Remember that scene in Spinal Tap where everybody gets lost back stage? Yeah, I can totally see that happening at the Carolina Theater. I bet a bunch of those “signatures” were actually farewell messages from unlucky stagehands who lost their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure it comes as a surprise to everyone everywhere to hear this, but it turns out a bunch of excitable, nervous, nerds playing dress up are hard to keep quiet for five seconds. In retrospect, it’s a wonder the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, I REALLY prefer to have a hotel room at the convention, even if it’s more expensive. The only reason I left the MAGFest concert early was because I needed that much extra time to get home and sleep, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m still not sure what happened here, but something caused a whole chunk of consoles in the game room to wink out… and the rage was rather frightening. On a happier note, this was the first time I’d played classic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is actually one of the reasons I do this convention stuff is comic form rather than pictures or video: it’s REALLY hard to be at just the right spot at just the right time to capture all the goofy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, you’ll notice there’s no epic Hungry Hungry Hippos throwdown this year. Sadly, my longstanding rival wasn’t able to work this year… which made me feel less bad about the fact that I couldn’t afford any extra maid stuff anyway.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s always interesting to have a room MOSTLY full of people who haven’t seen this panel before. The contrast between them and the handful who knows what’s coming is always interesting to see. CRY OUT ALL YOU WANT, NO ONE[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Look, I’m a guy who knows what he likes, alright? By the way, go get yourself a cookie if you can identify all the various things in that last panel. You’ve earned it. (Historical Notes: Is this the first mention[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wish I’d managed to get a picture of No Face taking a picture. But that’s the wonderful thing about doing comics: my brain can pick up the slack where my camera fails me. I did get pics of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See, this is why my whole “come by the hotel lobby and I’ll sell you a print” scheme never would have worked. YOU DO NOT FIND OTHER PEOPLE AT OTAKON. It simply doesn’t happen. Heck, I barely saw the people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…