…aaaaaand the grand experiment of changing The Kids design ends with a sudden return to the Status Quo. LAME, SOMEONE ALERT TVTROPES. But seriously, aside from the fact that the cosplayer demographics this weekend weren’t quite what I’d feared, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Picking on fandoms: THE COMIC! …and it’s not even as if those are bad guidelines to follow. It’s just that I’ve never once seen a photoshoot where someone actually felt the need to publicly ANNOUNCE it before things started. (and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wow, can it be? Is this comic developing plot arcs? For it’s purely fictional characters? Why, this comic’s gonna turn into UnCONventional before you know it! (I wish, then people would actually be reading it!) Costume comfort is no joke,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As you might have noticed over the past couple of pages, I was in a LOT of panels this weekend. As a result, it was hard to get up much enthusiasm for going to see anyone ELSE’S panels. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, so if you caught the final stretch of Anime Openings Through The Years, you got to witness the spectacle of a rooms lights just straight up go poltergeist on us. This was one of those hotels where the rooms[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure there’s a joke to be made here equating super-serious cosplayers with psycho killers and zombies… but really, what would even be the point? Actually, I’m too bust marveling that my journal comic about anime conventions required me to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ahhh, good old Awesomely Bad. In which the hosts are legally obligated to make fools of themselves. It’s karmic retribution for the things we put into the audience’s brains. (Also, The Cameo Kids were getting really awesome seats this con,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
PROOF THAT I HAVE NO ORIGINAL IDEAS. See, both the Iron Chef Panel and Shoujo Rock Heaven were last minute replacements for other panels that canceled, last minute enough that the printed schedule couldn’t reflect the changes. And that’s why[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I prefer to think of it as me proving the color commentary ti serve as a counterpoint to the play by play. Also, the same rule still applies to hosting an Iron Chef panel that applies to just watching Iron[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…and this wasn’t even a very elaborate costume either, just a big jacket and an awkward prop. Try being in a costume with three or four interconnected layers and suddenly needing to go. I guarantee, the more awkward it is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…