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…
I am on record as being a total pushover about this sort of thing, though at least this time I actually was planning on spending money on something first. I’m ALSO on record as being very reluctant to knowingly spend[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And make no mistake, I spent a VERY long time rooting through EVERY SINGLE BARGAIN BOX, just to make sure I didn’t miss anything interesting. When I set my mind to it, I can be VERY through. Actually, there’s one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, full disclosure: I first became aware of comic books being a thing in the early-to-mid 90s, right at the peak of Liefeld excess and speculator boom absurdity. So while I absolutely hold this era of comics in contempt from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…