The Collection in Columbus

I am highly overdue in my posting of banner or overall tifo work from our Nordecke Supporters section . My epiphany of sorts came this week as I was awarded the 2009 Fan of The Year award from the Columbus Crew Soccer Club. While driving my 138 miles home from the awards ceremony, I was full of thoughts, but one that came to mind was how much the Nordecke and overall supporter culture has grown over the past few years. And while some may have sent me plaudits in regards to banners, there are several others who have played their part by stepping up and doing some form of display, whether by banner, flag, etc. Collectively, and together the Nordecke has and will become a top notch supporters section with vision.

I (photos by Studio79, Ryan, and others) will now feature the workings from other supporters, first from 2008.

Strictly for Cups and the Playoffs

After a couple of days of easy work, I'm finally finished and this was painted and dried inside my too small apartment. This banner was supposed to have included a more scary individual in the middle of the banner with the words on either side, but I had to improvise. The font called 'MASSACRE', to which I hope Columbus massacres all opponents in it's way during the MLS CUP playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, and the CONCACAF Champions League (and hopefully one day, the Club World Cup.

A break due to..........chibi manga?

Some may have visited this site wondering why I haven't been doing updates. I have been working on banner ideas, but for right now, I have started a keen re-kindling of my interest in Japanese anime/manga. As of right now, I have done the sketches of the players of Columbus. After the 1-0 away victory vs. New England to get Columbus closer to solidifying the number one position for the regular season, my first 'comic' looks as such