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The Shaman, filmmaker, cavorter, spiritual philanthropist, and bro of Adam Carolla’s, has begun sending us (unsolicited) coverage of popular events throughout the California area. He tends to cover events both psychedelic and where shirts are optional (there’s plenty of cross over). Recently, he’s trekked to two infamous meccas of society’s weirder characters; Comic-con and Burning Man. They were both a heavy time, psychically speaking.

Our shamanic sojourner spent his weekend at Burning Man interviewing people whose idea of a good time is riding a getting branded on the ass during a dust storm, or building a cock shaped car. His people. In an odd role reversal, The Shaman has taken to wearing a shirt* while the women he interview go topless. It must be pretty dusty out there. It’s the desert after all.

And on the other end of the cultural spectrum, The Shaman crawled the floor of the world’s largest nerd-fest, Comic-Con.

Last year atom.com popped my nerd-cherry with my very first Comic-con.  It was sensory overload to be sure.   I was bombarded with the sights of sprawling promotional displays, the dull roar of wall-to-wall geeking out over Battlestar Galactica, and the resultant smells from people wearing bulky, poorly ventilated costuming for 7 hours.   The time has come for me to share that stank with you again.

The Atom team is back from Comic-Con! Our sore throats and hangovers are fading but we still have pics and stories from an awesome weekend in San Diego. We’ve packed our capes and lightsabers away till next year, but here are a few of our favorie memories…

A horde of 500+ fans packed the premiere of the second season of Legend of Neil Saturday night at Comic-Con. Braving the crowd and lines was well worth it. Creator Sandeep Parikh brought his star studded cast of web- celebs (including Tony Janning (Neil/Link), Felicia Day (fairy), Mike Rose (Old Man/Old Man), and Scott Chernoff (Gannon) to answer questions and be “ducking hilarious”.

Everyone should have a green screen rig. It’s instant gratification. Atom had one going at this year’s Comic-Con over the weekend. A fanboy (or two) could swing on by our booth, pick up a prop sword or lightsaber and become melded within the worlds of Legend of Neil, Star Wars Gangsta Rap, or Operation Olivia. In fact, we generated about 1500 of these suckas in all! Atom: where stars are born.

Check out our complete gallery HERE.

Now, for our TOP 10 GREEN SCREEN PHOTOS:

Atom’s Comic-Con team headed for the eighth annual Lucasfilm-Atom Star Wars Fan Movie awards ceremony on Friday night. As always, the Lucas crew packed two or three thousand die-hard Star Wars fans into the big ballroom here at Comic-Con, cheering on the best of the year’s crop of fan films submitted to http://starwars.atom.com.

Keep up with Atom as we shake up this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego! We have our annual STAR WARS FAN MOVIE AWARDS and FAN MOVIE PANEL, the LEGEND OF NEIL: SEASON 2 world premiere, and a mack booth (3445) with green-screen photos, Rock Band, and special appearances! (Can anyone say, Olivia Munn?) Whew… that’s a lot going down. Atom will also be tweeting, vlogging and blogging everything Comic-Con — so be sure to check in and see our latest and greatest updates and coverage.

Our major happenings…

Friday, 7/24:

STAR WARS FAN MOVIE CHALLENGE AWARDS!

I remember when it was hard to convince action figures to star in my fan films, let alone a real live girl. So imagine my nerdy delight when I showed up for my second day of work here at Atom, and they told me that we’d gotten the queen of geek girls to make Star Wars fan films with us – Olivia Munn!