I DIDN’T MAKE UP A SINGE THING ON THIS PAGE. I just wrote it down as it happened. In fact, I could easily have made this thing twice as long if I wanted. It was an especially funny bunch in attendance this year.

I did kind of fudge the Japanese guests not needing translators here. Let’s just pretend we’ve all got Babel Fish, okay?

(Historical Notes: You know what?  I don’t think I’ve ever once, in all my various trips to Baltimore, had any crab dishes there.  For those of you who don’t know, that’s kind of their thing, to the point that Otakon adopted a crab as one of its mascots.  I know I’m always the “don’t buy food, just bring your own” guy, but you’d think a seafood junkie like me would have made an exception at least ONCE…)