn't wearing a shirt. Must be his summer costume...

[Neil Hill]

Interesting stuff, but will it be the sum of its parts, or will the parts be more interesting than the whole? More pics!! :)

[chiaroscuros]

some of its parts... or sum of its parts :)

[Neil Hill]

some of its parts... or sum of its parts :)

Yeah, yeah, Mr. spelling expert. :p

[heckblazer]

This'll have to tide people over for now.

[King_Vold]

This'll have to tide people over for now.

That's some good tiding.

Wait, good tidings... I'm on the wrong holiday.

[Neil Hill]

This'll have to tide people over for now.

Neat stuff!

[jmstovepipe]

Here's my Lobster Johnson costume. I wore it last week grenades and all and had no trouble. I have at least two more parties to go two so we'll see. It took me about two months of collecting materials and modifications, and I based it on the Electric Tiki statue almost completely. I'm having some better photos shot tomorrow.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_g4b_9w9DHY0/RyA0mu_2YQI/AAAAAAAAAHA/O2uQZg3vXmU/s400/JMS-LJ-RTs.jpg

[heckblazer]

Wow, looks like you did a heckuva lot of sewing there. I mostly relied on diligent shopping for appropriate items.

Maybe we should start a Lobster Johnson club with secret decoder rings and stuff...

[jnapper]

heckblazer and jmstovepipe--

EXCELLENT!

[heckblazer]

Lobster Johnson on his way to inlict some justice...

http://heckblazer.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/adventure.jpg

[gdeo]

very Cool...have fun!:D

[jmstovepipe]

Lookin' good! I just found out a friend of mine in Chicago mad a Lobster Johnson costume too, so that's three of us so far. The LJ Army is growing!

[heckblazer]

Lookin' good! I just found out a friend of mine in Chicago mad a Lobster Johnson costume too, so that's three of us so far. The LJ Army is growing!

Huh. The photo above was taken while I was in Chicago over the weekend.

[Asa]

Great costume ...really kool.....goooo get ummmm.

[Jankenstein]

Great work! Now I'm jonesin' for another black leather jacket! :)

[heckblazer]

People never realize how much paperwork is involved in superheroing. (I forgot to bring my goggles so I quickly made some out of some black paper).

[Maija]

HAHAHAHAHA! So apparently Lobster Johnson wears jodhpurs for when he has to be a desk jockey. :)

Both of your costumes are really great! It cheers me to know that there are Lobster Johnsons patrolling the streets of our world, meting out justice (and possibly candy). :)

[heckblazer]

"Beware my claw, for I have come to inflict candy!"