Some important context that I couldn’t find a way of fitting into the comic itself: the traffic situation surrounding Washington DC is… less than ideal. Basically, we were approaching the city from the opposite side of where the hotel was,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, not gonna lie, most of the time I don’t even notice when a convention has a theme going for that year, which is kind of a shame since a LOT of them do, and seem to put a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, a momentous occasion like this demanded SOME kind of fanfare, right? Hitting up Otakon again is a pretty big deal for Conventional Wisdom. Not only has Ota been on the comic’s schedule for a while, but this is where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
FINALLY… CONVENTIONAL WISDOM… HAS COME BACK… TO OTAKON! That’s right! For the first time since… holy crap, 2018. That’s terrifying. But still, Conventional Wisdom returns to the con where it was born! Let’s see if it’ll be worth the frankly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That’s right, folks! I’m trying to monetize my reckless spending habits AND squeeze some more Patreon content out of it! There’s a poll up on Patreon right now where people can choose one of the anime I picked up at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I could explain how the whole aspect of Cosplay Chess where characters who have no business interacting with each other have to do so and how it led to Napoleon Dynamite doing JoJo poses… and I guess I just did,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The older I get, the more I go on record as thinking conventions are not a healthy place for kids to be. However, I don’t think I’ve properly acknowledged just how much the presence of kids is also a risk[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Man, it’s been a while since Scribbles actually filled time with one of THESE types of things, hasn’t it? Yeah, recent ConCONcon comics knd of sort of brought the surrealism, but those all had at least SOME level of satire[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The funny part is, the bulk of my convention volunteering experience back in the day consisted of running Video Rooms, and one of the main jobs was PREVENTING this exact behavior. My how times change. Also, because Lord knows when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just saying, out of all of Shoujo Rock Heaven, the single biggest pop of the whole panel was for a keytar solo. Like, by a VERY wide margin. Also, it’s a reference to “Unbreakable Wings” by FATE GEAR, if you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…