That poor Scribbles plushie REALLY needs to get replaced with a newer, cleaner, less road-weary version soon. Incidents like this are really starting to take their toll on the thing. But yeah, despite Friday being bright and sunny and warm,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, some context: Ret-Con was in a very different direction than the overwhelming majority of the cons I’ve been driving to and from in recent years, yet it still went through the same intersection just outside of town as the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, it’s entirely possible that this is only hitting me harder here than it would anywhere else due to my experience the last time I was in this specific hotel. But even with that disclaimer, I’m still on record as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, just to be clear, it’s not so much that the con just didn’t realize that panels might need sound AT ALL. Rather, the plan seems to have been for panelists to just plug straight into the speakers in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just in case anybody though I was exaggerating about this. Also, lest anybody fear this is going to turn into a repeat of the Cosplay America fiasco, I really DID enter the actual convention and do stuff. Eventually. It’s like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, so this is a really weird note to begin this set of comics on, but I had a bit of an epiphany over the course of this weekend. One of those instances where a bunch of things you already[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…and here we go! At long last, Conventional Wisdom actually returns to the convention scene. And not just kicking off a new year, but doing A NEW CON! And not just new to me, either, Ret-Con’s gonna be a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I DID IT! I successfully kept the stupid pointless joke rolling for an entire year! Every Single 2022 Convention now ends with a Monkees joke! Because that’s totally what people reading a journal comic about anime conventions want to see! […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See? It’s not JUST me buying stuff ‘cos it looks stupid! It’s also me buying stuff that reminds me of when I was stupid! No, but seriously, the vendors at this thing were obviously skewed heavily towards western stuff, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before anybody thinks I’m afraid to admit my own failings, I’ll freely own up to the fact that the one time I actually participated in a cosplay contest, I wasn’t much better than these kids. But the thing is, THEY[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…