Okay, I’m not gonna lie, originally this was going to be a Patreon comic for Wake Forest Mini Comic Con, specifically a sequel to this page. Seriously, I dove into box after box of old comics deliberately looking for kitschy[…]↓ 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…
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…
Well now, THIS sure bogged things down a bit, didn’t it? Sorry about that. Figures I’d run out of the energy that was sustaining that super-quick comic output RIGHT as I came up against the single largest comic of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First of all, I’m pretty sure there were no actual tornados touching down that evening. At least, I never heard about anything like that. Second, I actually wasn’t even in the convention center for MOST of this. It’d been raining[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You gotta understand that I first started growing my anime collection right around the time that a LOT of otaku were unloading their old VHS sets and upgrading to DVD, so I was able to scoop up a TON of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Darn you, Otaku Joe’s! I am powerless to resist your siren call! Yeah, I actually had a con haul this time, and that was already pretty rare even before I went on hiatus. See, this is what happens when I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeesh, I really AM still working out a lot of crap in these comics, aren’t I? But seriously, I really NEED Dealer’s Rooms selling box sets right there in person, because actually seeing the stuff right there in person is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…