Conventional Wisdom

I don’t usually hang around the hotel for long once the con’s over, I’m just not really a “hang around after the fact” kinda guy. I’m glad I ended up doing so this time, though. A cramped hotel room full of geeks watching Iron Sky is actually a really great way of preemptively staving off post-con depression! (I just wish I didn’t have to skedaddle as soon as the movie was over to catch the last bus back to DC)

Still, this is the kind of page that annoys me, artistically. Big crowd scenes are hard to draw, especially when the individual people really ought to be depictions of actual people rather than just generic cartoony folks. Sadly, I often get frustrated half-way through and quit trying to make them look like the people they’re supposed to look like, which is what happened here. So, yeah, if you were at the party and are wondering why you aren’t in the comic… well, you were supposed to be before I got a case of the lazies.

And speaking of lazy, it is now time for me to sleep a LOT. Hope you enjoyed the MAGFest comics! See you again for Katsucon in HOLY CRAP IS THAT REALLY ONLY A MONTH AWAY?!?!?!?!?!?

(Historical Notes: Man, Post-Con Depression… I know I’ve been hitting the “don’t really get as invested in cons as much” topic a lot in these notes, but I really think it’s worth mentioning how little this happens to me these days.  And I don’t think it’s just me being “over” conventions, either, but just a natural side effect of how I attend things now.  I’ve ALSO repeatedly mentioned how I avoid staying at the hotel these days, preferring to sleep at home and commute out, and that makes a big difference.  I’m no brainologist or anything, but I think completely immersing yourself into an entirely different state of existence for four or five days is just ASKING for some level of shock when you suddenly go back to a different routine.  Sleeping at home for a few hours keeps juuuust enough of the regular routine in the mix hat you don’t fully switch over to a different routine, and as a result don’t have to go through the shock of switching back.  At least, that’s how it seems to work for me, and I think it’s a much healthier way of doing things.  I mean, I’m not bummed out when the con’s over anymore, and things that are supposed to be “fun” shouldn’t make you feel bummed out, right?)