Apologies to Omake Ikuze for repeatedly trying to drown their panel in the all consuming cloak of darkness, but we really didn’t know that all the panel rooms on that side were connected to the same set of switches. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Awesomely Bad cosplayers actually aren’t a new development, but this was the very first time any of us managed to actually get some pictures of the wondrous event. Hurrah! (Now, when is somebody gonna cosplay as the robot from that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure there are actual videos of what we got up to at the panel this year, but I haven’t had time to look anywhere other than the Awesomely Bad tumblr and Facebook pages, and nobody posted anything there. Poke[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Context: as a crowd-occupying measure, some of the staffers spent the time before Opening Ceremonies actually started teaching everyone that dance from the closing credits of Yo-kai Watch, with the intention of making the whole crowd do the dance at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every year that goes by, I find myself sinking deeper and deeper into my roll of “Old Otaku Who Only Talks About Anime The Younger Fans Have Never Heard Of”. Then I tell them to get off my lawn. Oh,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I may have to just make Wendy a Winter-Only costume, because this sort of thing keeps happening. It seems like the costume involving a long jacket and wig would be hotter than this one, but NOPE! (Historical Notes: No joke,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In case you haven’t noticed elsewhere, I am not a fan of the whole “shout things in crowded rooms” school of behavior. Thankfully, more and more cons agree with me and now treat it as the disruptive behavior it is.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
But hey, that picture has gotten more action on Tumblr than all but, like, four other things I’ve ever posted there. That’s something, right? Sort of? But yeah, if it feels like waaaaaay too many pages of Conventional Wisdom lately[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t worry, Servo didn’t have another horrible accident this year. I just got tired of his string constantly snapping so I decided to replace it with fishing line… which I of course never got around to doing until Friday morning…[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See, that was back in the days before I’d ever had an Artist Alley table or done any extensive panel hosting, so I couldn’t comprehend how anyone could even come to a con and not spend the whole time running[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…