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The Comic-Con thread is the place. As for the second question, hell if I know; you might want to ask Sparky about that. Me, I just announce "New Con pics on my profile page" and let everyone find them themselves. Seems to work well.
"Frankie! That weird kid is using a flower pot for a cup!"
